Russia-Ukraine live updates | EU to give fast-tracked opinion on Ukraine membership bid

Russia-Ukraine live updates | EU to give fast-tracked opinion on Ukraine membership bid

France wants a military Ukrainian victory against Russia that reestablishes the territorial integrity of the country, including Crimea that was seized by Russia in 2014, a French diplomatic source said on June 16. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised Ukraine world-class weapons — from self-propelled howitzers to multiple launch rocket systems and an air defence […]

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Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Russia claims partial control of flashpoint Ukraine city

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Russia claims partial control of flashpoint Ukraine city

A theatre in Ukraine’s capital has reopened for the first time since Russian forces invaded the country, and tickets sold out for Sunday’s performance. Russian gas producer Gazprom said its supply of gas to Europe through Ukraine via the Sudzha entry point was seen at 40.9 million cubic metres (mcm) on Tuesday versus 40.1 mcm on Monday. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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