Ukraine

The scheduled EU summit on Ukraine starting Monday has been overshadowed by ongoing disagreements over an embargo on Russian oil. It is very doubtful whether the summit will bring agreement, senior EU diplomats say. The leaders of…
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Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky continues to press for a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. He said on Friday that he had tried several times unsuccessfully to enter into talks with Putin about ending the war in…
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Olena Zelenska, the wife of Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky, has announced the launch of a national program to provide mental aid to Ukrainians. Zelenska's reason for the launch is the "mental health crisis and shock" in the…
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The United Nations is in close contact with Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, the United States and the European Union to restore grain exports from Ukraine to their old proportions to stem a global food crisis. "I'm hopeful, but we still…
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Russian soldiers have been guilty of summary executions of civilians, torture and other possible war crimes in northeast Ukraine, the human rights organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday. The crimes were committed…
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Canada's parliament unanimously passed a motion accusing Russia of genocide in Ukraine. According to some parliamentarians, "evidence abounds of massive and systematic war crimes against humanity" by the Russian military. The…
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Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky has accused Russia of organizing a fake independence referendum in the partially occupied territories in and around the cities of Kherson and Zaporizhzhya, in southern Ukraine. Zelensky called…
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Citizens will be able to leave the southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol again on Wednesday via an evacuation route. However, Ukraine and Russia have been unable to agree on this for the past three days. As a result, Ukraine…
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During the night from Thursday to Friday, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky reflected on the fact that it had now been fifty days of the war in his country. Zelensky praises "the unbreakable people of the world's bravest…
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A Red Cross team that tried to reach the Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Monday, but was detained by police, according to the international aid organization, has been released. "After negotiations, they were released overnight and…
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