LIVE TEXT The war in Ukraine, year 2, day 46. More and more civilians die because of Russian bombing. Zelenskiy desperately wants his military to acquire Patriot systems

UPDATE 03:20 The Russians are starting to demolish the central railway station in Mariupol

Russian troops are demolishing the central railway station in Mariupol and several surrounding buildings, which were almost destroyed during the brutal siege of the city by Russia, the exiled councilor of the city’s mayor’s office, Petro Andrischenko, said on Telegram.

UPDATE 02:00 The Russians are sending remote-guided missiles to the Kherson region

“Guided aerial bombs have just hit the village of Novoberyslav in Beryslav commune. Enemy fighter jets also dropped three bombs on Kizomys village in Bilozerka commune,” said the governor of the Kherson region, Oleksandr Prokudin, on Telegram.

UPDATE 01:00 Ukrainian children kidnapped, punished for refusing to sing the Russian national anthem

Daria Herasymchuk, Ukraine’s presidential adviser on children’s rights, said that after returning to Ukraine from Russia, children complain of beatings and other punishments for refusing to sing the Russian national anthem and for mentioning that they are Ukrainian.

UPDATE 00:10 Russia, a terrorist state in Zelenski’s view

Ukrainian President Voldomir Zelensky sent a message claiming that Russia once again proves why it deserves the label of a terrorist state: the Palm Sunday missile attack in the city of Zaporizhia left two victims, one of whom was a 10-year-old girl