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More sanctions hit Russia as Zelenskyy warns of new wartime hardships

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces carried out punishing strikes against key Ukrainian cities on Wednesday, brushing aside mounting world outrage over the execution-style killings of civilians even as Washington and its Western allies moved to impose sharp new sanctions against Moscow.

Los Angeles Times

The world was shocked by Russian atrocities in Bucha. The ABC found new horrors in Berestyanka

The ABC has gathered accounts of potential war crimes against civilians in the village of Berestyanka, including rapes, shootings and a senseless execution. Warning: This article contains images and details readers might find distressing.

ABC News

Ukrainian refugees adjust to new life in Perth after fleeing Russian invasion when 'rockets started coming'

Tom and Ted Holovata celebrate their fourth birthdays in Perth without their father, having arrived in Western Australia among a group of Ukrainian families who fled their home country in almost unimaginable circumstances.

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Lone Ukrainian tank filmed taking on Russian armoured convoy

One Russian vehicle was quickly set alight, prompting return fire

The Independent UK

Russia laments 'significant losses' as Ukraine braces for major offensive

Russia on Thursday appeared to give the most damning assessment so far of its invasion, describing the "tragedy" of mounting troop losses and the economic hit as Ukrainians were evacuated from eastern cities before an anticipated major offensive.

Reuters

Single Ukrainian tank seen taking on entire Russian convoy close to Kyiv

The footage, shot from above and shared on Telegram, appears to show a Ukrainian T-64 tank ambushing a convoy of Russian BTR-82A armoured vehicles on a road in Nova Basan

Daily Mirror

More sanctions hit Russia as Zelenskyy warns of new wartime hardships

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces Wednesday carried out punishing strikes against key Ukrainian cities, brushing aside mounting world outrage over the execution-style killings of civilians even as Washington and its Western allies moved to impose sharp new sanctions against Moscow.

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EXPLAINER: A look at West's escalating sanctions on Russia

The United States and allies are again escalating sanctions against Russia after evidence that Russian troops murdered Ukrainian civilians in a town near Kyiv

The Independent UK

Ukraine: As Russia faces ‘genocide’ charge, experts urge caution

Ukraine says civilian killings in Bucha constitute ‘genocide’, but analysts say charge needs to be fully investigated.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine urges civilians in east to flee ‘while opportunity still exists’

As threat builds of renewed Russian assault, deputy prime minister says authorities can not help residents who delay

The Guardian - UK

US, UK up Russia Sanctions as Kyiv Warns of Eastern Attack

The US and Britain announced new sanctions against Russia Wednesday after Ukraine said hundreds of civilians were found dead around its capital, as Kyiv warned residents in the east of the country to get out "now" ahead of a feared assault. The White House unveiled measures targeting Russia's top public…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Eastern Ukraine Town Empties as Residents Fear New Russian Assault

Dragging trolleys and clutching plastic bags with their meager belongings, residents of the northeastern Ukrainian town of Derhachi, near the border with Russia, boarded buses on Wednesday to be evacuated as fears of a Russian assault grew. Since pulling back from outside the capital Kyiv last week, Russian forces have…

Asharq Al-Awsat

More sanctions hit Russia as Zelenskyy warns of new wartime hardships

Los Angeles Times

U.S. assesses Russia completes withdrawal from around Kyiv, U.S. defense official

The United States assesses that Russia has now completed its withdrawal from around Kyiv and is believed to be refitting and resupplying its troops for an expected redeployment into Ukraine, a senior U.S. defense official said on Wednesday.

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The Independent UK

Scotland answers Kyiv’s call as 3,000 sandbags are dispatched to Ukraine

The bags were donated by Falkirk Council after an appeal from the Ukrainian capital to its twin city, Edinburgh.

Evening Standard

Russian forces will have to be ‘psychologically rebuilt’ before launching another major attack

Russian forces have lost so many men in Ukraine their soldiers will have to be psychologically rebuilt before launching another major attack, Western officials said on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Czech Republic becomes first Nato country to send tanks to Ukraine

Reported shipment comes weeks after Kyiv’s first request for tanks and planes

Reuters

Turkey hopes Ukraine, Russia peace talks can continue

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday that civilian killings in Ukraine had made peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv more difficult but that he expected more negotiations, possibly eventually between foreign ministers.

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The Independent UK

Russian troops accused of blocking rescue of Ukrainian civilians trapped beneath rubble in Borodyanka

Hundreds of residents in the heavily shelled town near Kyiv remain beneath the wreckage, authorities fear

Reuters

Moscow says Bucha accusations meant to derail peace talks, justify more sanctions

Russia's foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday that images of dead bodies strewn across the Ukrainian town of Bucha, which Russia says were staged, were designed to justify more sanctions against Moscow and derail peace talks with Kyiv.

The Conversation

Russia's denial of responsibility for atrocities in Bucha recalls 50 years of lies over the Katyn massacre

Ukrainian troops entering the city of Bucha, 25km north-west of the capital Kyiv, have reportedly found evidence of what appear to be horrific war crimes committed during the month-long occupation by Russian forces. Having forced the Russian troops out of the area, any jubilation at the victory was cut short…

France 24

French priest renowned for uncovering massacres warns of ‘Buchas everywhere’

Over the past two decades, Father Patrick Desbois, a French Catholic priest, has been identifying World War II atrocity sites, uncovering evidence of overlooked massacres. After doing similar work with the Yazidi victims of the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria, he is now back in Ukraine, collecting…

Los Angeles Times

More sanctions on Russia on tap as Zelenskyy warns of new hardships

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces Wednesday carried out punishing strikes against key Ukrainian cities, brushing aside mounting world outrage over the execution-style killings of civilians even as Washington and its Western allies prepared to impose tighter new sanctions against Moscow.

The Independent UK

Volodymyr Zelensky silences Irish parliament all the way from Ukraine

Politicians pledged solidarity with the people of Kyiv, Mariupol, Bucha and a host of other war-torn towns.

Reuters

Russia hit with new round of U.S. sanctions as Biden decries 'major war crimes'

The United States targeted Russian banks and elites with a new round of sanctions on Wednesday, including banning Americans from investing in Russia, in response to what President Joe Biden condemned as "major war crimes" by Russian forces in Ukraine.

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