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Ukraine youth seek respite from war where they can

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Saturday night was always a time for Lviv’s trendy youth to sip cocktails on the terrace or lose in the beats of the basement DJ at “People Place.” However, while the nightlife available to urban cool cats appears to cater to typical young adult tastes, some customers are seeking refuge from the war on their doorstep, … Read more

Zelenskyy describes Russia as ‘insane’

Russia appears “crazy,” according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for continuing to strive to snare victory in the Donbas area. Mr Zelenskyy expressed gratitude to “everyone” who is still defending the Donbas and other eastern and southern territories, saying that Ukraine is forcing Russian invaders to leave “step by step.” The Ukrainian military said on … Read more

Russian chemical attack claim fact-checked

Russia is employing a well-worn technique of accusing a foe of carrying out an attack it did not carry out. This time, it accuses Ukrainian forces of blowing up a fertilizer storage facility. According to Russia’s defense ministry, the attack was carried out so that Ukrainian forces could accuse Russian forces of using chemical weapons. … Read more

Finland seeks to reassure Russia about NATO bid

Finland sought to allay Moscow’s concerns about its NATO bid on Saturday, as fighting raged in Ukraine’s east, slowing a hoped-for Russian advance. Meanwhile, wives and parents of Ukrainian fighters trapped in the bowels of a besieged steel plant in the country’s south made a desperate plea to China for assistance in securing their release. … Read more

Kharkiv is returning to ‘normalcy’

Russian forces are reportedly withdrawing from the war-torn area, and the city is returning to “normalcy.” Assed Baig was reporting near the eastern city of Kharviv. Baig said, “People are returning. The governor said people are beginning to return but he was worried that in some of the areas taken back by the Ukrainians, the … Read more

80th day updates on Ukraine Russia war

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80th day updates on Ukraine Russia war Ukraine has “possibly won the war of Kharkiv”, the nation’s second-biggest city, the Institute for the Study of War has said in its most recent evaluation of the contention. “Ukrainian powers kept Russian soldiers from encompassing, not to mention holding onto Kharkiv, and afterward ousted them from around … Read more

Russians ‘pushed away’ from Kharkiv

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Ukraine said it was forcing Russian forces out of Kharkiv, the country’s second largest city, but was meeting fierce resistance, as Washington predicted Vladimir Putin was prepared for a lengthy battle. The US House of Representatives approved late Tuesday sending a $40 billion aid package to Ukraine, despite President Joe Biden’s warning that Ukraine will … Read more

Over 40 bodies found under east Ukraine building: officials

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Rescuers discovered the bodies of 44 civilians under the rubble of a destroyed building in the eastern Ukrainian town of Izyum, which is now under Russian control, on Tuesday, according to the regional governor. “The bodies of 44 civilians were found in Izyum under the rubble of a five-storey building which was destroyed by the … Read more

Several people killed after a civilian caravan fleeing violence in Kharkiv was shot at

According to the Kharkiv area police, a convoy of civilian vehicles attempting to flee combat near Kharkiv was fired, killing numerous persons. Others have vanished. Police lost communication with the convoy a few days earlier, according to Serhiy Bolvinov, chief of the investigation department. Staryi Saltiv has seen severe action in recent days as Ukrainian … Read more

Kindergartens in Kyiv

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has produced broad devastation that cannot be adequately articulated in words. Buildings have been demolished, hospitals and monuments have been damaged, innocent citizens have been slain, and approximately five million Ukrainians have fled the nation. The Ukrainian foreign ministry has been recording the devastation caused by the war on its … Read more

Ukraine reclaims village in Kharkiv

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As the counteroffensive against Russian forces continues, Ukrainian soldiers have retaken another settlement in the northern Kharkiv area. Troops were seen in a video circulating on Telegram hoisting a flag on a structure in the town of Molodova, which is barely 13 miles (about 21 kilometers) southeast of the Ukraine-Russia border. CNN has geo-located and … Read more

8 dead after Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine: governors

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As Moscow’s forces press farther into eastern Ukraine, eight civilians died on Sunday as a result of Russian shelling attacks in Donetsk and Kharkiv, according to the governors of the two areas. The deaths came as the Russian army refocuses its efforts on eastern Ukraine, notably the Donbas region, which incorporates Donetsk and Lugansk. Four … Read more

Russia maintains its onslaught towards Kharkiv

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KHARKIV: Multiple Russian shellings struck Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, on Saturday, despite President Volodymyr Zelensky claims Ukrainian forces are having “tactical achievements” in the region. Despite the fact that Ukraine has kept control of Kharkiv, the city has been frequently shelled by Russian forces and continues to be targeted on a daily basis. The regional … Read more

Russians ‘behind schedule’ in Donbas: Pentagon

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Russia’s campaign to seize control of the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine is moving slowly and behind schedule According to a Pentagon official. Ukrainian troops’ stiff resistance and caution in the aftermath of Russia’s failure to capture Kyiv have resulted in “slow and uneven progress” in Donbas, the official told reporters. “We believe that essentially … Read more

Russia hits West-supplied arms in Ukraine, cuts gas to Poland, Bulgaria

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Russia stated Wednesday it had destroyed a huge amount of Western-furnished weapons in Ukraine whilst halting gas materials to EU and NATO members Poland and Bulgaria in a flow condemned by means of European capitals as tried blackmail. With the war that has claimed lots of lives coming into its 0.33 month, Ukraine conceded that … Read more

Russian strikes kill 9 in southern and eastern Ukraine

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Russian strikes Tuesday killed at least 9 civilians in southern and Japanese Ukraine, local officers said. Three people died and 7 others have been wounded, of them seriously, in a bombing inside the eastern city of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second town, nearby governor Oleg Synegubov wrote on the Telegram messaging provider. “We urge residents to be … Read more

Ukraine war reaches even children’s books

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LYIV: Romana Yaremyn exhibits hundreds of books packed half way to the ceiling in the basement of the bookshop she operates in western Ukraine after being evacuated from the country’s war-torn east. The publications salvaged from Kharkiv are packed together in white packets and fill up what was formerly the children’s reading room. They are … Read more

Ukraine urges Easter truce for Mariupol

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Ukraine on Sunday called for a truce in battered Mariupol for Orthodox Easter, celebrated in each Russia and Ukraine, as combating rages in the course of the east and south of the country Kyiv also said Moscow was “continuously attacking” the Azovstal metallic plant in besieged Mariupol, where Ukrainian forces continue to be holed up … Read more

Russia is attacking civilian infrastructure in northeastern city of Kharkiv

A Ukrainian military governor, Oleh Syniehubov, said that Russian forces continue to bombard the north-eastern city of Kharkiv, on Saturday. The occupation has started shelling in the city of Kharkiv. The Russian forces inflicted 56 strikes, owing to which, two people have died. And 19 people have been wounded. Civilians are undergoing heavy shelling for … Read more

Routine Russian bombardment terrifies Kharkiv

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 “Close the window, smoke is getting in,” a policeman yells. Vyacheslav Pavlov and his aged mother stay on the 9th floor in Ukraine’s 2d town Kharkiv and the next-door flat is ablaze after a Russian rocket assault. The city has not come underneath huge bombardment however is the target of random strikes at any hour, … Read more

One dead in Ukraine transport plane crash

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Ukraine stated Friday that at least one person died and 2 had been injured while a transport plane crashed over the center of the states, the incident regarding twist of fate-prone Soviet-era aircraft. “An AN-26 plane, which in line with initial statistics belonged to Ukraine, crashed within the vicinity of Mikhailovka within the Zaporizhzhia area,” … Read more

Norman Foster bids to rebuild Ukraine’s bombed-out Kharkiv

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British architect Norman Foster, recognized for restoring the German Reichstag and designing London’s Millennium Bridge, has presented to assist rebuild Ukraine’s heavily warfare-damaged city of Kharkiv, his foundation stated. The 86-yr- architect had a video meeting with the mayor of Ukraine’s 2d biggest city, Igor Terekhov, on Monday, the Norman Foster Foundation and the town … Read more

Displaced Ukrainians move into room of their own in the park

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In a park in western Ukraine, Viktoria wheeled her 4-month-old granddaughter in a pushchair between rows of prefabricated homes which have turned out to be home after escaping warfare. The 39-12 months-vintage kindergarten administrator, her daughter, and granddaughter arrived ultimate month within the town of Lviv, escaping bombardment inside the eastern place of Lugansk. The … Read more

Three dead in new shelling of Kharkiv: governor

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At least three humans have been killed and 21 have been injured in new Russian shelling on Ukraine’s 2d town of Kharkiv Tuesday, the neighborhood government stated. The assertion got here a day after strikes at the metropolis, which lies near the Russian border, killed 5 people. “At the modern time in Kharkiv, 3 people have … Read more

Three dead in new shelling of Kharkiv: governor

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At least 3 people were killed and 21 had been injured in new Russian shelling on Ukraine’s 2nd town of Kharkiv Tuesday, the nearby government stated. The statement got here an afternoon after strikes at the city, which lies near the Russian border, killed five people. “At the current time in Kharkiv, three people have … Read more

Ukraine stares down Russia at Kharkiv’s ‘point zero’

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From a muddied hideout on the edge of Kharkiv a Ukrainian officer peers on the horizon, tracing the Russian lines together with his outstretched finger. On the left, the land is in Ukrainian hands, he says. To the proper, the Russians are dug in, hammering Ukraine’s second metropolis with consistent bombardment. He stands at “point … Read more