Ukraine

Ukraine

Kyiv fears 'Mariupol repeat' as Russian forces escalate Donbas attacks

Some 90% of Sievierodonetsk has been "systematically destroyed" by the Russian forces while at least 1,500 people have died there because of the war, the Luhansk city mayor claims.

28/05/2022

Ukraine

Macron, Scholz ask Putin to free captured Azovstal fighters

Meanwhile, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pledged that the Donbas will remain Ukrainian as fighting intensified around several cities and towns in the eastern region.

28/05/2022

Ukraine

Ukrainians in Zelenskyy's city describe him as 'symbol' of country

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has become a symbol in Ukraine. Euronews International Correspondent Anelise Borges visited the town where the president grew up.

27/05/2022

Ukraine

Ukraine fears repeat of Mariupol horrors as Donbas offensive increases

Ukrainian officials renewed their appeals for more sophisticated Western-supplied weaponry. Without it, they said, Ukrainian forces wouldn’t be able to stop Russia’s offensive.

27/05/2022

Ukraine

Russia offers to lift port blockade in exchange for sanctions relief

Ukraine's inability to export agricultural produce is contributing to the rising global food prices.

26/05/2022

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First civil wedding in devastated Ukraine city despite ongoing war

As wedding season gets under way in Ukraine despite months of war, couples are faced with a difficult choice : celebrate their unions in style or stay discreet so as not to upset anyone.

26/05/2022

Ukraine

Ukraine: 9 dead in Kharkiv, as Donbas fighting at 'maximum intensity'

Russian forces intensify their assault on eastern Ukraine as military commander says "we are fighting for every inch of the front line, for every village."

26/05/2022

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Giant mural of armed saint painted on Kyiv building

A giant work of street art of a Saint with an anti-tank weapon has emerged on a multi-storey building in Kyiv.

25/05/2022

Ukraine

Ukraine: Foreign minister slams NATO for doing 'absolutely nothing'

Dmytro Kuleba said the war has completely flipped perceptions of NATO and the EU in Ukraine.

25/05/2022

Ukraine

Ukraine war in 'most active phase of full-scale Russian aggression'

The battles currently being fought in eastern Ukraine could determine the whole country's fate, a Ukrainian defence ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.

24/05/2022

Euronews Witness

Ukraine war: Survivors describe Russian army atrocities

Following the retreat of Russian forces from near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Euronews' Valerie Gauriat travels to the region to look into the alleged war crimes by Russian troops against the civilian population.

24/05/2022

Ukraine

Three months on, Russia's war in Ukraine has no end in sight

Many thought it would be over in just days. A quick offensive, a government on the run, and victory declared. Instead, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has lasted three months and counting, and with no end in sight.

24/05/2022

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Three months of war, Kyiv residents commemorate victims

As Ukraine marks three months since the start of the Russian invasion, residents in capital Kyiv have commemorated those who have been lost since the start of the conflict.

24/05/2022

Ukraine

Ukrainian soldiers: Only total restoration of Ukraine's territory will be a victory

Soldiers fighting in Ukraine told our international correspondent Anelise Borges that only the full restoration of 'territorial sovereignty' would count as a victory.

24/05/2022

Ukraine

Russia must not cause 'starvation of millions', says EU chief

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen accuses Moscow of responsibility for the food crisis by "knowingly" blocking Ukraine's ports, and urges dialogue.

24/05/2022

Ukraine

'They don't know what war is': Fears over Ukraine forces' preparedness

An injured military trainer tells Euronews that some soldiers "have no idea of what war is all about" as Russia intensifies its eastern assault.

23/05/2022

People

Meet the man using his campervan to help locals fighting in Ukraine

“Normally it’s a campervan, but it’s also good in catastrophic areas or war zones.”

23/05/2022

Ukraine

Russian soldier sentenced to life in prison for killing civilian

A court in Kyiv has sentenced a Russian soldier to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian in the early days of the conflict.

23/05/2022

Ukraine

'I just don't want to be bombed': How war is affecting Ukrainian kids

Beyond the mental health toll, stress like that imposed on children by Russia's invasion of Ukraine can have a permanent impact on the body and children's physical development, a paediatrician told Euronews.

23/05/2022

Ukraine

Ukraine war: Russian diplomat resigns over war, saying he's 'ashamed'

A veteran Russian diplomat in Geneva resigned on Monday over the war in Ukraine. "I, as a Russian diplomat, can no longer be associated" with Putin's war, Boris Bondarev said.

23/05/2022

My Europe Series

Armed with just a guitar, meet the man helping Ukraine resist Russia

He wrote a propaganda song about a drone and it's been a massive hit.

23/05/2022

Ukraine

Russia intensifies its Donbas offensive as Poland's Duda visits Kyiv

The government in Warsaw is a strong supporter of Ukraine's bid to join the EU, which Zelenskyy says will determine Ukraine's future.

22/05/2022

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Priest holds mass in basement of Ukraine church amid sounds of Russian shelling

In the midst of the noise of Russian shelling in the neighbouring city of Severodonetsk, on the east Ukrainian front, believers of Orthodox Church in Lysychansk attend a mass at the basement of a damaged church.

22/05/2022

Ukraine

Ukraine extends martial law, general mobilisation until August

The Ukrainian government has extended both until 23 August, with the parliament voting to support the presidential decree with an absolute majority.

22/05/2022

Ukraine

Russia claims victory in Mariupol as last Azovstal fighters surrender

Russian authorities claim that 2,439 Ukrainian fighters surrendered in Azovstal by Friday, ending the siege of the southern seaport's steel mill.

21/05/2022

Ukraine

700,000 Ukrainians fighting across the country, Zelenskyy says

Meanwhile, Moscow claimed victory in Mariupol after months of siege and the destruction of over 90% of the southern port city.

21/05/2022