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Ukrainian music station switches to hard news as war approaches Lviv

Lvivska Khvylya was one of the first radio stations set up after Ukrainian independence 30 years ago, now they're a part of the Ukrainian war effort.

21/03/2022

Ukraine

At least eight dead in Kyiv shopping centre shelling

The entire southern part of the huge shopping centre was destroyed.

21/03/2022

Ukraine

Latest: Ukraine refuses Russia's ultimatum to surrender Mariupol

The Ukrainian government refused the Kremlin's offer to allow the evacuation of civilians from the southern port city if it surrendered by 5 am local time on Monday.

21/03/2022

Ukraine

Mariupol officials accuse Russia of school airstrike and deportations

Moscow is accused of being behind an airstrike on an art school used to shelter hundreds of civilians, and of forcibly sending Mariupol residents to Russia.

20/03/2022

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Babies born to surrogates await parents in Kyiv

More than 20 newborns wait for surrogate parents to collect them in Ukraine capital Kyiv while under the care of nurses in a makeshift nursery.

20/03/2022

Ukraine

Zelenskyy cites Holocaust in demanding Israel act against Russia

In a speech to the Knesset, Ukraine’s president called on Israel to take a stronger stand against Russia, comparing its acts in his country to Nazi wartime atrocities.

20/03/2022

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Defiant Kyiv residents arrange tulips display

Residents of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv came out to a central square in the sunshine on Friday to arrange some 1.5 million tulips in the shape of the country's coat of arms.

19/03/2022

Ukraine

Russian forces advance in Mariupol as fighting flares across Ukraine

Fighting raged on multiple fronts in Ukraine on Saturday, particularly in Mariupol where Russian troops pushed deeper into the besieged southeastern port.

19/03/2022

Tech News

Digital war: How Ukraine is resisting with tech, crypto and hacking

"The Russian cyber army is overestimated, like their regular army," Ukraine's deputy digital minister tells Euronews Next.

18/03/2022

Culture news

Italy ready to rebuild bombed Mariupol theatre

Ukraine say the theatre was hit by a Russian airstrike on Wednesday while people sheltered there from bombardments. Russia denied striking the theatre.

18/03/2022

Tech News

Kyiv's public transport app is now a one-stop wartime survival tool

People in Kyiv have adapted to life at war and so have their digital services, including the city’s one-time transport app.

18/03/2022

Design

Ukraine's heritage now under protection from international bodies

Europa Nostra and Global Heritage Fund have launched a joint crowdfunding campaign to support the defenders of Ukraine’s endangered heritage.

18/03/2022

Ukraine

Foreign fighters drawn to Ukraine's international legion

French former military planning to enrol in Ukraine's International legion decides to dedicate himself to humanitarian help instead

18/03/2022

Ukraine

Staff move into psychiatric hospital to help patients amid Kyiv bombs

As the war enters its fourth week, most of the staff have now moved into the building with their families so they can be with their patients around the clock.

18/03/2022

Ukraine

Surrogate babies stranded in Kyiv shelter with war raging around them

War has prevented foreigners from getting to Ukraine to pick up the babies.

18/03/2022

Ukraine

Russian cruise missiles target Lviv airport in pre-dawn strike

The airport in Lviv, the biggest city in western Ukraine, was targeted by four Russian cruise missiles in a pre-dawn attack.

18/03/2022

Ukraine

Ukraine: 130 survive theatre bombing but hundreds still trapped

More than 130 people survived but hundreds are still trapped after the theatre bombing in Mariupol, Ukraine's president said.

18/03/2022

Ukraine

PayPal enables transfer of funds to Ukrainians at home and abroad

Before the company's Thursday decision, people in Ukraine were allowed to send money but not receive funds.

17/03/2022

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Funerals for Ukrainian soldiers killed in Russian invasion

Funerals for Ukrainian soldiers killed in Russian invasion

17/03/2022

Ukraine

Survivors begin to emerge from bombed Mariupol theatre

The first survivors have been pulled from the rubble of a bombed theatre in the besieged southern Ukraine city of Mariupol, where authorities say more than a thousand civilians had gone for shelter.

17/03/2022

Europe News

Tears, blood and courage: a journey to Ukraine

From Kyiv to the eastern city of Lviv, I was struck by the courage and determination expressed by all those I have met.

17/03/2022

Ukraine

'I knew it was the last lunch': One refugee's final day in Kyiv

Iryna Zemlyana went to her favourite restaurant and enjoyed peace before Russia invaded.

17/03/2022

Tech News

Euroviews. Crypto is having a moment, just not the moment some expected

Given its first global opportunity to show its decentralised prowess, how has crypto responded to the war in Ukraine?

17/03/2022

Ukraine

President Zelenskyy: 'My heart breaks' after Mariupol theatre bombing

Ukraine's President Zelenskyy has said his 'heart breaks' after a Russian bombing on a theatre in the besieged city of Mariupol where officials say more than a thousand civilians were sheltering.

17/03/2022

Ukraine

Almost all Ukrainians face poverty if war continues, UN warns

Up to 90% of Ukrainians will be affected by poverty and extreme economic vulnerability, with the war "setting the country back decades", top official told the UN Security Council on Thursday.

17/03/2022

Money

Ukraine officially legalises crypto after Zelenskyy signs new law

The new law sets out a regulatory framework for crypto assets for the first time.

17/03/2022