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Ukraine to hold first war crimes trial over gunning down of cyclist

It's related to the alleged gunning down of an unarmed civilian, 62, as he rode his bike, just four days into the war.

12/05/2022

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Ukraine: President Zelenskyy says he's ready to talk to Vladimir Putin

Zelenskyy told an Italian TV interview “we must find an agreement,’’ but with no ultimatums as a condition.

12/05/2022

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Convoy of civilians destroyed near Kharkiv

Several civilians have been killed in the Kharkiv region attempting to evacuate from a frontline village.

11/05/2022

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Ukraine: Prosecutor to hold first war crimes trial of captured Russian

The 21-year-old is accused of killing an elderly Ukrainian man during the first few days of the Russian invasion.

11/05/2022

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Ukraine's first President Leonid Kravchuk dies aged 88

Kravchuk was a driving force in Ukraine’s declaration of independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

10/05/2022

Ukraine

German minister pledges to 'ensure justice' on visit to Ukraine

Baerbock is the first German minister to visit Ukraine since the beginning of the war.

10/05/2022

My Europe Series

Meet the hacker fighting Russia from the comfort of his own home

Meet the hacker fighting Russia from the comfort of his own home

10/05/2022

Tech News

Russia attacked Europe's Internet an hour before invasion, West says

An attack against a satellite broadband firm that disrupted Internet connections across Europe was the work of Russian military intelligence.

10/05/2022

Culture news

Meet the last skateboarder in Ukraine's war-torn Kramatorsk

Amid destroyed buildings and air raid sirens, 18 year-old Roman Kovalenko still skates the empty streets of Ukraine's eastern Kramatorsk

10/05/2022

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Russia fires hypersonic missiles at Odesa

Russia pounded away at Ukraine’s vital southern port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday, as they announced they found the bodies of 44 civilians in the rubble of a building in the northeast that was destroyed weeks ago.

10/05/2022

Money

Ukraine war: What more could the US do to tighten sanctions on Russia?

The EU is proposing a new package of sanctions on Russia, including an oil embargo. Where does that leave its Western allies?

10/05/2022

Ukraine

Odesa could become the next Mariupol, city's mayor tells Euronews

Gennadiy Trukhanov accused Russia of the indiscriminate shelling of civilian areas and told Euronews that Odesa could become "the next Mariupol".

10/05/2022

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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.

09/05/2022

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EU Council president forced to take shelter on visit to Ukraine

On a surprise visit to Odesa on Monday European Council President Charles Michel was forced to seek shelter, an EU official said.

09/05/2022

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Euroviews. Biden foresaw Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. So did Syrians

Russian forces entered Syria on 30 September 2015. I have not lost memory of the harrowing events. I knew Putin would invade Ukraine, Mazen Darwish writes.

09/05/2022

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Over 1 million Ukrainians deported to Russia — Ukraine rights official

Ukraine's human rights commissioner Lyudmila Denisova said around 1,185,000 Ukrainians have been forcibly removed to Russia while the US said they had "indications that Ukrainians are being taken against their will into Russia."

09/05/2022

Culture news

U2's Bono and The Edge play pop-up gig in Kyiv metro station

The Irish rock legends played some of their greatest hits, and performed with local artists as well, at the invitation of President Zelenskyy.

08/05/2022

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Ukrainian farmers export their harvest via Romania

Neighbouring countries are updating their port infrastructure to help with international exports, while Ukrainian farmers call the bomb squad to defuse undetonated explosives.

08/05/2022

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Bono of U2 gives a show in the metro of Kyiv

Singer Bono and guitarist The Edge of the Irish rock band U2 performed a mini concert in a metro station in central Kyiv on Sunday.

08/05/2022

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US first lady Jill Biden pays surprise Mother's Day visit to Ukraine

The first lady met Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska in a town just 10 minutes drive from the Slovakian border.

08/05/2022

Ukraine

Authorities fear 60 dead after Russia bombs Ukrainian school

The local governor says 90 people from one village were taking shelter in the school building when the bomb hit, and only 30 have been found alive.

08/05/2022

Ukraine

Ukraine war: Russia targets airfields, infrastructure and Odesa

The Ukrainian army said Moscow was focusing its main efforts to prevent Ukrainian air forces from operating effectively.

08/05/2022

Health news

WHO begins gathering evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine

World Health Organization chiefs said during a visit to Kyiv on Saturday that they had verified 200 Russian attacks on health facilities.

07/05/2022

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Ukraine war: All women, children and elderly evacuated from Azovstal

Humanitarian efforts, lead by the United Nations and Red Cross, had been stepped up over the last week to evacuate the last civilians trapped in the sprawling Soviet-era steel works.

07/05/2022

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'King of Streets': Last skateboarder of Ukraine front

A young skateboarder walks past the bombed out fast food restaurant in Kramatorsk as the air raid sirens sound.

06/05/2022

My Europe Series

How war is hitting Ukraine's farmers and menacing world food supplies

Nearly 25 million tonnes of grains are stuck in Ukraine and unable to leave the country.

06/05/2022