Ukrain war: Putin is destroying Russia says Zelensky

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In the attacks, at least one person killed and numerous more were hurt. He is torching your nation and your future while he hides behind you says Zelensky. Two days had passed since one of the biggest airstrike. Russians have been told by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that their president is ruining their nation. Mr. … Read more

Russian missile attack kills 15, traps scores more

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Saturday night in Chasiv Yar, an apartment complex attacked. Attack proves Russia’s assertion that it solely hits military sites. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff termed the act “terrorist” and requested other countries to call Russia a “state sponsor of terrorism”. At least 15 people were killed in a Russian missile attack in Ukraine, … Read more

Zelensky urges G7 to help end Ukraine war by winter

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President Zelensky urges world powers to help end the war. G7 leaders plan new sanctions and vow to support Kyiv “as long as it takes”. Shelling continues in and around the eastern city of Lysychansk. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday urged world powers to do their utmost to help end Russia’s invasion by the … Read more

Key Ukrainian city under ‘massive’ bombardment of Russia

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“Massive” Russian bombardment of Ukraine’s battleground Lugansk region. Pro-Russian separatists claim they are close to Lysychansk and Severodonetsk. Taking control of both would give Moscow control of the whole of Lugansk. “Massive” Russian bombardment of Ukraine’s battleground eastern Lugansk region and key city Severodonetsk has been “hell” for soldiers there, Kyiv said, while insisting that … Read more

Russia stepping up attacks, Ukraine says, ahead of EU decision

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warns to expect greater hostilities. Fighting intensifies in Kharkiv and Donetsk regions of Ukraine. Comes ahead of historic EU decision on Ukraine’s EU membership status. Russian forces have stepped up their shelling in  Kharkiv and Donetsk regions of Ukraine, Kyiv said Monday, after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned to expect greater hostilities … Read more

Kyiv braces for heavier fighting as Russia-EU tensions climb

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Ukrainian President accuses Russia of holding Africa “hostage”. Russia threatens Lithuania over its rail transit of goods to Kaliningrad. NATO’s chief Jens Stoltenberg warned that the war could grind on “for years”. Moscow’s blockade of Ukrainian grain exports and a rail transit row sparked fresh tensions between Russia and the European Union on Monday, as … Read more

British PM Johnson in Kyiv on second visit: Zelensky

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Boris Johnson visits Ukraine for second time. UK offers Volodymyr Zelensky military training programme. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says Russia is failing. On Friday, Britain’s prime minister Boris Johnson paid his second visit to Kyiv in less than two months, giving the Ukrainian capital a military training programme as President Volodymyr Zelensky praised Britain’s “resolute” … Read more

EU backs Ukraine’s ‘European dream’ as Russia cuts gas supplies

Brussels backs Kyiv’s bid for EU candidate status. Ukraine could join list of countries vying for EU membership by next week. Russia accuses West of “manipulating” Ukraine. Even as Russia shelled frontline Ukrainian cities and cut off gas supplies to the West, Europe offered a powerful message of unity to Ukraine on Friday, when Brussels … Read more

Russia says EU ‘manipulating’ Ukraine with possibility of membership

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Russia accuses Brussels of “manipulating” Ukraine. Foreign ministry spokeswoman says Ukraine’s situation is getting “worse and worse”. Russia is conducting a military operation against pro-Russian rebels. After the EU Commission recommended that Ukraine be awarded candidate status for membership in the 27-nation bloc, Russia’s foreign ministry accused Brussels of “manipulating” Ukraine on Friday. “We see … Read more

25% of Ukraine’s arable land lost to war: Kyiv

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Ukraine has lost a quarter of its arable land since Russia’s invasion. Taras Vysotskiy insists food security is not threatened despite loss of land. Ukraine was the world’s fourth-largest supplier of wheat and maize. Ukraine has lost a quarter of its arable land since Russia’s invasion, notably in the south and east, the deputy agriculture … Read more

Ukraine Live: Zelenskyy declares progress in kharkiv and kherson

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Ukraine Live: Zelenskyy declares progress in kharkiv and kherson Ukraine Live: Ukrainian powers have gained ground in the locales of Kherson and Kharkiv. And are keeping down Russian powers in Zaporizhzhia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a location on Tuesday night. “Our defenders show extreme bravery, despite the fact that Russia has a substantial … Read more

EU leaders plead with Orban to back Russian oil ban

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After a month of negotiating over a blocked sanctions package, EU leaders were hoping to persuade Prime Minister Viktor Orban to support a watered-down oil embargo against Russia on Monday. But the Hungarian leader, who has demanded an exemption from the ban and guarantees for his country’s energy supply, warned on arrival at the EU summit … Read more

Zelensky goes to front lines as situation in Luhansk has ‘seriously intensified.’

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Ukraine war: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited soldiers in Kharkiv on a rare visit to the front lines. Several weeks ago, his country’s army were successful in driving Russian forces from their positions near the northeastern city. “I feel boundless pride in our defenders. Every day, risking their lives, they fight for Ukraine’s freedom,” Mr … Read more

Ukraine says doing ‘everything’ to defend Donbas from Russian onslaught

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Ukraine said it is doing “everything” to protect the eastern Donbas area, where Russia acknowledged Saturday that it has taken control of a strategically important town as part of its increasing attack. Russia is waging all-out war for the Donetsk and Lugansk regions that make up Donbas — Ukraine’s industrial heartland where President Volodymyr Zelensky … Read more

Ukraine’s Zelensky calls for Western unity as Russia advances

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On Wednesday, as the Russian invasion reached its fourth month and Moscow’s troops advanced in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized the West for lacking unity. Fighting reached the edge of the industrial city of Severodonetsk, which is under fierce bombardment by Russian forces who are trying to encircle it in one of their … Read more

Zelensky says 87 killed in May 17 Russian strike on base

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According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, 87 people were murdered in a Russian attack on a military installation in northern Ukraine earlier this month, which was regained by Kyiv’s forces. “Today, under the rubble in Desna, there are 87 victims. Eighty-seven corpses, victims who were killed,” Zelensky said during an address to the Davos summit, referring … Read more

Portugal’s prime minister meets with Zelensky

Portugal’s Prime Minister Antonio Costa paid a joint appearance with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Saturday. Costa is the most recent in a long line of Western politicians and officials to visit Kyiv after Ukrainian forces drove Russian troops out of the city’s environs. Zelensky expressed his optimism that Portugal would support Ukraine’s … Read more

Zelensky says only ‘diplomacy’ can end Ukraine war

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In the midst of an impasse in discussions between Kyiv and Moscow, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared Saturday that only “diplomacy” can end the Ukraine conflict. “The end will be through diplomacy,” he told a Ukrainian television channel. The war “will be bloody, there will be fighting but will only definitively end through diplomacy”. “Discussions … Read more