1.25pm GMT 13:25 Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he is almost 45 years old but there is no point in living “if we cannot stop the death”. He switches into English to say: “As the leader of the nation I am addressing President Biden, you are the leader of the nation. I wish you to … Read more
Three European prime ministers headed to Kyiv by train on Tuesday in a show of solidarity with Ukraine even as Russian air strikes and shelling hit the capital and invading forces tightened their grip. At least five people were killed in the renewed bombardments on Kyiv on the 20th day of the Russian assault, authorities … Read more
12.48pm GMT 12:48 Here’s more on the UN human rights office’s claim that it had received “credible reports” of several cases of Russian forces using cluster munitions in populated areas in Ukraine. UN spokesperson Liz Throssell told journalists in Geneva today that indiscriminate use of cluster munitions may amount to war crimes. Due to their … Read more
Over the past two days, we have already evacuated around 100,000 people through humanitarian corridors. However Mariupol, Volnovakha remain entirely blocked. Even though we did everything to organise a humanitarian corridor, Russian troops did not stop shelling. Despite that, I decided to send a convoy of cargo [trucks] for Mariupol with food water, and medication. … Read more
Even as Russia announced a ceasefire starting Monday morning and the opening of humanitarian corridors in several areas, its armed forces continued to pummel Ukrainian cities, with multiple rocket launchers hitting residential buildings. The limited ceasefire announcement came a day after hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians attempting to flee to safety were forced to … Read more
Ukraine urged Western allies to show they were prepared to punish Moscow with new sanctions, including kicking Russia out of the global SWIFT payments system, to deter the Kremlin from resorting to more military force against Ukraine. In an interview with Reuters on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said while Kyiv had no new information … Read more
There are the booms that echo again, and parents know to tell their children they are only fireworks. There are the drones the separatists started flying behind the lines at night, dropping land mines. There are the fresh trenches the Ukrainians can see their enemy digging, the increase in sniper fire pinning them inside their … Read more