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Added on the 30/03/2018 13:00:12 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Police patrol and stand by Moscow's "Wall of Grief", a bronze monument to Soviet-era repression and a site that has become a makeshift memorial for opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison on February 16. Among the flowers left at the site is a bouquet with a message that reads: "One for All. Forgive us." IMAGES
Iranian personnel have been on the ground in Russian-occupied Crimea helping Moscow's forces conduct attacks on Ukraine with Iran-made drones, the US State Department says. "We assess that Iranian military personnel were on the ground in Crimea and assisted Russia in these operations," State Department spokesperson Ned Price tells reporters at a briefing. SOUNDBITE
The extent of death and destruction in Ukraine's devastated port city Mariupol suggests serious international law violations, the UN rights chief says, warning the horrors there would mark future generations. "The horrors inflicted on the civilian population will leave their indelible mark, including on generations to come," Michelle Bachelet tells the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. SOUNDBITE
Civilians queue at a checkpoint at the Russian border after leaving eastern Ukraine's self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), as war fears mount following further escalating tensions between Russia and the West. IMAGES
"Any American in Ukraine should leave as soon as possible, and in any event in the next 24 to 48 hours," says US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. SOUNDBITE