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Ukraine fends off Russian attacks as Mariupol, Odesa take pounding. Top US officials to arrive

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russian and Ukrainian troops faced off Saturday along a 300-mile battlefront in the country’s east, where Ukraine said it beat back numerous attacks but faced renewed shelling in the crippled city of Mariupol, the Black Sea port of Odesa and beyond.

Los Angeles Times

US envoys Blinken, Austin to visit Ukraine, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin would visit Kyiv on Sunday, in what would be a risky show of support for Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion.

Tribune News Service

Zelenskyy calls again for meeting with Putin ‘to end the war’

Ukraine president ‘not afraid to meet’ with Russia’s Putin if it would lead to a peace deal between the two countries.

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Ukraine-Russia war: Russia accused of conscripting Ukrainian civilians to join its army in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia

Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of conscripting civilians in the Russian-controlled territories of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, in what would be a breach of international law.

ABC News

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: US officials to meet Zelenskyy

Ukraine news from April 24: President Zelenskyy says he hopes to secure heavy weapons at talks with senior US officials.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine will ask US for more heavy weapons to defeat Russia, Zelenskiy says

President tells press conference he will meet with US secretary of state and defence secretary on Sunday

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine seeks heavy weapons from U.S. at Kyiv talks - Zelenskiy

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine hoped to secure heavy weapons at talks with the U.S. secretaries of state and defence in Kyiv on Sunday, supplies that he said were vital for Ukraine to eventually retake Russian-occupied territory.

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Russian troops came to kidnap and murder this Ukrainian village leader. Here's how she outsmarted them

When Russians arrived in Mokrets, the village leader was being hunted. Through a whisper network, they protected her. Warning: This article contains details readers might find distressing.

ABC News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events on day 59

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 59th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Al Jazeera

Top U.S. diplomat, defense secretary to visit to Kyiv on Sunday - Zelenskiy

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will travel to Kyiv on Sunday and hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian leader said on Saturday.

Reuters

Zelensky says he'll meet Secretary Blinken, Defense Secretary Austin in Kyiv on Sunday

They will be the highest ranking U.S. officials to visit Ukraine since the start of Russia's invasion.

Axios

Blinken to visit Kyiv in highest level US official visit since war began, Zelensky says

Visits from US Secretary of State and Defence comes at a pivotal juncture in the two-month long conflict

The Independent UK

Top US Diplomat, Defense Secretary to Visit to Kyiv on Sunday, Says Zelenskiy

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will travel to Kyiv on Sunday and hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian leader said on Saturday. He told a news conference in Kyiv that he would discuss the kinds of weapons that Ukraine needs…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine president threatens to quit talks if Russia holds 'pseudo-referendums' in occupied areas

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Kyiv would quit talks with Moscow if Russia destroys Ukraine's people in the city of Mariupol and holds "pseudo-referendums" to create "pseudo-republics" in Russian-occupied areas.

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The Independent UK

President Zelensky thanks UK for training Ukrainian military on home soil

More than 20 soldiers arrived last week for training on 120 vehicles being supplied to Kyiv’s resistance.

Los Angeles Times

Can Russia win the battle for Ukraine's battered east?

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine — When Russian troops blitzed into Ukraine, what was supposed to be an easy victory quickly foundered as Ukrainian forces mounted a strong defense that — along with Russia's many missteps — have left Moscow mired in a withering two-month war with no end in sight.

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine largely fends off Russian attacks in the east, says Mariupol remains contested

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russian and Ukrainian troops faced off Saturday along a 300-mile battlefront in the country’s east, where the Ukrainian military said its forces had beaten back more than half a dozen separate attacks. But punishing shellfire forced defenders to regroup in some areas.

Evening Standard

Russia resumes attack on Mariupol’s Azovstal plant, according to Zelensky aide, as video ‘shows children sheltering inside’

A video has been released by the Azov regiment of Ukraine’s National Guard, some of whom are holed up in the Azovstal plant, showing women and children sheltering underground

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Reuters

Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters third month

Russia heads into the third month of its invasion of Ukraine on Sunday with no end in sight to fighting that has killed thousands, uprooted millions and reduced cities to rubble.

Radio France Internationale

Hopes fade for truce over Orthodox Easter as Russian campaign continues

Hopes for a weekend truce in Ukraine to celebrate the Orthodox Easter faded with talks between Moscow and Kyiv stalled as Russia said it aimed to take full control over the east and south of its neighbour.

The Guardian - UK

The artists of Ukraine find their voice in a cry of resistance

Like many of their compatriots, many had to abandon their homes and work, but now they are using their talent to fight back

The Guardian - AU

Zelenskiy says peace talks will be suspended if Mariupol defenders killed – as it happened

Ukraine’s ministry of defence says its forces carried out an attack on a Russian command near Kherson

The Independent UK

Live updates | Ukraine: Russian offensive continues in east

The Ukraine military’s general staff says that Russian forces continue their “offensive operations” in eastern Ukraine with the goal of defeating Ukrainian forces, establishing full control over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and securing a land route between these territories and the occupied Crimea

Al Jazeera

UN’s Guterres to meet Putin, Zelenskyy in peace effort

Antonio Guterres will travel to Moscow and then Kyiv to discuss ‘steps that can be taken right now’ to stop fighting.

The Independent UK

Shocking conditions faced by Ukrainians trapped in basements as Russian army invades

Photographs reveal the harsh realities of war after more than 300 people were confined for a month in a school basement in Ukraine as the Russian troops invaded

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