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Ukrainians forced into basement faced death and deprivation

Ukrainians forced into a basement at gunpoint by Russian soldiers have recalled torturous weeks of humiliation, deprivation and death.

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Protest in Tallinn over women allegedly raped during Ukraine war

Demonstrations against Russian aggression in Ukraine continued for the third day in Tallinn on Wednesday.

Ukraine

Mariupol's mayor claims Russian chemical attack on city's outskirts

Vadym Boichenko said the attack occurred on Monday, 11 April.

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French President Macron avoids accusing Putin of genocide

"I am very careful with some terms [genocide] these days," French President Emmanuel Macron said during an interview with France 2 broadcasted on Wednesday. "I`'m not sure the escalation of words is helping the cause right now."

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Earth News

Turning Turkey’s coal mines into solar farms would power 7m homes

Converting open-cast coal sites would significantly lower energy costs, which are surging due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Finland

Finland to make NATO membership decision in 'weeks rather than months'

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin said Russia's invasion of Ukraine had "changed everything".

My Europe Series

Europe’s army of Elves fights real-world Russian disinformation

Self-organised and nonfunded, groups of volunteers from the Baltics to Central Europe took on the task of combatting the Kremlin propaganda machine. Now, the war in Ukraine has them doubling their efforts.

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.

Ukraine

Biden accuses Putin of 'genocide', wanting to 'wipe out' Ukrainians

Biden added that it would be up to lawyers to decide if Russia’s conduct met the international standard for genocide but said, “it sure seems that way to me”.

Ukraine

Ukraine war: Mariupol mayor accuses Russia of chemical agent attack

World leaders have pledged military aid and support for Ukraine. Earlier, Mariupol's mayor accused Russia of using a chemical agent on the outskirts of the city.

Germany

Ukraine denies German president's claim that he's not wanted in Kyiv

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s comments on Tuesday came after German media reports that he’s not welcome in Kyiv because he had close relations with Russia in the past.

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Ukraine deserves EU membership, says Zelenskyy advisor

Ihor Zhovkva told Euronews that his country cannot afford to wait years for its application to be accepted by Brussels.

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Ukrainians struggling to exchange national currency in EU countries

The value of Ukraine's hryvnia has decreased significantly since the start of the war.

Economy

After coal, the EU faces an uphill battle to ban Russian oil and gas

As EU countries agree to ban Russian coal, all eyes turn to oil and gas, Moscow's most profitable exports.

Ukraine

'I don't want to live': Woman says Russian troops raped her in Kherson

Rape is considered a war crime and a breach of international humanitarian law.

Ukraine

Nearly two-thirds of Ukrainian children displaced by war, says UN

Out of the displaced children, 2.8 million have stayed in Ukraine and two million more are sheltering in other countries.

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Ukrainian demolition team detonates landmines in Kharkiv

Suspilne News recorded the demolition team detonating two mines placed in the Industrial District of Kharkiv on April, 11. They said the mines were planted by Russian forces at 1 am on April 11 and they can be triggered to explode by a timer.

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.

Ukraine

Residents in Kyiv are adapting to life in a new phase of war

Residents in Ukraine's capital are adapting to life in a new phase of war. As Russian forces regroup in the east, people in Kyiv want Ukraine to get back on track

Poland

Warsaw seizes Russia-built compound to give to Ukraine

"It is extremely symbolic that we are closing this long process now, in the age of Russian aggression," Warsaw mayor Trzaskowski tweeted.