内容摘要：Russia and Ukraine, however, remain are at odds over competing ceasefire proposals.

Russia and Ukraine, however, remain are at odds over competing ceasefire proposals.

The couple’s families met for the first time at the funeral. Khudia’s grandmother saw the girl, her fingers pressed against the boy’s portrait, and knew.“You are Alyona? Aren’t you?” she called out.

Khudia has appeared in Zavadska’s dreams since the day after he was killed, weeping by her feet. Sleep eludes her, her mother said: “She is terrified of it.”In a park gazebo where the couple liked to sit together, Zavadska looked at photos. In one, the couple is kissing, Zavadska’s long, glossy hair obscuring Khudia’s face.She now speaks in a whisper barely audible above the rustling of leaves. She says part of her is gone. Her mother, feeling powerless, worries her daughter won’t survive her grief.

“His hugs were so warm,” Zavadska said.“We were waiting for the summer so much. We had so many plans.”

A young couple in Kyiv surprised their parents with the intensity of their first love. As Ukraine’s war with Russia roiled around them, they felt at peace and prepared to build a life together. But that was cut short after 17-year-old Danylo Khudia was among those killed in a Russian missile strike on a residential building in Kyiv. (AP Video: Vasilisa Stepanenko)

Associated Press journalists Alex Babenko and Vasilisa Stepanenko contributed to this report.A UNICEF spokesperson said most of Gaza’s water system is damaged, while fuel shortages make it harder to operate desalination plants or water trucks.

are becoming increasingly prevalent in the Gaza Strip as Israel’s total, and aid agencies say supplies to treat and prevent malnutrition are running out.

by resuming military operations in the territory on March 18. It said both steps aim to pressure the militant Hamas group to. Rights groups call the blockade a “starvation tactic” and a potential war crime.