Baku 12˚C Partly sunny

What's the latest in Ukraine? April 16, early day

News 12:12 16 Apr, 2022

A quick recap of developments

What's the latest in Ukraine? April 16, early day

If you're just joining us, here are the latest developments in Ukraine at night, Qazet.az reports. 

  • The police chief of the Kyiv region says Ukrainian police have found the bodies of 900 civilians around the capital.
  • Russia says it struck a Ukrainian plant making anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles outside Kyiv, hours after admitting that the Russian warship Moskva had sunk following an explosion
  • US officials, anonymously, say the US believes the Moskva was hit by two Ukrainian Neptune missiles and there were Russian casualties when the ship sank
  • In the destroyed city of Mariupol, much of which is occupied by Russian forces, Ukrainian officials have accused the occupiers of exhuming bodies to hide evidence of crimes
  • The UN says more than five million Ukrainians have been forced out of their homes during the conflict