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Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian FM’s remarks show Moscow has forgotten or not learned the lessons of WWII.
- A rocket attack hit a dwelling and a church in the city of Odessa in southwestern Ukraine, killing a child and injuring another, officials have said.
- More than 100 civilians have been evacuated from the Mariupol steel plant after weeks of bombing, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.
- Germany’s foreign minister says sanctions imposed on Russia will not be lifted until Moscow reaches a peace agreement with Kyiv.
- Nearly 5.5 million Ukrainians, mostly women and children, have fled Ukraine, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees says.
Here are all the latest updates:
Zelenskyy slams Lavrov’s comments on Hitler
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has slammed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s comments on Jewish people and Adolf Hitlerwhich included a false claim that Hitler was Jewish.
Speaking in his nightly address, Zelenskyy said Moscow “has forgotten all the lessons of World War II or perhaps never learned them.”
Germany wants to keep Russia sanctions until peace deal is signed
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said sanctions on Russia will remain in place until President Vladimir Putin signs a peace deal with Ukraine.
“We will not withdraw the sanctions unless he reaches an agreement with Ukraine, and he will not get that with a dictated peace,” Scholz said on ZDF public television.
He also said Germany also would not accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
US First Lady to travel to Romania and Slovakia
Jill Biden has said she is heading to Romania and Slovakia later this week to visit with Ukrainian families who fled for their lives.
“As a mother myself, I can only imagine the grief families are feeling,” said the First Lady, a mother of three. “I know that we might not share a language, but I hope that I can convey, in ways so much greater than words, that their resilience inspires me, that they are not forgotten, and that all Americans stand with them still.”
Jill Biden is scheduled to leave Washington late on Thursday on the five-day trip.
Italy approves stimulus measures
Italy approved a new stimulus package worth $ 14.71bn to shield firms and families from the economic impact of the war in Ukraine, Prime Minister Mario Draghi has said.
The measures will not push up the country’s budget deficit this year and will partly be financed by increasing a windfall tax on energy companies, Draghi told reporters after cabinet approved the government decree.
Biden has no current plans to visit Ukraine: White House
US President Joe Biden would “love to visit Ukraine” but there are no current plans for him to do so, White House press secretary Jen Psaki has said.
“And I know the president would love to visit Ukraine, but no plans in the works at this time,” she said.
Psaki said the White House would continue to assess the situation, and underscored the Biden administration’s objective to reopen the US Embassy and have US diplomats on site.
Welcome to Al Jazeera’s continuing coverage of the war in Ukraine.
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