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The Red Cross demands a halt to all military operations around a Russian-held nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, warning the consequences of a strike could be "catastrophic". "It is high time to stop playing with fire and instead take concrete measures to protect this facility and others like it from any military operations," Robert Mardini, director general of the ICRC, tells reporters in Kyiv. SOUNDBITE
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell decries Russia's attack on the Ukrainian port city Mariupol as "a massive war crime", as the bloc discusses imposing more sanctions on Moscow. SOUNDBITE
Divided Ukraine marks International Children's Day with celebrations in the west and memorial services in the east. Diane Hodges reports.
As a fragile Ukraine ceasefire comes under renewed strain, an orphanage in rebel-held Donetsk struggles to shield its young charges from the year-long conflict. Mana Rabiee reports.
UNICEF says its concerned children are 'paying the price' of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, saying 1.7 million are seriously affected by the crisis there. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
A hospital in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv is evacuating its patients and staff over fears of Russian strikes following claims by Belarus's secret services that it, along with another medical facility, hosted military personnel. "The city is urgently beginning to evacuate two hospitals... because a video is widely circulated online, actually de facto announcing an enemy attack on these medical facilities," Kyiv's city administration said. IMAGES