Russia-Ukraine updates: US sanctions Russian military shipbuilder, diamond miner

Russia's communications and media regulator, Roskomnadzor, is demanding that Wikipedia remove content that contradicts the Kremlin's narrative about the war in Ukraine.

"Based on a motion from the Russian Prosecutor General's Office, Roskomnadzor demanded on April 4 that the Wikipedia management put an end to the dissemination of false socially significant information," the agency said in a statement Tuesday. "Materials containing false information about the special military operation in Ukraine and operations of the Russian Armed Forces have been massively published on Wikipedia in the recent period. Wikipedia has become a new line for continuous information attacks on Russians."

Roskomnadzor accused the free online encyclopedia of "deliberately" misinforming Russian users. The agency noted that it has previously asked Wikipedia "to remove false information about events in Ukraine" and threatened to fine the San Francisco-based company up to 4 million rubles (about $47,000) for failing to delete such content, which is illegal under Russian law.

The U.S. Treasury said Monday night that it would no longer allow the Russian government to make payments on debt using dollars it holds at U.S. financial institutions, another step that puts pressure on the Russian government’s funds.

This step “was in the works before the weekend and isn’t a response” to the atrocities in Bucha, according to a Treasury spokesperson.

"One of the most potent actions of the 700-plus sanctions we’ve imposed have been our sanctions on Russia’s Central Bank, which were levied with unprecedented multilateral coordination, speed, and impact," the spokesperson said. “Today is the deadline for Russia to make another debt payment. Beginning today, the U.S. Treasury will not permit any dollar debt payments to be made from Russian government accounts at U.S. financial institutions.”

"Russia must choose between draining remaining valuable dollar reserves or new revenue coming in, or default," the spokesperson continued. "This will further deplete the resources Putin is using to continue his war against Ukraine and will cause more uncertainty and challenges for their financial system."

-ABC News' Ben Gittleson

More than 300 people have been killed and tortured in Bucha, with the death toll expected to be much higher once the entire city has been checked, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an address Monday following his visit to the ravaged city.

Even more are feared dead in Borodyanka and other liberated cities, Zelenskyy said, vowing to punish those responsible.

"We are already doing everything possible to identify all the Russian military involved in these crimes as soon as possible. Everything to punish them," Zelenskyy said. "This will be a joint work of our state with the European Union and international institutions, in particular with the International Criminal Court."

Zelenskyy also said that Russia is using old tactics to distort the truth about what happened in Bucha.

"They will not succeed," Zelensky said. "They will not be able to deceive the whole world."

-ABC News' Christine Theodorou

Russia is not responsible for the atrocities that Ukraine claims occurred in Bucha, the Russian Ambassador to the United Nations claimed in a press conference on Monday.

Ambassador Vasily Alekseevich Nebenzya claimed that experts who analyzed the video showing dead bodies on the street in Bucha and concluded the scene was staged, alleging that the people lying on the street showed signs of life and that it was clear the first stages of decomposition, which would have occurred in the days after Russian military forces had withdrawn, have not taken place.

To back his claims, Nebenzya played a video, purportedly filmed on Saturday after Russian forces left Bucha, and pointed out that there were no dead bodies on the streets.

Nebenzya also alleged that the Ukrainian military interviewed people in different locations throughout Bucha and there was no mention of a civilian massacre.

"Now the nationalists have a pretext to commit a real massacre" Nebenzya said, claiming Ukraine would use Bucha as a false flag operation. "We want the world to stay alert."

Nebenzya added that the "truth of what happened in Bucha will reveal itself" and that he will present "even more" evidence to the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday.

-ABC News' Christine Theodorou