TheVoiceOfJoyce Day 347 and brutal fighting continues in the East. Bakhmut and other villages in the Donbas have not become Russian territory. Odessa, a city of 500,000 is without power after a technical failure occurred after Russian bombing. It will take weeks to restore. Mariupol has 30,000 Russian troops embedded there and the surrounding villages. Russia has committed War crimes. Will there be justice for Ukraine? Ukrainians have been trained on theLeopards and are ready for the counteroffensive.

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Ukraine has introduced emergency energy shutdowns in Odesa after a “technological accident” at a high-voltage electricity substation, which has previously been damaged by Russian attacks. Half a million people are without power and officials have warned repairs could take weeks. The government said it would appeal to Turkey for help and ordered the energy ministry’s stocks of high-power generators to be sent to the city.

Germany has collected evidence of war crimes in Ukraine, the country’s prosecutor general said in a newspaper interview published on Saturday, adding that he saw a need for a judicial process at international level. He said the amount of evidence was in the “three-digit” range.

More than 18.1m border crossings have taken place out of Ukraine since Russia’s invasion began in February 2022, according to data from the UN.

The bodies of killed British volunteers Christopher Parry and Andrew Bagshaw have been returned by Russian troops in a prisoner exchange. They were both killed in Ukraine last month. A total of 116 Ukrainian troops have come home after being captured, with 63 being sent back to Russia.


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