36 brigades of marines defending Mariupol have ammunition left for several hours. Unarmed fighters can be captured or even killed by the Russian occupiers. The fighters recorded a video message to all Ukrainians and people from all over the world who support Ukraine.

The Commissioner for Human Rights in Ukraine Lyudmila Denisova told BBC News about the recorded cases of sexual crimes in Bucha. She said: "About 25 girls and women aged 14 to 24 were systematically raped during the occupation in the basement of one house in Bucha. Nine of them are pregnant. Russian soldiers told them they would rape them to the point where they wouldn't want sexual contact with any man, to prevent them from having Ukrainian children. "

Denisova says Ukraine wants a special tribunal to be set up by the United Nations to try Vladimir Putin personally for allegations of war crimes including rape.

On the night of April the 12th, the Russian military fired phosphorous bombs at the village of Novoiakovlivka. This was reported on the website of the local community. The report says that due to the rainy weather there was no fire, no one was injured or killed. There are damaged houses. The use of phosphorus bombs is prohibited by the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Victims of War and the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.