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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.

Radio France Internationale

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 - UK

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

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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

The Independent UK

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.

Al Jazeera

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

The Independent UK

Ukrainian children delight in painting Easter eggs

Children in Kyiv, including evacuees from other parts of the country, decorated traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs on Friday - but this year they have taken on a more patriotic tone.

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy: allies finally delivering weapons Kyiv asked for

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday said allies were finally delivering the weapons that Kyiv had asked for, adding the arms would help save the lives of thousands of people.

Reuters

Pentagon sees over 20 nations attending Ukraine talks in Germany

The U.S. military expects more than 20 countries to attend Ukraine-focused defense talks it will host in Germany next week that will focus in part on Kyiv's long-term defense needs, the Pentagon said on Friday.

Reuters

Ukrainians return home from Poland for special Easter

Maria Verbyana, 19, moved to Warsaw to escape Lviv, Ukraine, a month ago amid the threat of Russian bombings. But, as Orthodox Easter approaches on Sunday, she could not imagine being away from her priest and family.

Reuters

Fears for hundreds of civilians trapped in Mariupol steel plant

Up to 1,000 people could be holed up in Azovstal factory with group of outgunned Ukrainian fighters

The Guardian - UK

Britain to reopen embassy in Kyiv, Boris Johnson announces

PM says Ukrainian ‘fortitude and success’ mean UK can restore facility it closed before Russian invasion

The Guardian - UK

UK to reopen embassy in Ukraine capital Kyiv, Boris Johnson announces

PM says Indians ‘want Russians out’ – but did not pressure Narendra Modi to change stance

The Independent UK

UN Rights Office Cites Growing Evidence of War Crimes in Ukraine

The United Nations human rights office sounded the alarm on Friday about growing evidence of war crimes in Ukraine, urging both Moscow and Kyiv to order combatants to respect international law. "Russian armed forces have indiscriminately shelled and bombed populated areas, killing civilians and wrecking hospitals, schools and other civilian…

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U.N. rights office cites growing evidence of war crimes in Ukraine

The United Nations human rights office said on Friday there was growing evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, including signs of indiscriminate shelling and summary executions, while it said Ukraine also appeared to have used weapons with indiscriminate effects.

France 24

'I have no words': Ukrainian returns home to devastated Kyiv suburb

As the war in Ukraine rages in the south and east, some residents of the Kyiv satellite towns are tentatively returning home, after Russian forces withdrew and shocked the world with the carnage they left in their wake. FRANCE 24 reports.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Pushes Offensive, Collects Corpses in ‘Liberated’ Mariupol

Russia pressed its new offensive in eastern Ukraine on Friday while in the port city of Mariupol, teams of volunteers collected corpses from the ruins after Moscow declared victory there despite Ukrainian forces holding out. Ukraine's general staff said Russian forces had increased attacks along the whole frontline in the…

Daily Record

Ukrainian singer on George Bowie charity track cowered below air strikes above Kyiv flat to record vocal

Anastasia Derkach even had to seek refuge in an air-raid shelter while trying to lay down her vocals for the Things Can Only Get Better remix at her home in Kyiv.

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Reuters

Kyiv accuses Moscow of 'imperialism' after Russia flags interest in south Ukraine

Moscow wants to take full control over southern Ukraine, a Russian general said on Friday, a statement Ukraine said gave the lie to Russia's previous assertions that it had no territorial ambitions.

Los Angeles Times

Putin orders troops not to storm last Mariupol stronghold but declares success

SVIATOHIRSK, Ukraine — Russia claimed victory over the battered southern Ukrainian port of Mariupol on Thursday, with President Vladimir Putin saying he had ordered his forces not to attack the city’s last holdouts sheltering in a vast steelworks but to blockade the compound so tightly that “not even a fly…

The Conversation

Marine Le Pen, the Rassemblement National and Russia: history of a strategic alliance

Days before the second round of the French presidential elections, far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (Rassemblement National, RN) spelled out some of her foreign policy priorities: limit military support to Ukraine and steer clear from voting new sanctions against Russia; leave NATO’s integrated command; and relaunch a “strategic rapprochement…

Daily Mirror

Oleksandr Usyk stripped of honours over stance on Russia's war on Ukraine

Usyk enrolled in the Kyiv Territorial Defense to defend against Russia's attacks and the heavyweight champion has now been stripped of his Crimean honours

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pentagon: US Rapidly Developed ‘Ghost’ Drones for Ukraine

So-called "Ghost" drones that are part of a new $800 million US arms package for Ukraine were rapidly developed by the US Air Force for Kyiv and have similar capabilities as armed "Switchblade" drones, the Pentagon said on Thursday. "This was rapidly developed by the Air Force in response specifically…

Reuters

U.S. Congress to move quickly to consider, and support, new Ukraine aid

The U.S. Congress will move quickly to consider President Joe Biden's request for more aid for Ukraine, lawmakers said on Thursday, with members of both parties predicting strong support for the request even before knowing how large it would be.

Al Jazeera

US to send more heavy artillery, ammunition and drones to Ukraine

Joe Biden announces another $800m military aid package for Ukraine as Russia presses on with its eastern offensive.

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