Ukraine

Green News

Ukraine wants to hold Russia accountable for its environmental crimes

Once the war is over, Ukraine is hoping to take Russia to court over the billions of euros of damage the war has inflicted on the environment.

17/06/2022

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Russian shelling leaves massive craters, mines and unexploded rockets

Shelling in Ukraine on Thursday damaged several buildings and civilian infrastructure at a town on the outskirts of Kharkiv. A five-meter-deep shell crater was left at the site. Mine and unexploded rocket clearance is being carried out meticulously.

17/06/2022

Ukraine

Ukrainian navy claims to have struck Russian vessel in Black Sea

On Friday, the Ukrainian navy said that it had struck a Russian boat carrying air defence systems to a strategic island in the Black Sea.

17/06/2022

Green News

Euroviews. View: Ukraine’s green hydrogen can replace Russian fossil fuels

As Europe weans itself off of Russian fossil fuels, Ukraine is offering a solution that would also help to rebuild its economy.

17/06/2022

Ukraine

'Durable' truce needed for Sievierodonetsk evacuation — refugee chief

Thousands of civilians remain trapped in Ukraine's devastated eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, with supplies of food and clean water running low.

16/06/2022

Europe Decoded

Misleading document says majority of Mariupol population is pro-Russia

A "top secret" document supposedly written by the Azov Battalion states that over 70% of Mariupol's population is loyal to Moscow.

16/06/2022

Ukraine

Back on track: Ukraine uses sleeper trains to rehouse war-hit locals

Dubbed the "Iron City", the former sleeper train is composed of five wagons, which can accommodate up to 25 families

16/06/2022

Ukraine

Ukraine war: Five things you need to know

The US has sent another $1bn in military aid to Ukraine Wednesday, calling on allies to step up.

15/06/2022

Europe News

Explained: Where EU leaders stand on Ukraine's membership to the bloc

The European Commission is this week expected to endorse granting Ukraine candidate status for EU membership.

15/06/2022

Ukraine

Euroviews. It's finally time to say 'yes' to Ukraine's European future | View

Ukraine should be allowed to become an EU candidate country, argues Alyona Getmanchuk, director of the New Europe Center think tank in Kyiv.

15/06/2022

Ukraine

Send more weapons to Ukraine, Poland's PM urges NATO

“Where is our credibility if Ukraine fails? Can we imagine that Ukraine fails and we revert to business as usual? I hope not."

15/06/2022

Ukraine

Tributes pour in for activist Roman Ratushny killed in Ukraine war

"There are no words or strength to accept the hell in which Ukraine lives [where it] loses its best sons and daughters."

15/06/2022

Europe News

Zelenskyy urges Ukrainians to 'hold on' in 'vital' Donbas

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said 'it is vital to stay in Donbas', urging his compatriots to 'hold on'.

15/06/2022

Ukraine

Ukrainians use humour to help them cope with the horrors of war

Comedian Anton Tymoshenko said laughter "was the only way to save your mental health in war".

14/06/2022

Ukraine

Five things you need to know about the Ukraine war on June 14

From the latest on Sievierodonetsk to suggestions by the Pope that the war could have been provoked by NATO's expansion, here are five things you need to know about the Ukraine war today.

14/06/2022

Culture news

A Ukrainian comic has one day for a wedding and a stand-up gig

Only Ukrainians could find the funny side of their most desperate war. Comedians Serhiy Lipko and Anastasia Zukhvala took a day off in Serhy's army schedule to get married and enjoy a stand-up event.

14/06/2022

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Ukraine's besieged farmers fear war-time harvest 'hell'

Farmers in Ukrainian front-line regions are scrambling to survive a harvest under Russian fire, with shelling feeding fear across a sector already hamstrung by Russia's blockade of the Black Sea.

14/06/2022

Ukraine

Russia destroys last bridge out of Sievierodonetsk

Russian forces have destroyed the last bridge linking the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk to a Ukrainian held city on the other side of the river, cutting off all routes of evacuation for those remaining in the city.

14/06/2022

Ukraine

Ukraine war: Police open criminal investigations into 12,000 killings

Investigators working to gather more evidence of atrocities uncovered another mass grave near Bucha.

13/06/2022

Ukraine

Russia said to be increasingly relying on heavy Soviet-era missiles

Meanwhile, Ukrainian authorities are accusing Russian troops of using flamethrowers against civilian targets in the Donbas.

12/06/2022

Ukraine

Friends of Moroccan sentenced to death in DNR call on UK to help him

Brahim Saadoun, 21, was sentenced to death for "mercenary activities and terrorism" after being captured in Ukraine fighting against Russian forces.

12/06/2022

Ukraine

Scholz, Macron and Draghi plan Ukraine visit, first since start of war

German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported that Germany's chancellor, the French president and the Italian PM plan to visit the Ukrainian capital in the upcoming weeks.

12/06/2022

Ukraine

Russian forces blow up key bridge in Sievierodonetsk

Amid street-to-street fighting, Russian bombardment had hit a chemical plant sheltering civilians in the key eastern city, causing a huge fire, regional governor Serhiy Haidai said in a video address on Sunday.

12/06/2022

Ukraine

Von der Leyen promises response on Ukraine's EU candidacy 'next week'

The EU Commission president, visiting Kyiv, said Brussels will finalise its assessment "by the end of next week" on Ukraine's eligibility for membership.

11/06/2022

Tech News

Are floating sea mines in Ukraine making a global food crisis worse?

It may take months to negotiate and remove hundreds of sea mines laid near Ukraine's Black Sea ports, further exacerbating broken food supply chains.

11/06/2022

Ukraine

Future global order to be decided on Ukraine battlefields — Zelenskyy

Ukraine's president told an Asian summit the world's future rules will be decided by the war started by Russia, predicting that "we are definitely going to prevail".

11/06/2022