What happened in the last few hours in Ukraine

On the 37th day of the war initiated by Russia against Ukraine, this is key data at 20:00 this Friday, April 1.

Mariupol (southeast) evacuation failed. The city of Mariupol has been under siege for weeks by the Russian army, and this Friday there has been a new attempt to evacuate civilians trapped in it. “The situation is dire and getting worse. It is a humanitarian imperative to let people out,” warned the International Committee of the Red Cross, which had prepared convoys to evacuate the city. But finally the Red Cross announced that the convoy had to turn around and the evacuation failed, as it was “impossible” to access the city. This Saturday, the organization the international community will try again to resume evacuations.The governor of the Donetsk region, Pavlo Kirilenko, accused Russia of breaking its promise and preventing aid from arriving. The Ukrainian government is expected to have nine humanitarian corridors this Friday for the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol, Energodar, Berdiansk, Melitopol, Rubiyne, Niynee, Severodonetsk, Popasna and Lisichansk.

53 cultural heritage sites damaged in Ukraine. UNESCO has listed 53 places that are part of the cultural heritage of Ukraine that has been damaged since the start of the war in the country. Járkov (northeast) is one of the most affected areas, according to UNESCO director general for Culture, Ernesto Ottone.

President of the European Parliament, in kyiv. “I am here to give you a message of hope, we are with you.” That’s the message of Roberta Metsola, the first top representative from a European institution to travel to Ukraine since the start of the war.

Brussels wants Ukrainian refugees to convert their currency into euros. The European Commission has launched a proposal for EU banks to make it easier for the more than three million Ukrainian refugees who come to the community bloc to convert their hryvnia, Ukraine’s currency, into euros.

Erdogan wants to facilitate a meeting between Putin and Zelensky. Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has spoken by telephone with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in which he has called on Russia and Ukraine to act with common sense and maintain dialogue. Erdogan has also indicated that “he wants to reach the pinnacle of his efforts to achieve peace” by organizing a meeting between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine.

China is not taking sides. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has assured that his country is “against dividing the bloc and taking sides.” He said this during a summit held by videoconference with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in which the President of China, Xi Jinping, also participated.

Arrested a man who was about to sexually exploit two small Ukrainian refugees. A warning from the head of the NGO Ukraine Welcomes, which accompanies refugees on a bus journey from Poland to Spain, has authorized the arrest of a man who brought two minors aged 15 and 16 from the Ukrainian city of Kherson to prostitute them in Malaga.

PHOTO: A tank, on the streets of Mariupol on Thursday. (Reuters/Alexander Ermochenko)