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On February 24, at 5:30am Moscow time (02:30 GMT) Russian state television channels were interrupted to broadcast an address by President Vladimir Putin ...

The building has become a shell - there is no glass in the windows, the brickwork is charred and metal sinews hang from the ceiling. “Here we had our bed, our TV and wardrobe were there. Russian forces infiltrated the northern, eastern and southern fronts of Ukraine with air, land and sea attacks.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky released a somber, defiant video asserting that “victory will be ours.” In the Donbas area of Ukraine, Russian forces ...

The United Nations recorded 4,183 confirmed civilian deaths across Ukraine from the time of the Russian invasion through Thursday, according to the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. That official toll omits areas, including those occupied by Russian forces, where counting the number of Ukrainian victims isn’t possible. Most of them were killed by small arms, not during explosions,” Mr. Nebytov said on a national news broadcast, according to online newspaper Ukrainian Pravda. The Kyiv city military administration said separately that 95 civilians, including four children, had been killed by Russian missile strikes on Kyiv since the invasion began on Feb. 24. The bodies of 1,314 civilians have been found so far in the region around the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, regional Police Chief Andriy Nebytov said, according to local reports, as efforts to recover victims of the Russian occupation continued.

When Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in late February, the Russian president vowed his forces would not occupy the country. But as the invasion ...

Oleg Kryuchkov, an official in Russia-annexed Crimea, said this week that the two southern regions have switched to Russian internet providers. Kryuchkov also said that both regions are switching to the Russian country code, +7, from the Ukrainian +380. An office of Russia’s migration services opened in Melitopol, taking applications for Russian citizenship from residents of the captured southern regions through a fast-track procedure. Russian forces captured much of Kherson and neighboring Zaporizhzhia early in the war, gaining control over most of Ukraine’s Sea of Azov coast and securing a partial land corridor to the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Russian flags were raised, and Russian state broadcasts that promoted the Kremlin’s version of the invasion supplanted Ukrainian TV channels. Ukrainian officials warned that Russia might stage a referendum in Kherson to declare the region an independent state. “Hundreds of pro-Ukrainian activists, including my friends, are being held in the basements of security services,” Kobernyk said by phone. Initially, at least, annexing more land from Ukraine was not believed to be the main goal of the invasion. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said it will be up to the people living in seized areas to decide their status. U.S. President Joe Biden, meanwhile, said he believes “there’s going to have to be a negotiated settlement” to end the war. Residents there and in Russia-controlled parts of the Zaporizhzhia region are being offered expedited Russian passports. The Kremlin-installed administrations in both regions have talked about plans to become part of Russia.

US general in Finland to back Nato bid; 14 million Ukrainians displaced in conflict, says UN; Macron says Putin isolated after 'historic error'

Vladimir Putin says exporting grain from Ukraine is “no problem”, after Moscow’s invasion raised fears of a global food crisis. Most importantly, our people, the people of our country, are here. “The armed forces of Ukraine are here. A driver transporting two Reuters journalists in eastern Ukraine was killed and the two reporters lightly wounded on Friday, a company spokesperson said. Ukrainian forces have recaptured around 20% of the territory they lost in Sievierodonetsk since Russia’s invasion,accordingto Ukrainian officials. Leading US general Mark Milley met Finnish president Sauli Niinisto on Friday to pledge US support for Finland’s and Sweden’s Nato membership bids, which Turkey is blocking.

It's day 100 of Russia's war in Ukraine, which the Kremlin is still calling its "special military operation."

However, while in theory output will be higher in the future, OPEC+ has been struggling to meet production quotas. Russia is starting military drills in the Pacific involving some 40 ships and 20 aircraft. If we have something concrete to announce, we will do so." It's day 100 of Russia's war in Ukraine, which the Kremlin is still calling its "special military operation." Among those objectives was the aim to seize Kyiv and Ukrainian centers of government. "We've seen a lot of positive statements coming from various capitals," Dujarric said.

Ukrainian forces have recaptured 20 percent of territory lost in Severodonetsk, Luhansk regional governor says.

“If the work of the Russian media – operators and journalists – is not normalised in the United States, the most stringent measures will inevitably follow,” ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. The risk of a severe food crisis is particularly felt in the developing world, he warned. We appreciate the support of our foreign partners & ask for reinforcement of arms supply, artillery & MLRS, aircraft & air defence systems. “I must say that this is an attempt, as our people say, to shift these problems from a sick to a healthy head. I want to thank our military, volunteers and the entire Ukrainian nation. 100 days of resistance, bravery and fortitude.

FILE - People survey the destruction amid the smoldering remains of a shopping center in Kyiv, Ukraine, following a shelling by Russian forces on March 21, 2022 ...

The African Development Bank has reported a 45% increase in continental prices for the grain, affecting everything from Mauritanian couscous to the fried donuts sold in Congo. And we know what is needed the most: An end to this war." And the Russian Central Bank said last week that annualized inflation came in at 17.8 percent in April. Zelenskyy accused Russia this week of stealing at least a half-million tons of grain during the invasion. In some places — such as the long-besieged city of Mariupol, potentially the war's biggest killing field — Russian forces are accused of trying to cover up deaths and dumping bodies into mass graves, clouding the overall toll. Developing countries are being squeezed particularly hard by higher costs of food, fuel and financing. It blames a backlog of shipments on Russian blockades or capture of key ports. Evgeny Gontmakher, academic director of European Dialogue, wrote in a paper this week that Russia currently faces over 5,000 targeted sanctions, more than any other country. The official estimated that some 40,000 Russian troops have been wounded. Those images tell just a part of the overall picture of Europe's worst armed conflict in decades. That's down from over 8 million in an earlier count. In Mariupol alone, officials have reported over 21,000 civilian dead.

The war has now passed 100 days, with fighting mostly focused in the south and east of the Ukraine after Kremlin forces withdrew from Kyiv following their ...

Russian forces had been capturing more and more of Severodonetsk in recent days, so the Ukrainian recapture of a part of the city is notable should the claims be true. "The combined use of air and artillery strikes has been a key factor in Russia's recent tactical successes in the region." In its latest assessment of the conflict, UK intelligence says the combined use of air and artillery strikes in the Donbas has been a key factor in Russia's recent tactical successes in the region. The war has now passed 100 days, with fighting mostly focused in the south and east of the Ukraine after Kremlin forces withdrew from Kyiv following their failure to capture the capital city. Ukrainian troops have recaptured a portion of the city of Severodonetsk - a main focus of the Russian offensive and the site of heavy fighting - it is claimed. The war has now passed 100 days, with fighting mostly focused in the south and east of the Ukraine after Kremlin forces withdrew from Kyiv following their failure to capture the capital city.

Macron has sought to maintain a dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February. His stance has been repeatedly ...

( Here’s how the war has changed in the last 100 days) Sergiy Gaidai, governor of Luhansk province, told national television that Ukrainian troops had retaken 20% of the territory they had lost in Sievierodonetsk. Russia still controls around a fifth of the country, about half seized in 2014 and a half captured since launching its invasion on February 24. Russia Ukraine War Live, Mariupol Fall to Russia: Moscow said the Western weapons will pour “fuel on the fire,” but will not change the course of what it calls a “special military operation” to disarm Ukraine and rid it of dangerous nationalists.

Kyiv's mayor called the past few months “a time of courage and perseverance.” Analysts and officials say no end to the conflict is in sight.

He said that Russian forces maintained their grip on a highway that had acted as a conduit both for people seeking to flee the city as well as for incoming supplies. The United States, Britain and Germany all said this week they would supply Ukraine with missile systems that the government of President Volodymyr Zelensky had sought to offset Russia’s advantage in long-range artillery. Mr. Putin has even used the looming grain shortage to cast the United States and its allies in bad light, he said. António Guterres, secretary general of the United Nations, marked the 100th day of war in Ukraine by calling for a halt to violence, access for humanitarian aid and protection and evacuation of civilians. At the same time, Mr. Sall told Mr. Putin, whom he called his “dear friend Vladimir,” that Western sanctions on Russia had compounded Africa’s lack of access to grain — an argument Moscow has been making. The sooner the parties engage in good-faith diplomatic efforts to end this war, the better for the sake of Ukraine, Russia and the world,” said Mr. Guterres in a statement on Friday. He said the U.N. stands ready to help in those efforts. “If I leave, I will not be able to return to the village, I will not be able to look people in the eye.” In his nightly address, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine also used the 100th day of war as a way of focusing on how numbers have come to define the war: the number of those killed or wounded, or the number of attacks launched against the country. “I have fields and machines and diesel but I do not have the workers,” he said. He had previously said that most of the industrial city had been taken over by the Russians. Jens Stoltenberg, NATO’s secretary general, warned this past week that the conflict had become a “war of attrition” and advised allies to be prepared for “the long haul.” “They want to be eating grass,” he said as he walked down the stalls of his 35 dairy cows.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged U.S. cities such as Chicago, San Diego and Albany, N.Y., to cut “sister city” relationships in Russia. The ...

But Haidai struck a bullish note and called that timeline “completely unrealistic,” even as Moscow reportedly rushes more troops to the key eastern city. Western leaders are vulnerable to election cycles, and “he believes public opinion can flip in one day.” Elsewhere in Luhansk: Two Reuters journalists were injured and a driver was killed in an attack on their vehicle when they were traveling between Severodonetsk and the town of Rubizhne on a part of the road controlled by Russian forces. While Russian forces captured some 70 percent of this Ukrainian stronghold earlier in the week, Kyiv has managed to regain control over 20 percent of the city, he told local media. Though many Ukrainians resolved to stay and fight, several million men, women and children are now refugees in other countries. The funds, which were approved by a large majority in the lower house of Germany’s legislature, are intended to finance projects spanning several years. “What do those ties give to you? Back then, the aim of his message was clear: to show beyond all fear or doubt that he was committed to stay and fight. Sall later said on Twitter that the Kremlin expressed “readiness to facilitate Ukrainian wheat exports.” They sustained minor injuries, according to a Reuters spokesperson. More than 40 officers in Omurbekov’s unit were also added to the list. Ukrainian troops dove under their tank, screaming at Washington Post reporters to take cover with them.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces are withstanding the Russian onslaught around a key eastern city as Russian troops intensify attacks.

On Friday, the Russians “tried to surround the Ukrainian troops” in the city and neighboring Lysychansk, but were unsuccessful. The two had played a major role in planning the 2011 Safe Skies exercise in Ukraine and had grown close over years of shared training. 100 days of war: Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov assessed the results of the war in Ukraine, saying "certain results" have been achieved and work will continue until all goals are met. “They are really afraid that the success of our defenders will develop, and this can be done if the ammunition, weapons and reinforcements are provided in time. He said a missile strike that killed three people in the city on Tuesday had “pushed the citizens to leave.” The general staff of Ukraine's military said Friday that Russia is concentrating a force of up to 20 battalion tactical groups in the area. "The sooner the parties engage in good-faith diplomatic efforts to end this war, the better for the sake of Ukraine, Russia and the world." He said a missile strike that killed three people in the city on Tuesday had “pushed the citizens to leave.” The flow of traffic leaving the city is “increasing," he added. You can also become the people who choose to defend freedom and thus put an end to the history of tyranny,” Zelensky said. “Dozens of American cities maintain the so-called 'brotherhood' with the cities of the Russian Federation,” Zelensky said, including Chicago and Moscow. “What do these connections give you? The Russians “had previously managed to capture most of the city, but now our military has pushed them back.

Ukraine says it has recaptured a chunk of the factory city of Severodonetsk, the focus of Russia's offensive in Donbas.

But it said Russian forces had retreated after failed attempts to advance in the nearby town of Bakhmut and cut off access to Severodonetsk. The Ukrainian forces have fought back against the Russian advance in the eastern city of Severodonetsk recapturing one-fifth of the industrial city in the past couple of days, according to Serhiy Haidai, the governor of Luhansk province. Ukraine says it has recaptured a chunk of the factory city of Severodonetsk, the focus of a Russian offensive in the Donbas.

While Russian forces may have advanced in eastern Ukraine, the U.K. Ministry of Defence said those gains have been "slow and costly" as part of Moscow's ...

Russia's war in Ukraine has roiled the global economy, disrupting global food and energy supply chains. Rail and truck transportation cannot manage the same volume and have their own logistical problems, UN crisis coordinator for Ukraine Amin Awad said. It said those efforts were based on "wildly optimistic assessments about the welcome Russian troops would receive in Ukraine." The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization reported that food prices are at the highest levels ever recorded. Russian President Vladimir Putin, however, blames "short-sighted" Western policy for the state of global food and energy markets. It stressed resuming exports is key to preventing another crisis. "Russians are blowing up bridges, so we could not bring in reinforcements to our boys in Sievierodonetsk." Meanwhile, the United Nations continues its work to release grain trapped in Ukraine's Black Sea ports. Stoltenberg tweeted that he and Erdogan would continue their dialogue, without elaborating. "Russia has now adopted a 'strategy of attrition' and is achieving slow and costly gains in the Donbas" region of eastern Ukraine, the ministry said. The U.K. Ministry of Defence said Russia's offensive in northern Ukraine "ended in a costly failure." While Russian forces may have advanced in eastern Ukraine, the U.K. Ministry of Defence said those gains have been "slow and costly" as part of Moscow's "strategy of attrition."

Ukraine said Saturday its forces were managing to push back against Russian troops in fierce fighting in Severodonetsk despite Russia "throwing all its ...

The war has sparked fears of a global food crisis -- Ukraine and Russia are among the top wheat exporters in the world. But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said "certain results have been achieved", pointing to the "liberation" of some areas from what he called the "pro-Nazi armed forces of Ukraine". "Victory will be ours," he said in a video speech marking the 100th day of the war. Russia's defence ministry said it had struck a "deployment point for foreign mercenaries" in the village of Dachne in the Odessa region. "The Russian army, as we understand, is throwing all its power, all its reserves in this direction," said Gaiday, who on Friday claimed that Ukrainian troops had won back a fifth of the city. The press service of Ukraine's presidential office on Saturday said Russian attacks killed four civilians in the Lugansk region as a whole.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces are withstanding the Russian onslaught around a key eastern city as Russian troops intensify attacks.

Such weapons tend to cause a higher number of civilian casualties. He added that Ukraine’s Donbas region is “simply devastated,” calling it “once one of the most powerful industrial centers in Europe.” “Russia has been able to increase its employment of tactical air to support its creeping advance, combining airstrikes and massed artillery fires to bring its overwhelming firepower to bear,” the ministry said in one its regular updates on the situation in Ukraine.

Ukraine said Saturday its forces were managing to push back against Russian troops in fierce fighting in Severodonetsk despite Russia "throwing all its ...

The war has sparked fears of a global food crisis -- Ukraine and Russia are among the top wheat exporters in the world. But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said "certain results have been achieved", pointing to the "liberation" of some areas from what he called the "pro-Nazi armed forces of Ukraine". "Victory will be ours," he said in a video speech marking the 100th day of the war. Russia's defence ministry said it had struck a "deployment point for foreign mercenaries" in the village of Dachne in the Odessa region. "The Russian army, as we understand, is throwing all its power, all its reserves in this direction," said Gaiday, who on Friday claimed that Ukrainian troops had won back a fifth of the city. The press service of Ukraine's presidential office on Saturday said Russian attacks killed four civilians in the Lugansk region as a whole.

Ukrainian forces push back in Sievierodonetsk and Kyiv rebukes Emmanuel Macron for saying Russia must not be humiliated.

“Those responsible for war crimes – including direct perpetrators and those who ordered them – must face justice,” the embassy tweeted on Saturday. A famous monastery in eastern Ukraine, Svyatohirsk Lavra, caught fire after it was hit by Russian shelling. However, some Russian officials have said forces could be tried or executed. We all better focus on how to put Russia in its place. Because it is Russia that humiliates itself. Kyiv has rebuked the French president, Emmanuel Macron, forsaying it was important not to “humiliate Russia”. The Ukrainian foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, tweeted in response: “Calls to avoid humiliation of Russia can only humiliate France and every other country that would call for it.