Russia-Ukraine live updates | Ordinary Ukrainians resisting Russia’s invasion are my role models, says Zelensky

Russia-Ukraine live updates | Ordinary Ukrainians resisting Russia’s invasion are my role models, says Zelensky

Amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, a key Ukrainian city Severodonetsk was under ‘massive’ Russian bombardment recently. As per reports, despite fierce resistance from the outgunned Ukrainian military, the Moscow troops have been pummelling eastern Ukraine for weeks and are slowly advancing. With Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces tightening their grip on the […]

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Russia-Ukraine live updates | Ukraine’s Zelensky says military situation in Luhansk region is very tough

Russia-Ukraine live updates | Ukraine’s Zelensky says military situation in Luhansk region is very tough

As Russia stepped up an effort to evict Ukrainian troops from key areas, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the military situation in the eastern region of Luhansk was very difficult.  As per news agency Reuters, Russian forces have captured several settlements near the embattled cities of Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk in the Luhansk region, the regional […]

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Russia-Ukraine live updates | Russia to ‘intensify’ fighting, Zelensky warns as EU decision looms

Russia-Ukraine live updates | Russia to ‘intensify’ fighting, Zelensky warns as EU decision looms

Amid the ongoing crisis, NATO’s chief warned that the war in Ukraine could last “for years” as President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Sunday that his forces would not give up the south of the country to Russia after his first visit to the frontline there. Mr. Zelensky, after making a trip to the Black Sea-city […]

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Russia-Ukraine live updates | NATO warns of long Ukraine war as Russian assaults follow EU boost for Kyiv

Russia-Ukraine live updates | NATO warns of long Ukraine war as Russian assaults follow EU boost for Kyiv

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the war-damaged southern city of Mykolaiv on June 18 for the first time since the Russian invasion in a rare trip outside Kyiv. Mr. Zelensky’s office published a video of him looking at a badly damaged high-rise residential building in the city and holding a meeting with local officials. His […]

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Russia-Ukraine live updates | EU chief promises a signal on Ukraine’s bid next week

Russia-Ukraine live updates | EU chief promises a signal on Ukraine’s bid next week

Ukrainian and British officials warned on June 11 that Russian forces are relying on weapons able to cause mass casualties as they try to make headway in capturing eastern Ukraine and fierce, prolonged fighting depletes resources on both sides. Meanwhile, Ukraine pleaded to Western countries for faster deliveries of weapons as better-armed Russian forces pounded […]

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

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

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 a […]

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Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Missile hits military infrastructure in Ukraine’s Lviv region

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Missile hits military infrastructure in Ukraine’s Lviv region

The Ukrainian general staff said troops had managed to push Russian forces out of Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv in the northeast — a priority target for Moscow. Meanwhile, Russia dismissed Ukraine’s claim it had damaged a modern navy logistics ship in the Black Sea and showed photos of what it said was the vessel […]

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Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | U.S. House approves  billion in Ukraine aid, beefing up Biden request

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | U.S. House approves $40 billion in Ukraine aid, beefing up Biden request

Russia pummeled the vital port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said on May 10, in an apparent effort to disrupt supply lines and Western weapons shipments critical to Kyiv’s defence. The Italian Foreign Ministry says 63 Ukrainian orphans will be flown today from Krakow, Poland to Trapani, Sicily. The transport was organised by the Pope John […]

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Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Russia fires hypersonic missiles at Odesa after holiday pomp

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Russia fires hypersonic missiles at Odesa after holiday pomp

 The Ukrainian military said Russian forces fired seven missiles from the air at Odesa on Monday night, hitting a shopping center and a warehouse. Washington sought to portray a united front against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Monday as President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan measure to reboot the World War II-era “lend-lease” program that […]

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

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

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 from […]

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