Ukraine updates: Blinken urges release of detained Americans

All the updates from April 2 as they happened.

Antony Blinken
The US State Department says Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, in a rare phone call since the start of the Ukraine war, to immediately release detained Americans [Bonnie Cash/Pool via Reuters]
By Usaid Siddiqui and Hamza Mohamed
Published On 2 Apr 2023

The live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. Here are the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war from Sunday, April 2: