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1. Ukraine accuses Russia of coercion in ‘sham’ referenda Russia launched referendums on Friday aimed at annexing four occupied regions of Ukraine, raising the stakes in what Kyiv has called a sham that saw residents threatened with punishment if they did not vote. Ukrainian soldiers fire in the recently retaken city of Kupiansk, in the […]

KHARKIV – In the early hours of Sept. 6, Vitaliy Zubenko left his bed to grab a glass of water when he heard an explosion. He didn’t immediately realize that a fragment of a Russian missile hit the roof of his house. Vitaliy Zubenko stands on the ruins of his house in Kharkiv on Sept. 9, […]

The issue of holding the referendums immediately was raised earlier this week by the public chambers of the DPR and LPR © Yegor Aleyev/TASS MOSCOW, September 23. /TASS/. Residents of the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk (DPR and LPR), as well as the liberated territories of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, will cast their […]

Many of the Ukrainians exchanged in the largest prisoner swap with Russia since the beginning of the invasion show signs of violent torture, the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence said Thursday. Photograph: Alessandro Guerra/EPA On Wednesday Ukraine announced the exchange of a record-high 215 imprisoned soldiers with Russia, including fighters who led the defence of […]

Almost 1,200 protesters have been arrested in cities across Russia as they protested President Vladimir Putin’s order to mobilise 300,000 troops to fight in the Ukraine war.   Riot police detain a demonstrator during a protest against mobilization in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022.   –   Copyright  AP Photo Almost 1,200 protesters have been arrested in cities across […]

Updates with Putin quotes, Shoigu speech. Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a “partial” military mobilization in Russia during a televised address Wednesday morning, vowing to use “all means necessary” to achieve Russia’s aims against Ukraine and the West. kremlin.ru “Mobilization measures will begin today, Sept. 21,” Putin said. The move comes after major battlefield losses suffered […]

Ukraine’s accusations that Russian forces carried out atrocities against soldiers and civilians in the recaptured eastern city of Izyum are a “lie,” the Kremlin said Monday. Forensic technicians at the site of a mass grave in a forest on the outskirts of Izyum.Juan Barreto / AFP Ukraine’s accusations that Russian forces carried out atrocities against […]

In Zelensky’s latest address on Monday evening, September 19, the Ukrainian President stated that the pace of providing aid to Ukraine by partners should correspond to the pace of the Ukrainian troops’ movement. Read the President’s full address below:  Image by Kyiv Post. Good health to you, fellow Ukrainians! Today, I held another meeting of the […]

The death of Queen Elizabeth II instantly triggered seismic change, the news causing a ripple effect reaching even the furthest corner of the globe, which resulted in an international outpouring of grief. Her passing heralded the end of the second Elizabethan age, and the loss of one of our final connections to pre-War Britain, with a new […]

The Queen’s coffin has arrived at Westminster Abbey marking the start of her state funeral. Her Majesty was taken from the Palace of Westminster in a grand military procession to the 750-year-old church, where she was crowned in 1953 and married her beloved Prince Philip in 1947. The Queen is carried into Westminster Abbey by the […]