Now playing Next Ukraine 700,000 Ukrainians fighting across the country, Zelenskyy says Meanwhile, Moscow claimed victory in Mariupol after months of siege and the destruction of over 90% of the southern port city. 21/05/2022
Now playing Next no comment Ukrainian soldiers blow up bridge in Luhansk region Ukrainian soldiers blew up a bridge linking towns in the eastern Luhansk region to deter the Russian offensive in the area. 19/05/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine Ukraine war: Defence minister says 'no swift end to war in sight' Writing on social media, Oleksii Reznikov said that Western weapons would take some time to begin turning the tide in Ukraine’s favour. 13/05/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine 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
Now playing Next Ukraine 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. 02/05/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine 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.” 26/04/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine 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. 24/04/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine Zelenskyy would meet with Putin 'to end the war' Speaking at a press conference inside a Kyiv metro station on Saturday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he 'wasn't afraid' of meeting his Russian counterpart. 23/04/2022
Now playing Next Russia 'Russia had no other choice': Putin vows to win the war in Ukraine Despite Western accusations of war crimes potentially amounting to genocide, the Russian president promised to continue with what the Kremlin calls a "special operation" until its full completion. 13/04/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine Ukraine war: Putin says Russia will press on with military action Vladimir Putin vowed that Russia's bloody offensive in Ukraine would continue until its goals are fulfilled and insisted the campaign was going as planned, despite a major withdrawal in the face of stiff Ukrainian opposition and significant losses. 12/04/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine Ukraine war: Russia is preparing offensive in east, Pentagon says The Pentagon’s latest assessment is that Russia is gearing up for, but has not yet begun, an intensified offensive in the Donbas. A senior US defence official said the Russians are moving more troops and material toward that area and are focusing many of their missile strikes there. 11/04/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine Rockets strike Lviv as Biden says Putin 'can't remain in power' Russia has declared on Friday it will shift its focus on "liberating" the Donbas region and its breakaway republics. 26/03/2022
Now playing Next no comment Russian state TV reports "Donbass Arena" stadium was under fire Russian State TV "Rossiya-1" (RTR) said Donetsk city centre came under shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine last night. The Ukrainian rockets, reportedly, fell near the Donbass Arena stadium. 23/03/2022
Now playing Next no comment Air raid sirens heard in Kyiv as Russia attacks Ukraine Air raid sirens sounded in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Thursday morning, as Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine. 24/02/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine Putin recognises eastern Ukrainian separatist regions The Kremlin said Vladimir Putin was ordering forces to "maintain peace" in eastern Ukraine after the Russian president formally recognised two separatist regions there, escalating tensions with the West. 21/02/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine Ukraine separatists mobilise troops amid Russia invasion fears Clashes have intensified and separatists have been evacuating civilians from eastern Ukraine, amid fears in the West that Moscow might use the strife as a pretext to invade. 19/02/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine Separatist leader in Ukraine organises 'mass evacuation' to Russia He added that evacuations have been organised in coordination with Moscow with "reception and accommodation facilities for our citizens are ready in the Rostov region". 18/02/2022
Now playing Next The Cube YouTube closes accounts of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine The move comes amid heightened tensions between the West and Moscow. 04/02/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine Two million could be displaced amid renewed conflict in Ukraine - NGO An active resumption of the conflict could, according to the NGO, undo the "significant progress" of recent years in the living conditions of people in eastern Ukraine. 03/02/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine Kyiv court freezes former Ukrainian president Poroshenko's assets Poroshenko has been indicted for high treason over his involvement in trading coal with the separatists in the eastern Ukrainian breakaway region of Donbas. 06/01/2022