Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | NATO chief hails ‘historic moment’ as Finland, Sweden apply

[ad_1] Russia said on Tuesday that 265 Ukrainian soldiers, including several dozen wounded troops, surrendered at the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol. Sweden on Tuesday signed a formal request to join NATO, a day after the country announced it would seek membership in the 30-member military alliance. Finland’s Parliament has also overwhelmingly […]

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Mariupol forces taken to Russia-held areas

[ad_1] Moscow calls the operation a mass surrender; Ukraine avoids the word, says mission was completed Moscow calls the operation a mass surrender; Ukraine avoids the word, says mission was completed Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters, including wounded men carried out on stretchers, left the vast steel plant in Mariupol where they mounted a dogged last […]

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Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Ukraine restarts gas distribution stations, supplies in Kharkiv

[ad_1] Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and a delegation of GOP senators are due to visit Helsinki on Monday for talks with Finland’s president as the previously neutral Nordic nation bordering Russia seeks NATO membership. Meanwhile, Finland will apply for membership in the NATO military alliance, the country’s president, Sauli Niinisto, confirmed on Sunday, in […]

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Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Zelenskyy describes lack of medical access

[ad_1] Russia was still ready to provide safe passage for the civilians from the besieged Azovstal steelworks in Ukraine’s Mariupol as told by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in a phone call on Thursday, the Kremlin said. France will increase its financial aid to Ukraine this year to $2 billion […]

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Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Russia using ‘missile terrorism’ in wide attacks, says Ukraine

[ad_1] The commander of the main defending force at the Azovstal steel mill in the strategic Ukrainian port city of Mariupol says Russian troops have broken into the territory of the mill, where limited evacuations of besieged civilians occurred last week. Air raid sirens sounded in cities across Ukraine on Wednesday night and missile fire […]

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Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Civilians rescued from Mariupol steel plant head for safety

[ad_1] A senior U.S. official says the United States believed Russia is planning this month to annex large portions of eastern Ukraine and recognize the southern city of Kherson as an independent republic. Authorities say a Russian missile attack struck the Black Sea port of Odesa on Monday evening. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is […]

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