Russia-Ukraine live updates | Ukraine says troops may retreat from eastern region as Russia advances

Russia-Ukraine live updates | Ukraine says troops may retreat from eastern region as Russia advances

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesnkyy spoke defiantly on May 27 in two speeches about his country’s ultimate victory over Russian forces in both the most pressing battle in eastern Ukraine and the war, generally. “Ukraine is a country that has destroyed the myth about the extraordinary power of the Russian army – an army that supposedly, […]

Continue Reading
Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | 200 bodies found in basement in Mariupol’s ruins

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | 200 bodies found in basement in Mariupol’s ruins

Russian troops advanced in eastern Ukraine on May 24, pounding key cities and aiming “to destroy everything there,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said, as Moscow signalled it was digging in for a long war against its neighbour. Three months to the day since Russia launched its invasion, Zelensky mourned the thousands of Ukrainian men and women […]

Continue Reading
Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Russia may set up military base in Ukraine’s Kherson region

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Russia may set up military base in Ukraine’s Kherson region

A captured Russian soldier who pleaded guilty to killing a civilian was sentenced by a Ukrainian court on May 24 to life in prison — the maximum — amid signs the Kremlin may, in turn, put on trial some of the fighters who surrendered at Mariupol’s steelworks. Meanwhile, in a rare public expression of opposition […]

Continue Reading
Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Russian offensive turns to key Donbas city, heavy shelling

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Russian offensive turns to key Donbas city, heavy shelling

Concern mounted on May 22 over the fate of the Ukrainian fighters who became Moscow’s prisoners as Russia claimed seizure of the steel plant-turned-fortress in Mariupol, capping a nearly three-month siege that left the strategic port city in ruins and more than 20,000 city residents feared dead. The Russian Defence Ministry released a video of […]

Continue Reading
Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Ukrainian negotiator rules out ceasefire or concessions to Russia

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Ukrainian negotiator rules out ceasefire or concessions to Russia

Concern mounted on May 21 over Ukrainian fighters who became prisoners at the end of Russia’s brutal three-month siege of Mariupol, as a Moscow-backed separatist leader vowed they would face tribunals. Russia claimed full control of the Azovstal steel plant, which for weeks was the last holdout in Mariupol and a symbol of Ukrainian tenacity […]

Continue Reading
Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Russia claims to have taken full control of Mariupol

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Russia claims to have taken full control of Mariupol

Russia claimed to have captured Mariupol on Friday in what would be its biggest victory yet in its war with Ukraine, after a nearly three-month siege that reduced much of the strategic port city to a smoking ruin, with over 20,000 civilians feared dead. The Group of Seven leading economies and global financial institutions are […]

Continue Reading
Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Russia claims to have taken full control of Mariupol

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Russia claims to have taken full control of Mariupol

Russia claimed to have captured Mariupol on Friday in what would be its biggest victory yet in its war with Ukraine, after a nearly three-month siege that reduced much of the strategic port city to a smoking ruin, with over 20,000 civilians feared dead. The Group of Seven leading economies and global financial institutions are […]

Continue Reading