Russia-Ukraine updates: US sanctions Russian military shipbuilder, diamond miner

Russia's largest military shipbuilding and diamond mining firms were targeted.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation” into Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with troops crossing the border from Belarus and Russia. Moscow's forces have since been met with “stiff resistance” from Ukrainians, according to U.S. officials.

Russian forces retreated last week from the Kyiv suburbs, leaving behind a trail of destruction. After graphic images emerged of civilians lying dead in the streets of Bucha, U.S. and European officials accused Russian troops of committing war crimes.

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Apr 03, 2022, 10:23 AM EDT

Ukraine asks for investigation into Russian 'war crimes'

The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, called on the International Criminal Court and other international organizations to investigate Russians committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.

"I urge the International Criminal Court and international organizations to send their missions to Bucha and other liberated towns and villages of the Kyiv region, in cooperation with Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, to collect all evidence of Russian war crimes as carefully as possible," Kuleba said Sunday on Times UK radio.

"We are still collecting and looking for bodies, but the toll has already gone into the hundreds. Dead bodies lie on the streets. They killed civilians while in and out of these villages and towns," he said.

-ABC News' Yulia Drozd

Apr 03, 2022, 4:22 AM EDT

Russia strikes Odessa, strategic Black Sea port city

Plumes of dark smoke rose on Sunday over Odessa, Ukraine, after an early morning Russian attack on the strategic and historic port city.

Missiles struck critical infrastructure facilities in the southern city, which sits on the Black Sea, Ukraine’s southern command announced. Casualties have not yet been reported.

A man stands with his dog as smoke rises after an attack by Russian army in Odessa, on April 3, 2022.
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According to the Ukrainian military, some Russian missiles were shot down by air defenses.

Smoke rises after an attack by Russian army in Odessa, on April 3, 2022.
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PHOTO: Ukrainian security officers stand as smoke rises after an attack by Russian army  in Odessa, on April 3, 2022.
Ukrainian security officers stand as smoke rises after an attack by Russian army in Odessa, on April 3, 2022.
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Missiles first hit Odessa on the opening night of Russia's invasion and again late last month. Residents have been bracing for Russia to launch an offensive to take the city.

Smoke rises after an attack by Russian army in Odessa, on April 3, 2022.
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A motorcyclist rides the streets of Odessa, Ukraine, as smoke rises after an attack by Russian army, on April 3, 2022.
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Russia’s military on Sunday claimed the attack destroyed an oil refinery and three fuel depots, which had been supplying fuel to a nearby group of Ukrainian troops.

-ABC News’ Yulia Drozd

Apr 02, 2022, 6:43 PM EDT

Zelenskyy updates on resistance's progress, calls on West to send more weapons

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a new address Saturday updating the progress of the country's defense against Russian forces.

Ukrainian forces are regaining control of the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, according to the president.

"There are more and more Ukrainian national flags in the areas that have been temporarily occupied," Zelenskyy said.

Zelenskyy, however, said his country hasn't received any new weapon systems from the West and chastised Western allies.

"Every Russian missile that hit our cities and every bomb dropped on our people, on our children, only adds black paint to the history that will describe everyone on whom the decision depended; [the] decision whether to help Ukraine with modern weapons," he said.

-ABC News' Jason Volack

Apr 02, 2022, 2:53 PM EDT

Ukrainian photographer found dead in Kyiv area

Acclaimed Ukrainian photographer Maksim Levin was found dead by police in the Kyiv region, a Ukrainian online publication confirmed.

Levin went missing on March 13 while covering fighting in the village of Moshchun, Ukraine, with Oleksiy Chernyshov, who has not yet been found. Intense fighting broke out in the area where they were.

Ukrainian photographer and documentary maker Maks Levin poses in Kyiv on October 10, 2019.
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-ABC News' Yulia Drozd

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