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By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News

UKRAINE: In the village of Mangush, Donetsk region, the occupiers could bury from 3 to 9 thousand in Mariupol.

Mayor Vadym Boychenko called the war crime committed in Mariupol by the Russian occupiers «the greatest war crime of the 21st century» and called it «the new Babyn Yar.»

Babyn Yar is a ravine in Kyiv where the Nazis massacred more than than 33,000 Jews.

This morning an An-26 plane crashed in the Zaporizhzhia region. The aircraft was performing a technical flight. There are victims. Circumstances are being clarified.

In Ukraine today is Good Friday, a week later than in the west.

WORLD: Germany has stated that it will not directly supply heavy weapons to Ukraine, but is currently negotiating with EU and NATO partners who can give us Soviet-made weapons in exchange for new German-made equipment.

German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said that the reason for refusal of Ukraine was the alleged insufficient reserves of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki wants to persuade German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to change his position on arms supplies to Ukraine.

Estonia was the first EU country to recognize Russia’s actions in Ukraine as genocide

The Estonian Parliament unanimously approved a statement on Russian war crimes and genocide in Ukraine.

This is stated on the website of the Riigikogu.

The statement said that during Russia’s aggressive war, systematic and massive war crimes committed by the Russian armed forces against the Ukrainian people were discovered.

«The Russian Federation has committed mass atrocities against civilians in the temporarily occupied territories, especially in the cities of Bucha, Borodyanka, Gostomel, Irpin and Mariupol, and in many other settlements of Ukraine. They include murder, kidnapping, deportation, imprisonment, torture, rape and desecration of corpses,» the statement said.

The Riigikogu recognizes the actions of the Russian armed forces and the military-political leadership as genocide against the Ukrainian people and calls on the parliaments of other countries and international organizations.

Estonian parliamentarians also called for assistance in investigating Russian crimes and prosecuting perpetrators, tightening sanctions against Russia (including energy imports) and immediately increasing military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

Earlier, the Estonian parliament called on NATO member states to close the skies over Ukraine.

It will be recalled that according to the Ukraine Support Tracker, Estonia has provided Ukraine with the greatest assistance in relation to its GDP.

Estonia continues to support Ukraine

Donetsk region

Stably tense along the entire front line. Avdiivka, Maryinka, Vuhledar – the shelling does not stop. For several days now, the regional traumatology department has been on fire near Lyman, after the hail attacks. There are wounded, their number is increasing.

Mariupol without significant changes despite the enemy’s statements about the capture of the city. Azovstal is holding on.

Luhansk region

During the day, the Russian army carried out 11 shellings: Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Popasna, Rubizhne, Mountain Community. 7 houses were destroyed, 4 civilians and three policemen were injured.

Mykolayiv region

In the evening Mykolayiv suffered rocket attacks. There is currently no information on the victims. In other areas of the region the situation is stable and under control.

Kherson region

Strong explosions were heard on the outskirts of the city at night. The most critical situation is in the settlements bordering the neighboring regions.

Virtually all villages of Beryslav district (Novovorontsov, Vysokopil, Velykooleksandrivska, Kalynivska TG) and some villages of Kherson district (Chornobayivska, Stanislavska TG) are on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe.

The Ukrainian flag is still flying

Kharkiv region

At night, the occupiers again periodically inflicted artillery strikes. Warehouse buildings were on fire in the Kyiv district of the city; no one was injured.

In the region, active fighting continues in the Izyum direction.

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