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Amid war in Ukraine, work resumes on Poland-Norway gas pipeline

Construction was suspended last May due to an issue with an environmental permit, but barely a week after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, work was allowed to resume.

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.

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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.

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

Europe News

Russia worsening global food crisis by targeting wheat stocks, EU says

Russia is making the global food crisis even worse by bombing Ukrainian wheat stocks and preventing food from being exported, according to the bloc's top diplomat Josep Borrell.

Tech News

The weapons being sent to Ukraine, and those it’s still hoping for

Ukraine has received high-tech weaponry from a number of allies to help it fight back against Russia’s invasion.

Ukraine

In Kyiv, cautious optimism as the city tries to get back to normal

Residents have started to return, businesses have been reopening, and grassroots reconstruction efforts have begun in areas that had been damaged by shelling.

Culture news

'Cabaret' and 'Life of Pi' win big at post-pandemic Olivier Awards

The ceremony is the first in-person since theatres closed in 2020 and highlighted the importance of theatre for the UK economy and national identity.

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.

Europe Decoded

Fact-check: Viral video does not prove Bucha killings were staged

Russian state media broadcast the video, falsely claiming it was proof that the Bucha killings were staged.

Poland

Poland's Kaczynski slams Hungarian ally Orban in surprise move

Kaczynski said Orban’s attitude toward the war in Ukraine was “very sad” and a “disappointment".

My Europe Series

Europe's week: Fresh sanctions human trafficking & Hungary latest woes

The EU will now target imports of Russian coal in a bid to weaken Moscow's war machine.

Ukraine

What do we know about the Kramatorsk train station attack?

The rocket attack at Kramatorsk comes as Russia steps up its offensive in the east, and Ukrainian authorities have been trying hard to evacuate civilians.

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