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NEWS From "The Ukraine Independent" Twitter Account 

• Ukrinform: Temporary bridge from suburbs to Kyiv opened. The 245-meter bridge connecting liberated Irpin, Bucha, Hostomel, and Vorzel with Kyiv will be used to deliver humanitarian aid and construction materials, Ukrinform agency reported.

• It will serve as a temporary substitute for the bridge in Irpin that was blown up by the Ukrainian forces to block Russian troops from advancing towards Kyiv.

• Ombudsman: Russian military force children to return to schools in occupied Volnovakha. Ombudsman Lyudmyla Denisova said that the Russian forces are likely aiming to use children as human shields to complicate the liberation of this city in Donetsk Oblast.

• Southern bridge opens to private cars to reduce traffic in Kyiv. For a month only public transport and other vehicles with special permits were allowed to use the bridge, mayor Vitalii Klitschko said. Many residents have returned to the capital since Kyiv Oblast was liberated.

• Foreign minister: Russia mobilizes efforts to undermine weapon supplies to Ukraine. Dmytro Kuleba said that Moscow had prepared a massive campaign targeting foreign media and politicians with emails and comments spreading disinformation about Ukraine. “Don’t fall for it.”

• Russian oil embargo could be part of sixth round of EU sanctions. The Foreign Ministers of Ireland, Lithuania and the Netherlands said on April 11 that the EU is drafting proposals for the bloc’s oil embargo on Russia, although there is yet no agreement regarding the measure.

• “The EU is spending hundreds of millions of euros on importing oil from Russia, which is certainly contributing to financing this war. We need to cut off that financing. The sooner, the better,” said Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney, as quoted by Reuters.

• Zelensky: Russia fired nearly 2,000 missiles at Ukrainian cities. In a video address to the South Korean parliament, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Russian-fired artillery shells are impossible to count. He urged South Korea to provide Ukraine with weapons.

• Zelensky: Tens of thousands killed in Mariupol. In an address to the South Korean parliament, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the worst situation with hostilities is in "destroyed" Mariupol, a seaport in southern Ukraine that has been sieged by Russians since March 1.

Haroun Amari