“barbaric” Russian attack leaves two dead and ten injured in Kupyansk, according to kyiv

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Volodymyr Zelensky denounced, Tuesday, April 25, a Russian attack “barbaric” in Kupyansk. In this city in the Kharkiv region, in northeastern Ukraine, the fall of a missile hit a history museum, killing two women and injuring ten people, according to the provisional report communicated by the President Ukrainian. He explained that other people were still under the rubble. “All the culprits of these war crimes will certainly be brought to justice and it will be without mercy”he hammered. Follow our live.

The International Criminal Court and Europol are strengthening their cooperation. The European police agency Europol and the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on Tuesday that they had signed an agreement to strengthen their cooperation, particularly in war crimes investigations such as those currently being carried out in Ukraine.

France relies on the IOC to decide on the participation of Russians in the Paris 2024 Olympics. While kyiv and some of its supporters are calling for Russian and Belarusian athletes to be excluded from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, France will not decide alone, explained Amélie Oudéa-Castera Tuesday. The Minister of Sports has called the future choice of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) “decision sovereign”and ensured that “France recognizes and respects the autonomy of the sports movement”including on this political and sensitive issue.

A Russian tennis player excluded from a Polish plane. The Polish national airline, LOT, explained on Tuesday that it had refused access on board one of its aircraft to Russian tennis player Vitalia Diatchenko. In question according to Lot, restrictions established by Warsaw concerning the movement of Russian nationals.

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