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Czech Republic unveils priorities for its EU Council presidency

Cutting Russian fossil fuels and funding Ukraine's post-war reconstruction will top the Czech agenda for the six-month presidency.

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Explained: Where EU leaders stand on Ukraine's membership to the bloc

The European Commission is this week expected to endorse granting Ukraine candidate status for EU membership.

Ukraine

Tributes pour in for activist Roman Ratushny killed in Ukraine war

"There are no words or strength to accept the hell in which Ukraine lives [where it] loses its best sons and daughters."

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Zelenskyy urges Ukrainians to 'hold on' in 'vital' Donbas

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said 'it is vital to stay in Donbas', urging his compatriots to 'hold on'.

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Why Lithuania is polarised over Russia's war in Ukraine

"It is either white or black and you have to take one side," one expert told Euronews, referring to how the Ukraine war is dividing society in Lithuania.

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Ukrainians use humour to help them cope with the horrors of war

Comedian Anton Tymoshenko said laughter "was the only way to save your mental health in war".

Ukraine

Five things you need to know about the Ukraine war on June 14

From the latest on Sievierodonetsk to suggestions by the Pope that the war could have been provoked by NATO's expansion, here are five things you need to know about the Ukraine war today.

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Europe urged not to neglect other refugees amid focus on Ukraine

NGOs want the EU to use its welcoming of Ukrainian refugees as a blueprint for helping others fleeing conflict around the world.

Europe Decoded

The EU's recovery fund has a new raison d'être: energy independence

Brussels plans to tap into the unused money from the COVID-19 fund to slash dependency on Russian fossil fuels.

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Watch: Protester disrupts launch of rebranded McDonald's in Moscow

"Bring back Big Mac," shouted the protester.

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Ukraine war: Police open criminal investigations into 12,000 killings

Investigators working to gather more evidence of atrocities uncovered another mass grave near Bucha.

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Russia said to be increasingly relying on heavy Soviet-era missiles

Meanwhile, Ukrainian authorities are accusing Russian troops of using flamethrowers against civilian targets in the Donbas.

Ukraine

Friends of Moroccan sentenced to death in DNR call on UK to help him

Brahim Saadoun, 21, was sentenced to death for "mercenary activities and terrorism" after being captured in Ukraine fighting against Russian forces.

Ukraine

Russian forces blow up key bridge in Sievierodonetsk

Amid street-to-street fighting, Russian bombardment had hit a chemical plant sheltering civilians in the key eastern city, causing a huge fire, regional governor Serhiy Haidai said in a video address on Sunday.

Romania

NATO's eastern flank nations demand better protection against Russia

Nine NATO eastern flank nations met in Bucharest to request better protection from the military alliance in the light of Russia's aggresslon in Ukraine.

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Von der Leyen promises response on Ukraine's EU candidacy 'next week'

The EU Commission president, visiting Kyiv, said Brussels will finalise its assessment "by the end of next week" on Ukraine's eligibility for membership.

Ukraine

Future global order to be decided on Ukraine battlefields — Zelenskyy

Ukraine's president told an Asian summit the world's future rules will be decided by the war started by Russia, predicting that "we are definitely going to prevail".

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Kyiv war exhibition displays objects left behind by Russian soldiers

The dust has hardly settled. Not long ago Russian troops were bearing down on Ukraine's capital - now the story of this chapter of the invasion is already being told in Kyiv's State Museum of the Great Patriotic War

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After weeks in Kharkiv's metro, locals emerge to a devastated city

As Russian bombs rained down, locals fled in their slippers to shelter in Kharkiv's metro. Here they speak about three months underground and reemerging to find a devastated city.

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Russian author vows he won't be silenced over Ukraine war opposition

"Regardless of what I am accused of, I am ready to fully repeat these words: 'I demand an immediate cessation of hostilities in Ukraine and the withdrawal of Russian troops from it'."