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International correspondent Bel Trew has spent weeks covering the war in Ukraine. Here, she recounts some of the most indelible scenes from her time in the country

Special report: One prisoner recalls how a man was beaten to death next to him. Another recounts being stripped, stabbed and subjected to electric shocks. In recently liberated Trostyanets in Sumy, Bel Trew speaks to torture victims and uncovers fresh evidence of possible war crimes in northeast Ukraine

The strategic port city in southern Ukraine has been bombarded with suspected banned munitions and is bracing for a renewed Russian onslaught as Vladimir Putin repositions his forces, reports Bel Trew

Activist Dmitry Ivanov returned home one day to find the message "Don't betray your country, Dima" written on his door, alongside a large letter "Z". Acts of vandalism like this one to intimidate anti-war activists in Russia have become more common as the war in Ukraine rages on. The letter…

In just five weeks, 4 million people have fled Ukraine. Children are being killed, losing their families and their homes in a war they are too young to understand. Aid workers warn this crisis will have lasting consequences for generations to come.

People in Russia who support the invasion of Ukraine have adopted the letter "Z" as a pro-war symbol. People have been getting the Z – which appears on Russian military vehicles in Ukraine – printed on posters and T-shirts and sharing Z drawings made by their children online. Someone has…

Areas of Cardiff city centre were cordoned off after the blaze

The local woman Zhenya Dove once lived in Kherson in Ukraine before moving to Edinburgh and she has vowed to continue on with her online campaign to try and save lives back home

People are swapping suits for army fatigues, volunteering with the Territorial Defence Forces to fight Russian troops.