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UN key players urge accountability for Russian atrocities in Ukraine

The meeting brought together prosecutors and human rights lawyers, and was convened by Albania and France.

Ukraine

Explosions rock Kyiv after UN chief meeting, Guterres safe

At least two explosions were reported in the Ukrainian capital shortly after a meeting between Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

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Vladimir Putin holds talks with Antonio Guterres

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow.

Europe Decoded

Explained: Why the rouble has recovered despite Western sanctions

Russia's national currency appears to have defied international sanctions. But the rebound is highly misleading.

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Russia

Russia's Gazprom suspends supplies to Poland and Bulgaria

State-owned Gazprom is insisting that all payments are made in Russian rubles.

Tech News

Meta and TikTok fined by Russian courts over LGBT+ content

The tech giants have been fined millions of rubles for allowing LGBT "propaganda" on their platforms.

Russia

Two children and teacher killed in shooting at Russian nursery school

Authorities say another teacher was injured in the incident in the central town of Veshkayma.

Culture news

French film changes name to avoid Russian "Z" symbol

Michel Hazanavicius has changed his latest film's title after Ukrainian filmmakers begged him to avoid its use of the symbol.

Ukraine

Ukraine wants UN to broker Mariupol evacuation with Russia

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says the UN should focus on helping civilians in Mariupol, and warns the Secretary General about falling into a Kremlin 'trap'.

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Ukrainian village faces a churchless Easter

There will be no Orthodox Easter service this Sunday at the church of Lukashivka, a village in northern Ukraine.

Tech News

Ukraine postal service hit by cyberattack after Moskva stamp released

The stamp shows a Ukrainian soldier giving a rude gesture to a Russian warship and comes in the wake of the sinking of the Russian flagship Moskva.

Ukraine

Moscow accused of forcibly deporting thousands of civilians to Russia

Ukraine claims Putin's forces have relocated hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to Russia, leaving behind anxious friends and relatives trying to trace them.

France

French army accuses Russian mercenaries of staging burials in Mali

Satellite images purport to show soldiers covering bodies with sand near the Gossi military base.

Tech News

Ukrainian man tracks 'looted' AirPods to follow Russian troops

"Thanks to technology, I know where my AirPods are now. It was looted by Russian Orcs from my home," said Vitaliy Semenets.

Money

Could Russia's frozen assets cover the rebuilding of war-torn Ukraine?

Financial aid sent by the US and Europe is "only the beginning of what Ukraine will need to rebuild," US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned.

Ukraine

Moldova fury at Russian general's remark on territorial war aim

Moldova summoned Russia's ambassador in protest after a Russian general said Moscow wants to capture southern Ukraine to gain access to a breakaway Moldovan region.

Ukraine

Ukraine blames Russian shelling for sabotaging Mariupol evacuations

Ukraine's President Zelenskyy says 120,000 civilians are trapped in Mariupol. On Thursday Ukraine said none could be evacuated due to Russian shelling.

Ukraine

'He stood in front of the armoured vehicle and they just ran over him'

Alexander Sergueiovich Salov on his father's death near Kyiv.

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson begins India trip at independence hero Gandhi's ashram

Prime Minister Boris Johnson begins India trip at independence hero Gandhi's ashram

Sport

Russian and Belarusian players banned from Wimbledon over Ukraine war

The ATP has criticised the All England Club's decision as "unfair" and "unilateral".