Ukraine crisis

United States President Joe Biden on Monday condemned the alleged killing of civilians by Russian troops in Ukraine’s Bucha and called for a “war crimes trial” as he spoke about more sanctions on Moscow. Biden made the statement while…
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Moscow has called for a special UN Security Council meeting Monday to address claims that Russian forces committed atrocities against Ukrainian civilians in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv. “In the light of heinous provocation of Ukrainian…
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Ukrainian forces on Monday recaptured the town of Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv from invading Russian troops. “We have good news today — Irpin has been liberated,” said the town’s mayor, Oleksandr Markushyn. A senior US defense official…
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A fresh and longer curfew will be imposed on the Ukrainian capital Kviv from Saturday evening until Monday morning, mayor Vitali Klitschko said. In an online post, Klitschko said the decision on a 35-hour curfew was taken by the Ukrainian…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged NATO on Thursday to provide Kyiv with unrestricted military aid, one month into Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "To save people and our cities, Ukraine needs military assistance without…
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Russian forces have destroyed a functioning laboratory at the derelict Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the Ukrainian state agency responsible for the exclusion zone said Tuesday. According to the agency, the lab contained 'highly active…
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Ukraine's foreign ministry said on Tuesday about 300,000 people in the occupied city of Kherson were running out of food and medical supplies, and accused Russia of preventing civilians evacuating to Ukraine-controlled territory.…
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Russian forces destroyed a theater in Mariupol where hundreds of people were sheltering Wednesday and rained fire on other cities, Ukrainian authorities said, even as the two sides projected optimism over efforts to negotiate an end to the…
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A Russian tank reportedly blew up a Ukrainian woman who was leaving her home in Kyiv to get medicine for her ailing mother. The woman, Valeriia Maksetska, worked for a USAID partner organisation and was allegedly killed in a town near Kyiv…
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Russian attacks on Ukraine have killed at least 79 children and wounded 100 more since the 'special military operation' began on February 24, the Ukrainian chief prosecutor's office has been quoted by news agency AP. The prosecutor's…
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