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'Very soon there will be two Victory Days in Ukraine', says Zelenskyy

Ukraine's President marked May 9 with a video address, declaring that Ukraine would continue the fight for freedom and for their children.

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Euroviews. Five ways the war in Ukraine could end | View

Russia began a war thinking it would quickly win, only to find that carefully drafted plans are often the first casualties, writes Michael Horowitz.

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Ukraine war: Dozens more civilians evacuated from Mariupol steel plant

Another 50 civilians were evacuated from the steel plant in the besieged port city of Mariupol on Friday, said Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk in a message on Telegram.

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Ukraine war: UN works to evacuate more civilians from Mariupol

The United Nations is working to evacuate more civilians from the besieged port city of Mariupol.

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Russia wants to 'break us down' with missile attacks, says Ukraine

"Another night in Ukraine, another barrage of Russian missiles raining down on peaceful Ukrainian cities," said foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba.

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Watch: 'Ukraine will win,' Boris Johnson tells Ukrainian MPs

"It is not the size of the dog in the fight, it is the size of the fight in the dog," UK PM Boris Johnson told Ukrainian MPs.

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Ukraine war: Mariupol civilians reach safety, as Russia strikes Lviv

Russian strikes hit three power plants in the western city of Lviv on Tuesday evening causing some electricity blackouts.

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Israel slams Russian FM's comments on Nazism and Ukraine

Sergey Lavrov repeated Moscow's baseless claims about 'Nazis' in Ukraine, and also stated falsely that Hitler was partly Jewish, prompting fury in Israel.

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US says Russia planning to annex eastern Ukraine this month

A senior American official says Russia is planning to hold "sham referenda" and recognize the southern city of Kherson as an independent republic.

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Top US lawmaker Nancy Pelosi meets Zelenskyy in Ukraine

Pelosi, second in line to the presidency after the vice president, is the highest-ranking US leader to visit Ukraine since the start of the war.

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Ukraine war: Civilians being evacuated from Mariupol steel plant

A long-awaited effort to evacuate people from a steel plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was under way on Sunday, the United Nations said.

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Ukraine war: Many Russian forces suffering 'weakened morale', UK says

Russia is still facing "considerable challenges" in Ukraine, the UK Ministry of Defence said, with many troops likely suffering from "weakened morale".

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Civilians in Mariupol steel mill 'begging to get saved'

The situation inside the vast Soviet-era Avozstal steel plant has grown more extreme after Russia dropped a series of so-called “bunker buster” bombs and unguided munitions.

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Kyiv demolishes historic Ukraine-Russia friendship monument

A historic monument of Ukrainian and Russian friendship is being removed from the Kyiv city centre two months after Russia invaded Ukraine.

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Ukraine faces 'extremely difficult weeks', defence minister says

Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov called for "resilience and unity" as the Russian army's build-up of forces for a major offensive in the east was deemed complete.

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Zelenskyy praises the power of art in address to Venice Biennale

Among the events at the Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition is "This is Ukraine: Defending Freedom". Both engaged and artistic, it’s a project of monumental proportions, showing in one of Venice’s largest buildings.

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Ukraine: Boris Johnson rejects 'NATO proxy war' allegations

Johnson said in a TV interview “They are trying to frame this as a conflict between Russia and the West, or Russia and NATO. That’s not what is going on.”

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Kyiv wants UN to help Mariupol residents, as Russia strikes railways

Ukraine's government said there was no agreement on an evacuation ceasefire with Russia in Mariupol, and called on the UN to broker a deal to rescue trapped civilians.

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Zelenskyy meets with top-level US delegation, promised military aid

Zelenskyy met face-to-face with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin in Kyiv on Sunday night, with the Americans promising military aid and the return of diplomats

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What happened in the Ukraine war on Sunday?

On the 60th day since the Russian invasion began, a number of international organisations and political and religious leaders urged Russia to declare a truce and allow civilians to evacuate from Mariupol.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, elected President of Ukraine on April 21, 2019, is a former comedian and actor who gained international recognition for leading Ukraine during the Russian invasion.