Russians bomb Mariupol school sheltering 400 residents; Pope denounces 'repugnant' war: Live updates

The pounding of the besieged southern port city of Mariupol intensified Sunday and local authorities accused the Russian military of bombing an art school where about 400 people had taken refuge.

Russia has increased its indiscriminate shelling of urban areas, resulting in widespread destruction and large numbers of civilian casualties, the United Kingdom’s Defence Ministry said in an assessment Sunday. Ukrainian passports were taken from people who were given a piece of paper that" has no legal weight and is not recognized throughout the civilized world," city council said.Pope Francis has denounced Russia’s “repugnant war” against Ukraine as “cruel and sacrilegious inhumanity.” In some of his strongest words yet since Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24, Francis on Sunday told thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square that every day brings more atrocities in what is a “senseless massacre.

Russia’s number of dead and wounded in Ukraine is nearing the 10% benchmark of diminished combat effectiveness, said Dmitry Gorenburg, a researcher on Russia’s security at the Virginia-based CNA think tank. The reported battlefield deaths of four Russian generals — out of an estimated 20 in the fight — signal impaired command, he said.

“We are here to reassure and support the people of Ukraine. We are here to thank the people of Poland for the unbelievable generosity they have shown to the refugees,” said Lynch, who is chairman of the subcommittee on National Security in the Committee on Oversight and Reform.Of 3 million refugees who have fled Ukraine since Russia's Feb. 24 invasion, most have flowed to Poland. But an estimated 350,000 have entered Moldova, one of Europe's poorest countries.

Speaking in a video address early Sunday, Zelenskyy said that “given a large-scale war unleashed by the Russian Federation and links between it and some political structures, the activities of a number of political parties is suspended for the period of the martial law.” He added that “activities by politicians aimed at discord and collaboration will not succeed.

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Ukrainian officials say Russia has bombed a school with 400 people sheltering insideUkrainian authorities said Sunday that Russia's military bombed an art school sheltering some 400 people in the embattled port city of Mariupol.
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Russia-Ukraine war: Art school bombed in Mariupol housing hundreds of refugeesUkrainian officials say a strike flattened an art school in Mariupol used as a shelter by hundreds of civilians. When Muslim terrorists bomb mosques there are always gruesome videos of ppl being torn apart by bombs. There is blood everywhere, ppl crying, dead ppl everywhere. Lets see the videos from the Russian school that was bombed. I see no blood, no dead bodies, just smoke.
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