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The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Triumphal Russian holiday marks potentially perilous moment for Ukraine in war

KYIV, Ukraine — In a war like this one, what does winning even look like?

Los Angeles Times

Mayor of Kyiv indicates support for twinning city with Dublin

EXCLUSIVE: Ukraine has been devastated by a Russian invasion which has seen millions of their civilians displaced

Dublin Live

WHO Says it Stands with Ukraine, Has Documented 200 Attacks on Health Facilities

World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Ukrainians from Kyiv on Saturday that the WHO stood by them in their conflict with Russia, and urged Moscow to stop waging war on its neighbor. "My message to all the people of Ukraine is this," he said, speaking from the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Ukraine says it’s mounting counteroffensive near the northeastern metropolis of Kharkiv

KYIV, Ukraine — With Ukrainian towns and cities on edge in advance of a major Russian holiday dedicated to military victory, new fighting flared Saturday along the eastern front lines as authorities redoubled efforts to pluck civilians from the last sliver of Ukrainian-held territory in the shattered port city of…

Los Angeles Times

WHO says it stands with Ukraine, has documented 200 attacks on health facilities

World Health Organisation Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Ukrainians from Kyiv on Saturday that the WHO stood by them in their conflict with Russia, and urged Moscow to stop waging war on its neighbour.

Reuters

The Kyiv unit patrolling the streets as law and order cracks under war

Drunks, thieves, spies and hedgehogs all in a night’s work for the men backing up city’s overstretched police force

The Guardian - UK

Kyiv circus troupe stuck in Italy says show must go on – for Ukraine

A group of 30 artistes with the Theatre-Circus Elysium from Kyiv were in northern Italy when Russian forces invaded Ukraine on February 24. The troupe have been unable to return, sparking guilt among some members for escaping the horrors fellow Ukrainians are suffering. But they all see their performance as…

France 24

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Ukrainian pensioner lives in caravan by ruins of her home near Kyiv

The Russians are gone and the tulips are out, but 72-year-old Zinaida Baranchuk has no idea how long she will have to live in a caravan next to the ruins of the home that she inhabited for more than 40 years.

Reuters

Russia steps up Ukraine assaults ahead of Victory Day

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine: Ukraine hoped to evacuate more civilians from a besieged Mariupol steel plant on Saturday as Russian forces unleashed new bombardments across the country ahead of Victory Day festivities in Moscow.

Bangkok Post

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's iconic fleece sells for £90,000 at London auction

The war leader's now-iconic outerwear went for £90,000 at a Christie's auction in the Tate Modern attended by Boris Johnson as part of a programme to raise up to £1million for Ukraine

Daily Mirror

US Sending Ukraine More Weapons, Dozens Evacuated from Steelworks

US President Joe Biden announced another package of military assistance for Ukraine, as dozens of civilians were evacuated from Mariupol's besieged steelworks, the last pocket of resistance against Russian troops in the port city. Worth $150 million, the latest security assistance would include artillery munitions and radars, Biden said, as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

All women and children evacuated from Azovstal; Ukraine claims it has destroyed another Russian ship – as it happened

The UK Ministry of Defence says Russia’s most advanced units have suffered heavy losses; Pentagon defends intelligence sharing with Ukraine as ‘lawful’

The Guardian - AU

US providing additional $150m in military aid to Ukraine

President Joe Biden urges Congress to approve more funds, saying they will help Kyiv on battlefield and in Russia talks.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest: Volodymyr Zelenskyy invites German Chancellor to Kyiv amid Victory Day warnings

As the holiday commemorating the Soviet Union's World War II victory over Nazi Germany approaches, cities across Ukraine are preparing for an expected increase in Russian attacks.

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The Guardian - AU

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Evacuees share horror of months in Avozstal steelworks bunker; why Putin’s shift to the east could lengthen the war; and tattoos of Ukraine resistance

Los Angeles Times

New bid to rescue Mariupol civilians as Russia tries to complete takeover of port city

KYIV, Ukraine — A furious bid was underway Friday to rescue hundreds of civilians still trapped in the besieged Azovstal steel plant, where Ukrainian soldiers sheltering in a maze of underground tunnels have prevented Russian forces from fully capturing the strategic port city of Mariupol.

The Independent UK

Zelensky leaves door open for talks with Russia if troops withdraw

The Ukrainian president also invited German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for a meeting in Kyiv.

France 24

Ukrainian army specialists hunt for explosives left behind by Russian forces

When the Russian army withdrew from northern Ukraine they scattered landmines across fields and left hand-grenades and trip wires in peoples’ homes. More than 28 thousand explosives have already been found. But over 300,000 hectares around Kyiv still need to be painstakingly checked. It is a dangerous process. Explosive ordinance…

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The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Hope amid a few surviving flowers in Ukraine city

Anna Shevchenko waters the few surviving flowers outside her destroyed home in the Ukrainian town of Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv. The house, built by the 35-year-old woman’s grandparents, was leveled during Russian bombing in late March.

Daily Mirror

Russian troops 'tortured and executed civilians after they failed to seize Kyiv'

Amnesty International said innocent civilians also suffered from 'reckless shootings and torture' from rampaging Russian troops during attacks throughout February and March

Al Jazeera

Why is Ukraine trying to cancel Russian culture?

Ukraine has ramped up its de-Russification efforts, but figures like Tolstoy and Pushkin were also targeted by Russia.

Los Angeles Times

New bid to rescue Mariupol civilians as Russia tries to complete takeover

The Guardian - UK

Wives of Mariupol soldiers dispersed by police at Kyiv protest

Conscription notices given to male protesters demanding evacuation as 50 people defy ban

Reuters

Amnesty says evidence shows Russian troops committed war crimes near Kyiv

Amnesty International said on Friday there was compelling evidence that Russian troops had committed war crimes, including extrajudicial executions of civilians, when they occupied an area outside Ukraine's capital in February and March.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: What I learned in Kyiv

I returned on Monday from traveling to Ukraine with a congressional delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. We met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his top national security team in Kyiv for almost three hours.

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