Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Kyiv missile attack kills 2

President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday warned that Moscow is increasing its aerial bombardment after Russia mounted a “massive” missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight, killing two people and wounding at least seven.

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Ukraine still hitting energy sites: Russia

Russia’s defence ministry yesterday said Ukraine had increased its attacks on Russian energy infrastructure, hitting targets 14 times in the last 24 hours, despite a US-brokered moratorium.

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Ukraine mourns 18 killed in Russian missile strike

Ukraine yesterday mourned 18 people, including nine children, killed in a Russian ballistic missile strike on President Volodymyr Zelensky’s home city of Kryvyi Rig, as the region’s governor said it was “the kind of pain you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy”.

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Missile strike kills 14 in Ukraine

A Russian ballistic missile strike on Volodymyr Zelensky’s home city of Kryvyi Rig killed 14 people yesterday, including six children, the Ukrainian leader said.

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Putin’s ‘promises are hollow’ in Ukraine talks

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “promises are hollow” on any eventual ceasefire with Ukraine, as Kyiv’s allies met in Paris for a summit.

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Russian TV reporter killed by mine on Ukraine border

A military correspondent from Russia’s main state TV channel, Channel One, was killed by a mine on the border with Ukraine earlier, her employer said yesterday.

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Kyiv, Moscow agree sea, energy truce: US

The United States yesterday reached deals with Ukraine and Russia on a truce in the Black Sea and a pause in attacks on energy facilities, with Washington also pledging to push for the lifting of some financial sanctions against Moscow.

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Russian attacks kill seven in Ukraine

Russian attacks killed a family of three late on Friday in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia and four more people in the country’s north and east, officials said. 

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Macron proposes French nuclear extension, Ukraine troop deployment

In an address to the nation, Macron said that the French were "legitimately worried" about the start of a "new era" after Trump began his second stint in the White House by reversing US policy on Ukraine and risking a historic rupture with Europe

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Ukraine can hold out on frontline

Ukraine said yesterday its forces could hold their own on the battlefield as they fight Russian troops after US President Donald Trump paused military aid to Kyiv in the most dramatic step yet in his pivot towards closer ties with Russia.

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Truce without guarantees ‘will be a failure’

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has told British media that a ceasefire without security guarantees for his country would not bring a lasting end to Russia’s invasion after allies called for a truce.

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'Europe must do the heavy lifting’

Says host UK PM as Ukraine summit begins in London after Trump snub

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Rattled, allies rally behind Ukraine

Ukraine’s European allies, set to gather in London today, rallied behind President Volodymyr Zelensky after Donald Trump threw him out of the White House and accused him of not being “ready” for peace with Russia.

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Oval office spat: What next for Ukraine?

The fiery altercation between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday was shocking but not entirely unexpected, analysts say, with the way forward for Kyiv looking increasingly uncertain.

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‘Make a deal or we’re out’

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky clashed in an extraordinary shouting match in the Oval Office yesterday, leaving efforts to end the war with Russia hanging in the balance.

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Ukraine truce ‘soon or it won’t happen at all’

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that a peace deal needs to be struck soon between Ukraine and Russia or it may not happen “at all.”

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Talks on annexed Ukrainian land ‘non-negotiable’

The Kremlin yesterday ruled out any negotiation over the status of five Ukrainian regions it claims to have annexed despite not fully controlling four of them.

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Russia launches 177 drones at Ukraine

Russia attacked Ukraine with nearly two hundred drones overnight, targeting mostly the Kyiv region and energy facilities in the east, authorities said yesterday.

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