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EU Council's Michel makes surprise visit to Kyiv

European Council President Charles Michel made an unexpected visit to Kyiv on Wednesday, following a trip to the Ukrainian capital by the head of the EU's executive earlier this month to show support for the nation fighting a Russian invasion.

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Ukraine Gets Warplanes as Mariupol Officer Warns Facing 'Last Days'

Ukraine received fighter jets to help resist the Russian invasion, as Moscow intensified its offensive in the east where a besieged officer in Mariupol warned Wednesday his forces were facing their "last days, if not hours". The West has responded to a renewed Russian push into the Donbas region with…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine can develop ‘maximum speed’ in joining the EU, Zelenskiy says – as it happened

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Civilians still trapped as Mariupol evacuation fails, says Ukraine deputy PM

About 1,000 civilians remain trapped at a steel plant where Ukrainian forces are making their last stand in the besieged city of Mariupol, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday. Ukraine blamed Russian forces for failing to respect a temporary ceasefire. Follow the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog.…

France 24

What If the War in Ukraine Doesn’t End?

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Foreign Affairs

Ukraine seeks Mariupol evacuation talks after surrender-or-die ultimatum expires

Ukraine proposed talks with Moscow over evacuating troops and civilians from Mariupol after a Russian surrender-or-die ultimatum expired on Wednesday, leaving many trapped at a steel plant, the last main stronghold of resistance.

Reuters

Biden says he does not know if he will visit Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he does not know if he will travel to Kyiv after Ukraine's wartime leader called on him to visit.

Reuters

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The bonds that connect us

Before any warning sign of armed conflict in Europe, Viktoria Vorotina, a former model and revelatory artist, connected with the spirit of her heart and found inner serenity as seen through an abstract and transformative art collection titled "Hope And Peace". But after Putin's decision to invade her country, triggering…

Bangkok Post

Latest Russia-Ukraine updates: Mariupol evacuation attempt fails

Ukraine news for April 20: ‘Occupiers unable to ensure a proper ceasefire’ for a humanitarian corridor, deputy PM says.

Al Jazeera

Forces clash along Ukraine’s eastern front line in battle of Donbas

President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed that his troops would withstand the advance as Russia launched a fresh offensive

Evening Standard

EXPLAINER: How Russia's eastern push in Ukraine may unfold

Russia’s new offensive in eastern Ukraine reflects Moscow’s hope to reverse its battlefield fortunes after a catastrophic seven weeks of war

The Independent UK

‘Russian warship, go …!’: Ukrainians queue for stamp celebrating act of defiance

Country takes pride in limited-edition design featuring soldier giving middle-finger salute

The Guardian - UK

Kyiv says Russia aims to grab land, crush Ukraine's armed forces

The aim of Russia's new military offensive in east Ukraine is to grab land, establish an overground link between territories in the east and Crimea, and crush Ukraine's armed forces, Ukraine's defence ministry said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Next phase of Ukraine conflict could last ‘several months’

UK national Security official tells ministers the battle for the Donbas could be an ‘attritional’ conflict

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Al Jazeera

New ultimatum for Ukrainian forces in Mariupol’s Azovstal plant

Russia says it opened corridor for Ukrainian forces to leave steel plant in key southeastern Ukrainian city.

Al Jazeera

Russia declares new phase of war on Ukraine: What to expect?

Having failed to capture Kyiv and other significant areas, Russia is focused on attacking eastern towns and cities.

Evening Standard

Ukraine’s clever smartphone tactics need support

The Napoleonic notion that God is on the side of the big battalions has taken a big knock in the first 50 days of the Ukraine war. The Ukrainian defenders round Kyiv have shown that the Almighty doesn’t line up with Russia’s cumbersome battalions if they can’t manage smartphone app…

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian tracks Russian troops' movements via his looted Apple AirPods

Vitaliy Semenets’ Bluetooth headphones were looted from his home in Hostomel, near Kyiv, and he has since tracked them to Belarus and Russia

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Reuters

Spain's PM Sanchez to visit Ukraine in coming days

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will travel to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the coming days, a government source said on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Defeat makes Russia dangerous, but world must maintain support for Ukraine

If a shrewd Kremlin military analyst had drawn up a list of objectives for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the reality of this horrific misadventure is more or less the photo negative of that. Rather than a quick and decisive march to Kyiv, the Russian military has alternately been bogged down…

The Independent UK

'Not my life': An apartment block reflects the new Ukraine

The Soviet-era apartment blocks at the end of a tram line in this western Ukrainian city show an indifferent face to the world, blank and gray

The Independent UK

Ukraine: Where is Donbas, and what are the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics?

Pro-Russian separatist regions in Donbas declared independence from Kyiv in 2014

France 24

Russia issues new surrender deadline for Mariupol as Ukrainians vow to fight on

Russia's forces carried out dozens of air strikes in eastern Ukraine overnight after Ukrainian officials said Moscow had launched a major offensive, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded.

ABC News

Why Russia is doubling down on Donbas and how Ukraine is defending itself

After withdrawing its troops from the capital Kyiv, Russia is now focusing on the region of Ukraine close to its border.

Los Angeles Times

Russian forces launch ground assault in eastern industrial heartland, Ukraine says

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Ukraine officials said Monday that Russia began its long-anticipated assault to seize control of their country’s eastern industrial heartland, launching a ground assault along a nearly 300-mile front while pounding the nation, including the western city of Lviv, with a deadly barrage of missile strikes.

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