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Russian missile attacks continue in east Ukraine as US promises new aid

Residents in the small town of Druzhkivka, south of the eastern Ukrainian industrial city of Kramatorsk, wake up to three suspected missile attacks which ripped apart a supermarket's shop front and left a massive crater in front of the store.

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Scramble as last Miss. abortion clinic shuts doors

Mississippi's only abortion clinic has been buzzing with activity in the chaotic days since the U.S. Supreme Court upended abortion rights nationwide — a case that originated in this conservative Deep South state and with this bright-pink medical facility that is closing its doors Wednesday.

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Firefighters battle blaze after shelling in Sloviansk

Firefighters fight flames at the main market in the city of Sloviansk after local authorities say at least two people were killed and seven more injured by a Russian strike.

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Russian and Ukrainian forces both claim to be in control of Lysychansk

Russian forces say they are in control of Lysychansk but Ukraine denies the claim and says fighting is continuing on the edges of the city

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Ukrainians reel from Russian strike on mall

Two days after a Russian strike on a Ukrainian shopping mall in Kremenchuk, local residents were still reeling from the horrific attack.

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Russia video said to show rocket launchers firing

The Russian Defense Ministry released footage on Wednesday of what it said were Uragan multiple rocket launchers firing rounds.

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'We don't have anything left': Destruction on Ukraine's southern front

A resident in southern Ukraine says they're leaving the area and don't have anything left.

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Ukrainian woman, 3 children survive house bombing

The explosions started in the middle of the night, shaking the house to its foundations. Roof timbers splintered and windows shattered, sending shards of glass hurtling above the three sleeping children into the opposite wall.

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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.

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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.

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Kharkiv residents taking shelter in the city's metro

Mattresses, blankets, beds, tables and chairs have been brought underground, where exhausted residents are trying to escape the shelling.

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One man's lone bid to save Ukrainians from Russia's military might

Watching the war in Ukraine unfold from his home in Tel Aviv, Bernard Moerdler decided to help civilians in danger by creating a Ukraine-wide air raid warning system.

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In Kharkiv's metro, families carve out a life away from the bombs

Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv has been pummelled by strikes day and night since Russian forces attempted to seize it at the start of the invasion.

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Air strikes leave five dead in east Ukraine city of Kharkiv

This Palm Sunday, those who remain in Kramatorsk go for walks which are interrupted by two explosions and the intermittent sound of an air raid siren, in this city in eastern Ukraine under the ever-present threat of a Russian offensive.

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Rescuers clear rubble from damaged houses in Chernihiv

Rescuers continued to clear rubble from damaged houses in the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Thursday, after shelling and strikes left the city in ruins.

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Speeding west, the Ukraine hospital train ferries patients to safety

Speeding west, the Ukraine hospital train ferries patients to safety

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In Borodianka, fears remain about what will be found under the rubble

So far 26 people have been found dead, but more than 200 are still missing.

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Ukrainian soldiers killed in action are buried in Lviv

Burials of Ukrainian soldiers killed in action continued on Tuesday at the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv.

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Russian missiles strike fuel depots in Odesa

The Russian military said it struck an oil processing plant and fuel depots around the strategic Black Sea port of Odesa early Sunday morning.

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War in Ukraine: Retroville, in the heart of the bombed shopping centre

Aisles lined with broken glass, gutted mannequins, desolated toy shops and mere rests of sporting goods stores: an exploration of the gaping hole in the epicentre of the explosion.