18 h. ago 'Forget about Ukraine – Donald Trump's latest fallout with Putin is all about keeping China at bay'

Inderjeet Parmar, professor of International Politics at the City, University of London, believes a major fall out between Putin and Trump would 'disadvantage the US'

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41 h. ago Trump ‘p***ed off’ at Putin over disparaging Zelensky comments

US President Donald Trump has said he was “pissed off” with Vladimir Putin, after the Russian president questioned Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s credibility.

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48 h. ago 2 people killed and dozens wounded in Russian attack on Kharkiv

Ukrainian officials say two people were killed when Russian drones struck a military hospital, shopping center and apartment buildings in Kharkiv late Saturday

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54 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv accuses Russia of war crime after attack on military hospital in Kharkiv

Ukrainian officials denounce ‘deliberate’ targeted shelling of hospital; Ukrainian president says US, Europe must respond to daily Russian drone attacks. What we know on day 1,131See all our Ukraine war coverageRussian drones struck a military hospital, shopping centre, apartment blocks and other targets in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, late on Saturday, killing two people and injuring at least 25, local officials and the Ukrainian military said. On the Telegram messaging app, the military’s general staff said those injured included servicemen undergoing treatment in the medical centre. It accused Russia of having carried out a “war crime” and of “violating the norms of international humanitarian law” denouncing the “deliberate, targeted shelling” of the facility. Oleh Syniehubov, the regional governor, said 25 people were hurt, including a 15-year-old girl who is in serious condition.An hour before the Kharkiv attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukra...

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5 d. ago Russia's shocking 'sham' terror trials as Ukrainians jailed for Putin's 'amusement'

More than two dozen captured Ukrainians face long sentences in Russian prisons as they are convicted in 'sham' court trials which rights organisations have branded a violation of laws

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7 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Strike into Belgorod ‘destroys four Russian helicopters’

Russian missile attack injures 88 in Sumy, officials report; Saudi Arabia ceasefire talks to continue with nothing yet agreed. What we know on day 1,126Ukraine’s special forces said on Monday they destroyed four military helicopters in Russia’s Belgorod region with Himars rocket systems. The special operations command published drone footage and announced: “Special operations forces in cooperation with the GUR of the ministry of defence, missile forces and artillery destroyed two enemy Ka-52 and two Mi-8 helicopters in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.” The strikes occurred at a concealed “jumping-off point” for Russian aircraft used in surprise attacks on Ukrainian forces, the group said. Ukrainian forces have since 18 March been striking across the border into areas of Belgorod oblast including the village of Demidovka, according to Russian and Ukrainian war watchers. Some claimed Ukrainian troops had managed to seize a small amount of territory in Belgorod. Their rep...

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7 d. ago Ukraine accuses Moscow of ‘hollow statements about peace’ after latest attack

Ukrainian officials say 88 injured in missile strike as US and Russian officials start talks on ceasefire dealUkraine has accused Moscow of making “hollow statements about peace” after 88 people were injured in a Russian missile attack as US and Russian officials began talks that Washington hopes will mark the first step toward lasting peace.Seventeen children were among the casualties after the missile hit schools and residential buildings in the city of Sumy, Ukrainian officials said late on Monday, as Moscow appeared to be exploiting the window before any ceasefire to launch attacks on Ukraine. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Russian priest arrested during Sunday service for 2014 photo with Ukrainian flag

Nikolai Savchenko said police came to his St Petersburg church during Sunday service to detain him

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8 d. ago Ukraine war live: Zelenskyy urges allies to put ‘new pressure’ on Russia to bring an end to ‘daily reality’ of attacks

US and Ukrainian officials to meet for ceasefire discussions in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, ahead of US-Russia talks on MondayAs well as Kyiv, the overnight Russian attacks were reported to have struck the Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Odesa and Donetsk regions.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Russian attacks across his country continue to be a “daily reality” despite the partial ceasefire agreed to last week. He referenced the overnight drone attack on Kyiv, in which at least 3 people were killed, and a Russian attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia which reportedly killed a family of three late on Friday evening.These attacks are a daily reality. This week alone, over 1,580 guided aerial bombs, nearly 1,100 strike drones, and 15 missiles of various types were used against our people. All of this weaponry contains at least 102,000 foreign components. That’s why sanctions against Russian terrorists must be more effective. Every loophole that allows them to byp...

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9 d. ago Ukraine’s clandestine book club defies Russia’s push to rewrite history

Risking discovery and even prison, teenage readers meet in secret to discuss texts that Putin’s troops are trying to eraseIt must be one of the most dangerous book clubs in the world. Before they can feel safe enough to talk about poetry and prose, 17-year-old Mariika (not her real name) and her friends have to first ensure all the windows are shut and check there is no one lurking by the flat’s doors.Informants frequently report anyone studying Ukrainian in the occupied territories to the Russian secret police. Ukrainian textbooks have been deemed “extremist” – possession can carry a sentence of five years. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago London: Putin decree urges Ukrainians to obtain Russian passports

London: Putin decree urges Ukrainians to obtain Russian passports  Yahoo

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9 d. ago Russian drone pilots hunting down Ukrainian civilians on the streets: ‘Like playing a computer game’

Ukrainians living in bombed-out Kherson tell World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley how they are targeted by Russian drones as they go about their daily lives - and how their brutal injuries are cared for in a hospital forced underground

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9 d. ago 3 people killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia despite limited truce

Ukrainian officials say Russian drones have struck the city of Zaporizhzhia, killing three people and wounding 12

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1 week ago Trump revokes legal status of more than 500,000 migrants... but faces fury over uncertainty for Ukrainian refugees

Uncertainty still remains for some 240,000 Ukrainians who sought refuge in the US following the Russian invasion in 2021.

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1 week ago Russia continues strikes on Ukraine as drones hit Odesa overnight

Amid uncertainty as to when part-ceasefire will take effect, Kremlin says it will cover only ‘energy infrastructure’Waves of Russian drones pounded the Ukrainian port city of Odesa overnight, setting it ablaze in an attack that underscored Moscow’s intent to continue aerial assaults despite agreeing to a temporary pause in strikes on energy infrastructure.Videos circulating on social media showed fires erupting in several parts of Odesa. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Russian drones strike Ukrainian city of Odesa, underlining challenges for even limited truce

Russian drones have pummeled the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa, injuring three people and sparking fires

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1 week ago Russia pounds Ukrainian port while key Russian gas pipe in Kursk explodes in huge 300ft fireball as ceasefire shows no signs of coming into effect

Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa suffered its worst onslaught of the war as Russia carpet bombed the city with drone attacks overnight, injuring at least three people.

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1 week ago Ukrainian missile strikes airbase used by Russian strategic bombers 400 miles behind the front line

A Ukrainian missile struck an airbase used by Russian strategic bombers 400 miles behind the front line yesterday, in one of the longest-range strikes of the conflict.

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1 week ago Odesa 'in flames' as Russia launches kamikaze drone attack which is 'heaviest of war'

A Ukrainian presidential adminstration head claimed a Russian Shahed loitering munition slammed into the southern Ukrainian city earlier today, engulfing it in flames

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1 week ago Zelenskyy says no discussion with Trump over ownership of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – Europe live

‘All nuclear power plants belong to the people of Ukraine,’ Zelenskyy said at a press conference in Norway Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson said he was “cautiously optimistic” about the progress made on Ukraine, but was growing frustrated with Russia’s “ifs and buts” on ceasefire, adding it was up to Moscow to “prove it” that it is serious about ending the conflict.He also pointed to later talks in the UK with army chiefs and planners as an important part of discussions on how Europe can support any future peace agreement. Continue reading...

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