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Zaporizhzhia rocked by deadly missile strike on humanitarian convoy

The strike sent shrapnel tearing through vehicles that were hoping to collect people from Russian-controlled areas of the region

Ukraine

Kyiv announces bid to join NATO after Russia annexes Ukrainian regions

Ukraine will request to be accepted into the alliance according to the fast-track procedure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday.

Russia

Watch: Putin says four annexed Ukrainian regions are 'Russian forever'

Putin declares some 15% of Ukraine as Russian territory in the biggest annexation in Europe since World War II.

Ukraine

Cargo ship with 1,000 tonnes of Ukraine aid sets sail from Marseille

France is sending its largest shipment of aid to Ukraine since Russia invaded its smaller neighbour in late February.

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11 people were injured by Russian rockets in Kramatorsk

At least 11 people were injured, one seriously, when four rockets hit the eastern Ukrainian town of Kramatorsk, authorities said.

Ukraine

'Tired of crying': Couple look to future despite missile-damaged home

Anastasia and Roman Akulenko left their Irpin home with two daughters running for their lives. Today they are back to Irpin and hold on to the hope of living in their home again one day.

Russia

'You're not welcome': Protest calls for Georgia to stop Russian influx

"Georgia is occupied by Russia, in the same way that part of Ukraine is still occupied by Russia, that’s why they are not welcome here as friends or brothers."

Ukraine

Russia expected to annex occupied Ukrainian territories within days

'Sham' referenda were held in four regions of southern and eastern Ukraine, which Moscow is now poised to annex

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EU proposes fresh sanctions on Russia after 'sham referendums'

Under the new package, EU citizens will be barred from serving on the boards of Russian-state companies.

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The Russian strikes cut off electricity to much of Kharkiv in Ukraine.

Russia fired a salvo of missiles at Ukraine's second city, Kharkiv, overnight, hitting a railroad yard and knocking out power to more than 18,000 homes.

Russia

Russia's mobilisation efforts likely to fail, says ISW think tank

Previous attempts at rounding up Russians to fight have likely drained the pool of reservists ahead of the latest “partial mobilisation," says the Institute for the Study of War.

Russia

Russians flee to Mongolia after Putin's war mobilisation order

More than 3,000 Russians have crossed one checkpoint into Mongolia since Putin announced the call-up of reservists last Wednesday.

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Protesters detained by Russian police at anti-mobilisation rally

Protesters detained by police in central Moscow at anti-mobilisation rally

Serbia

Serbian foreign minister defends Russia deal after flak from Brussels

Nikola Selaković signed a bilateral agreement, dubbed the Consultation Plan, with his Russian counterpart on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York on Friday.

Ukraine

Ukraine war: 'Sham referendums' continue in Moscow-held regions

Moscow-occupied parts of Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia have begun voting in "referendums" to decide whether to become part of Russia or not.

USA

Lavrov blames the West for war in Ukraine at UN General Assembly

His speech centred on a claim that the US and its allies — not Russia, as the West maintains — are aggressively undermining the international system that the UN represents.

Europe News

5 EU countries call for sanctions on Gazprombank and Russian diamonds

In a joint paper, Poland, Ireland and the three Baltic countries propose a ban on Kaspersky software and the sale of real estate.

Russia

'War has entered every Russian home,' claims Ukraine's president

"Now, due to mobilisation, for most Russian citizens, Russia's war against Ukraine is not something on TV or the internet but something that has entered every Russian home."

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Humanitarian aid given out in recaptured Izium

In Izium, a Ukrainian city held by Russian forces for six months until its recapture in early September, the sound of artillery from a distant battle was nearly constant on Wednesday but residents were too focused on basic needs to heed it.

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EU to prepare new sanctions against Russia following Putin's speech

The European Commission president said the penalties will focus on "civilian technology as Russia moves to a full war economy."

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