{"id":47988,"date":"2022-04-05T22:22:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T22:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=47988"},"modified":"2022-04-05T22:22:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T22:22:03","slug":"russia-ukraine-live-news-us-and-allies-to-ban-russia-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=47988","title":{"rendered":"Russia-Ukraine live news: US and allies to ban Russia investments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the UN Security Council that the Russian military must be brought to justice for \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/4\/5\/zelenskyy-urges-un-to-ensure-russia-adheres-to-rules-of-intl-law\">war crimes<\/a>\u201c.<\/li>\n<li>Russia calls the allegations a \u201cmonstrous forgery\u201d aimed at denigrating the Russian army.<\/li>\n<li>The White House has said Washington and its allies are preparing to issue additional sanctions against Moscow, including a ban on new Russian investments.<\/li>\n<li>The European Commission also proposes more sanctions, including a ban on coal imports from Russia.<\/li>\n<li>Ukraine says people have only been able to flee the besieged city of Mariupol by private car or on foot, as wider evacuation efforts continue to fail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1692752\" id=\"attachment_1692752\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"INTERACTIVE Russia Ukraine War Who controls what Day 41\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/INTERACTIVE-Russia-Ukraine-War-Who-controls-what-Day-41.png?w=770&#038;resize=770%2C769\"><\/img><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1692752\">(Al Jazeera)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here are all the latest updates:<\/p>\n<p><span><time datetime=\"2022-04-05 22:07:34\">4 mins ago (22:07 GMT)<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Some civilians allowed to leave Mariupol<\/h2>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s deputy prime minister says Russian troops have allowed 1,496 civilians to evacuate the besieged city of Mariupol by private vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Vereshchuk said the Russian forces stopped buses accompanied by workers of the International Committee of the Red Cross from travelling to the Sea of Azov port, but that civilians who were able to leave in their personal vehicles travelled to Zaporizhzhia.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p><span><time datetime=\"2022-04-05 21:42:38\">29 mins ago (21:42 GMT)<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>ICC investigation to take a long time, former US official says<\/h2>\n<p>A former Obama administration official specialised in war crimes has said any International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into alleged crimes committed in Ukraine will take a long time, unless more effort is put in by Western powers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ICC has only 71 investigators and 16 analysts for 15 countries,\u201d\u00a0Stephen Rapp, who served as the US ambassador-at-large on war crimes under ex-President Barack Obama, told Al Jazeera from Miami.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere needs to be hundreds of individuals provided by Western law enforcement agencies to come in and work with [the ICC],\u201d he said. \u201cAnd then support civil society organisations that are also employed in order to really have the evidence that\u2019s needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p><span><time datetime=\"2022-04-05 21:36:41\">35 mins ago (21:36 GMT)<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>US to tap Asia for more natural gas to help Europe break from Russia<\/h2>\n<p>The US will continue to explore ways to help Europe wean itself off Russian energy supplies, the White House has said, including asking Asian countries to supply more liquified natural gas (LNG) to the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the steps we\u2019ve taken successfully, which we will continue to build on, is to tap into countries in Asia who have LNG, excess LNG capacity, to provide that to Europe,\u201d Psaki told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Russia is the world\u2019s <a data-remove-tab-index=\"true\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-stringify-link=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/3\/17\/infographic-how-much-of-your-countrys-gas-comes-from-russia-interactive\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/3\/17\/infographic-how-much-of-your-countrys-gas-comes-from-russia-interactive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">largest supplier<\/a>\u00a0of LNG, accounting for about 45 percent of the European Union\u2019s imports in 2021.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p><span><time datetime=\"2022-04-05 21:36:09\">35 mins ago (21:36 GMT)<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Lviv honours the dead with candlelit vigil<\/h2>\n<p>Hundreds of yellow and blue candles have been lit in a central square in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv to honour civilians killed in the Russian invasion of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we want just to pray for their soul and at the same time we want to pray for Ukraine,\u201d Svitlana Shkulova, 54, from Kyiv told The Associated Press news agency. \u201cWe hope that our nation will win this war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vigil in Lviv was preceded by a religious service performed by leaders of various Christian denominations.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p><span><time datetime=\"2022-04-05 21:15:34\">56 mins ago (21:15 GMT)<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>US Secretary of State arrives in Brussels<\/h2>\n<p>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has landed in Belgium\u2019s capital ahead of a NATO meeting of foreign ministers.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Tuesday Blinken said the killings in the Ukrainian town of Bucha were part of a deliberate Russian campaign to commit atrocities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019ve seen in Bucha is not the random act of a rogue unit,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a deliberate campaign to kill, to torture, to rape, to commit atrocities. The reports are more than credible, the evidence is there for the world to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1674823\" id=\"attachment_1674823\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Blinken\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AP22076685941084.jpg?w=770&#038;resize=770%2C504\"><\/img><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1674823\">Blinken says killings in Bucha part of \u2018deliberate campaign to kill\u2019 [File: Saul Loeb\/Pool via AP Photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p><span><time datetime=\"2022-04-05 20:54:54\">1 hour ago (20:54 GMT)<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>No casualties reported after explosions in Lviv, local officials say<\/h2>\n<p>No casualties have been reported following explosions in the Lviv region of western Ukraine, local officials said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExplosions near Radekhiv,\u201d regional governor Maksim Kositsky said on Telegram, referring to a town about 70km (40 miles) northeast of Lviv. \u201cEverybody must remain in shelters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A short while later he said in another post: \u201cAs of this hour, there is no information on victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p><span><time datetime=\"2022-04-05 20:48:01\">1 hour ago (20:48 GMT)<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Nearly 4,000 people evacuated from Ukrainian cities on Tuesday: Official<\/h2>\n<p>A total of 3,846 people were evacuated from Ukrainian cities through humanitarian corridors on Tuesday, Vereshchuk said in an online post.<\/p>\n<p>That is slightly more than the 3,376 who escaped on Monday, Ukraine\u2019s deputy prime minister said.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p><span><time datetime=\"2022-04-05 20:23:50\">2 hours ago (20:23 GMT)<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Ukraine says people can still only flee\u00a0Mariupol\u00a0by car or on foot<\/h2>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk has said that people are still only able to flee the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol on foot or by private car.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to organise mass evacuations by bus to safer parts of Ukraine have so far failed, and efforts with the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have repeatedly broken down.<\/p>\n<p>In an online post, Vereshchuk said seven buses trying to get to Mariupol had not managed to make its way through a Russian blockade.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s defence ministry said Ukrainian forces had \u201ccynically disrupted\u201d the evacuation effort, the TASS news agency cited a senior official as saying.<\/p>\n<p><span><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"434\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5a7634SO4g0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" width=\"770\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p><span><time datetime=\"2022-04-05 20:06:31\">2 hours ago (20:06 GMT)<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>US to announce new sanctions on Russia: White House<\/h2>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has said that the US will announce new sanctions on Russia on Wednesday, including a ban on all new investment in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will target Russian government officials, their family members, Russian owned financial institutions, also state-owned enterprises,\u201d Psaki said during a news conference, about the upcoming measures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s part of the continuation of our efforts to put consequences, [to] hold Russian officials accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p><span><time datetime=\"2022-04-05 20:04:40\">2 hours ago (20:04 GMT)<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>US providing Ukraine with protective chemical weapons gear: Official<\/h2>\n<p>A Biden administration official has said that the US is providing Ukraine with life-saving protective equipment that could be deployed if Russia were to use chemical and biological weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The equipment and supplies, which were requested by Kyiv, are being delivered on a rolling basis and some has already been delivered, the unidentified official told the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>Welcome to Al Jazeera\u2019s continuing coverage of the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Read all the updates from Tuesday, April 5 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/4\/4\/us-mulls-more-russia-sanctions-as-outrage-over-bucha-grows-liveblog\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the UN Security Council that the Russian military must be brought to justice for \u201cwar crimes\u201c. Russia calls the allegations a \u201cmonstrous forgery\u201d aimed at denigrating the Russian army. The White House has said Washington and its allies are preparing to issue additional sanctions against Moscow, including a ban&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}