2 h. ago Putin 'same as Hitler' says war crimes detective who pieces together body parts

Colonel Serhii Bolvinov doesn't let being on a Russian hit-list stop him from investigating the horrors of Russian atrocities committed by President Vladimir Putin's brutal invasion army

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5 d. ago Russian football clubs given €10.8m in Uefa ‘solidarity’ funds since Ukraine invasion

Exclusive: Five Ukraine clubs failed to win similar payments due to allegedly being located in ‘zone of military operations’Uefa has paid more than €10.8m (£9.4m) in “solidarity” funds to Russian football clubs since they were banned from taking part in European tournaments after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, the Guardian can reveal.The payments were made despite five Ukrainian clubs failing to receive similar such funds allegedly due to their locations being in a “zone of military operations”. Continue reading...

Sport

5 d. ago Russian football clubs secure €10.8m in Uefa ‘solidarity’ funds since Ukraine invasion

Exclusive: Five Ukraine clubs failed to win similar payments due to allegedly being located in ‘zone of military operations’Uefa has paid more than €10.8m (£9.4m) in “solidarity” funds to Russian football clubs since they were banned from taking part in European tournaments after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, the Guardian can reveal.The payments were made despite five Ukrainian clubs failing to receive similar such funds allegedly due to their locations being in a “zone of military operations”. Continue reading...

Sport

6 d. ago US is auctioning $325M Russian superyacht Amadea, which boasts 8 state rooms, helipad, gym and spa

The United States is auctioning off the $325 million luxury superyacht Amadea, its first sale of a seized Russian superyacht since the launch of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Economics

3 w. ago Oleksandr Usyk wraps Ukraine’s flag around himself and his fists around Daniel Dubois | Barney Ronay

No boxer has ever represented his country to this degree: Usyk is a living embodiment of his nation’s defiance of the Russian invasionPerhaps the most striking part of the surge of controlled fury that ended this heavyweight title fight wasn’t the short right or the clubbing left that took Daniel Dubois down midway through the fifth round.It was Oleksandr Usyk’s smile before the second of those shots. More of a snarl perhaps, or a baring of the gumshield, as Dubois let his arms drop, giving Usyk time to freeze the moment, load up, take aim and unleash a fully extended left hand to the side of the jaw that made Dubois crumple, legs folding under him as his father, Stan, threw in the towel. Continue reading...

Politics

4 w. ago Navalny’s widow leads calls for Italy to cancel concert by pro

Valery Gergiev, an ally of Russian leader, is due to perform in Europe for first time since full-scale invasion of Ukraine The widow of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is leading calls for Italy to scrap a performance by a Russian orchestra conductor with close ties to Vladimir Putin at a music festival in southern Italy.Valery Gergiev, who has been a close ally of Putin since the early 1990s, will perform in Europe for the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine after being invited to Un’Estate da Re festival in La Reggia di Caserta, a former Bourbon palace and Unesco world heritage site in Campania, on 27 July. Continue reading...

Politics

4 w. ago More than 80,000 people have lost limbs in Ukraine due to Putin's Russian invasion

The conflict in Ukraine has left more than 80,000 people without limbs, with the figure being highlighted by a charity in which the lamp of Florence Nightingale has been replaced with a prosthetic

Politics

last month The way a child plays is the way they live’: how therapists are using video games to help vulnerable children

Minecraft and other creative games are becoming recognised as powerful means of self-expression and mental health support, including for traumatised Ukrainian refugeesOleksii Sukhorukov’s son was 12 when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. For months, the family existed in a state of trauma and disarray: Sukhorukov was forced to give up his work in the entertainment industry, which had included virtual reality and video games; they became isolated from friends and relatives. But amid the chaos, his boy had one outlet: Minecraft. Whatever was happening outside, he’d boot up Mojang’s block-building video game and escape.“After 24 February 2022, I began to see the game in a completely different light,” says Sukhorukov. I discovered that Ukrainian children were playing together online; some living under Russian occupation, others in government-controlled areas of the country that were the targets of regular missile attacks; some had already become refugees. And yet they were still ab...

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