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In the early morning of March 1, Svitlana Zhulina was driving her family away from war-torn Kyiv Oblast. Her husband, Andriy Vilson, was sitting next to her, their two sons of eight and 10 in the back seat. They were driving along Zhytomyr Highway, a westbound road very familiar to Kyivans. In peacetime, people would […]

Thousands of Ukrainians have arrived in the towns of Trelleborg, Ystad, Karlskrona and Nynäshamn by sea since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine three weeks ago. Ludmila and her two daughters pull their suitcases into the ferry terminal after disembarking into the spring sunshine of Nynäshamn, a town an hour south of Stockholm. Refugees […]

Ukrainian rescuers tried to reach hundreds of people trapped in a Mariupol theater after an alleged Russian bombing of the site in the besieged city Ukrainian authorities struggled to determine the fate of hundreds of civilians who had been sheltering in a theater targeted by a Russian airstrike in the besieged city of Mariupol as officials said […]

The Kremlin rejected on Thursday a top UN court’s order to halt its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. The International Court of Justice ordered Russia to “immediately suspend” its offensive that President Vladimir Putin ordered on Feb. 24. Kyiv hailed the ruling — which is binding but lacks any real means to enforce it — as a “complete […]

No one really expected it — but after three weeks of Russia’s all-out war, Ukraine’s air defense is still exceeding expectations. This branch of service not only managed to largely survive Russia’s massive missile attacks in the invasion’s early hours. It took up the fight and prevented the Russians from enjoying total supremacy in the […]

Russian nationals in Turkey who left their country are now rushing to open bank accounts in Turkey to put their savings into the global system and finance their livelihoods, as both citizens and businesses struggle with international sanctions following the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. Many Russians flocked to Turkey to escape compulsory military service, due […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has used a new overnight video address to signal some progress in ongoing negotiations between his country and Russia. Delegates from Moscow and Kyiv are due to meet via videoconference on Wednesday for another round of talks and Zelenskyy said that Russia’s demands during negotiations are becoming “more realistic.” Ukrainian President […]

When Mariupol journalist Artem Popov speaks about his hometown, it sounds like he has a lump in his throat. The southeastern city of Mariupol has turned into a front line of Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine. It’s dangerous to move around the city because Russian warplanes are flying over Mariupol every day, constantly shelling residential […]

Consequences of the fire after the projectile hit a residential building in Kyiv.Vladislav Musienko / UNIAN A series of powerful explosions rocked residential districts of Kyiv early Tuesday killing two people, just hours before talks between Ukraine and Russia were set to resume. At least three large blasts were heard from the centre of the […]

Olena Roschina – Tuesday, 15 March 2022, 07:15 On the 20th day of Russia’s war on Ukraine, the Russian troops have not succeeded on any single front, Ukrainian Armed Forces have repelled new attacks on Mariupol, killing 150 Russian soldiers and destroying two tanks, seven infantry combat vehicles and one armoured personnel carrier. Source: General […]