Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated his Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu on "the successful operation in Mariupol". He said the attack on the industrial estate of the steel company Azovstal near the city is being stopped.…
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According to Moscow's defence ministry, Russian airstrikes last night hit 73 military targets, "destroying" seven armoured vehicles and up to 40 soldiers. A ministry spokesman said the nighttime attack on mainly "tactical targets"…
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The separatists in eastern Ukraine, backed by Russia, have launched an attack on the last pro-Ukrainian soldiers in Mariupol. The paramilitary far-right Azov battalion members have entrenched themselves with mercenaries in a steel…
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No humanitarian corridors will open in Ukraine on Monday for the second day in a row. The government in Kyiv cites Russian shelling as the reason. Since the outbreak of the war, Russia and Ukraine regularly agreed on escape routes…
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Russia has imprisoned more than 1,000 Ukrainian citizens, more than half of whom are women, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk said. She demanded on television that they be released immediately. "We will not exchange…
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The Russian army says it took full control of the port of Mariupol on Thursday. According to the Russian Defence Ministry, the remaining Ukrainian soldiers in the city are said to have been surrounded. Ukraine has not confirmed this.…
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Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine are being delayed by the Ukrainian delegation, Russian President Vladimir Putin claims. The countries have been trying for weeks to find a solution to the war in Ukraine, but a breakthrough does not…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky believes tens of thousands of people have been killed in the southern port city of Mariupol. Heavy fighting has been going on in and around the city for weeks by Russian and Ukrainian soldiers. …
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