{O/C} To Ukraine, where President Zelensky has exhorted people around the world to gather in public today in a show of unity.
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Let's make our gripe loud and clear: Peace matters. Ukraine matters as well.
This is what Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky implored people to do in his video address late last night.
In an emotional call for support, he demanded effective and unrestricted support from NATO.
This, as he prepares to address U.S. President Joe Biden and other NATO leaders who have descended on Brussels to mark the war's one-month anniversary.
Addressing the Japanese parliament on Wednesday, Zelenskyy pleaded with lawmakers to support sanctions against Russia in an attempt to crank up the pressure on Russia.
Zelenskyy lauded Japan for being the first Asian country to work in harness with G7 countries, urging Japan to go one step forward via banning any transactions with Russia.
He also condemned Russian attacks on Chernobyl, describing this as a grave cause for concern about the possibility of a chemical attack.
Over to the war in the embattled country, Ukraine's navy made headway by sinking the Russian vessel Orsk in the Sea of Asov, evidenced by images of a huge cloud of black smoke coming from the Black Sea port.
Russia has been controlling the port since February 27.
A senior U.S. defence official claims Russian ground forces appear to be setting up defensive positions 15 to 20 kilometres outside Kiev.
It was yet another hammer blow as shelling wrought havoc again after rockets pummelled a shopping mall and high-rise in the capital city of Kiev.
The Russian barrages have killed at least 264 civilians.
This comes after a Russian journalist was killed in the thick of the war.
NATO estimates suggest 7,000 to 15,000 Russian troops have died in the past four weeks. In all, 30,000 to 40,000 Russian soldiers have been wounded or perished.
As residents are literally fleeing Ukraine like rats deserting a sinking ship, seven humanitarian corridors will be opened today. Yet there's been no safe passage agreed from the now forlorn Mariupol.
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