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How Ukraine's chess community are making moves against Russia

Lviv is said to be the birthplace of as many as 20-30 chess grandmasters, such as Andrei Volokitin, who signed an open letter from players refusing to face Russian opponents

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Russian Actress Chulpan Khamatova leaves country over Ukraine invasion

Khamatova has starred in ‘Good bye Lenin!’ but her latest appearance was a broadcast interview where she described her fear f returning to Russia.

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SpaceX to help rival OneWeb launch satellites after Russia dispute

The British satellite internet company is turning to SpaceX after launches with Russia’s Soyuz were cancelled over the war in Ukraine.

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Music stars swap guitars for guns to help Ukraine's war effort

Then-comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy, now Ukraine's president, appeared in a video for the band's 2018 hit Lego.

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Ukraine: Heavy bombs dropped on Mariupol after Kyiv suburb liberated

Civilians who have fled Mariupol describe it as a "freezing hellscape riddled with dead bodies and destroyed buildings".

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Skyrocketing fertiliser prices sends farmers production costs soaring

The war in Ukraine is seriously impacting the cost of fertiliser in the EU.

Ukraine

A Frenchman who fought in Syria prepares to go into battle for Ukraine

Pierre, 28, spent four years fighting jihadists in Syria. He arrived in the Ukrainian capital five days ago and is waiting to know where he will be deployed.

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Is it safe to travel to eastern Europe right now?

This is what the EU's aviation safety regulator had to say about the safety of travel right now.

Ukraine

'Huge risk' Ukrainian children can fall into trafficking

Ylva Johansson warned that "criminal elements" usually take advantage of big migratory flows.

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A prayer among the rubble

Rescue crews pick through smouldering rubble as bodies lay on the ground after a deadly overnight Russian strike hit a popular shopping mall in northwestern Kyiv.

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Funeral held for Ukrainian soldier

Family members and Ukrainian servicemen attended the funeral ceremony of marine Alexandr Khovtun, in Kyiv.

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Kyiv: Emergency services rescue survivors from the rubble

Kyiv: Emergency services rescue survivors from the rubble

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'Extremist' Instagram and Facebook banned in Russia

Meta's Instagram and Facebook have been banned, but the court decided WhatsApp could stay.

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Russia committing 'massive war crime' in Mariupol, says Borrell

Ukrainian authorities rejected a Russian ultimatum for Mariupol to surrender.

Ukraine

Mariupol, like Aleppo or Coventry, 'will be totally destroyed by war'

"What I saw, I hope no one will ever see. Mariupol will be on the list of cities in the world that have been completely destroyed by war."

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Why are empty baby strollers being displayed in the centre of Lviv?

As Ukraine mourns its dead, scores of empty strollers were lined up in the cobbled central square of Lviv as a harrowing tribute

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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.

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Brussels mulls Russian oil embargo in new sanctions round

Russian provides more than a third of EU imports of petroleum products and 40% of all EU imports of natural gas.

Ukraine

At least eight dead in Kyiv shopping centre shelling

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

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'We are human too': Congolese student who fled Ukraine recounts racism

Videos shared on social showed black people being pushed off trains and animals being prioritised before people.

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