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Biden Calls Putin ‘War Criminal’, Russia Says Comment 'Unforgivable'

US President Joe Biden branded Vladimir Putin a "war criminal" Wednesday as the Russian leader's onslaught in Ukraine claimed more civilian lives, and a theater where "hundreds" were sheltering was destroyed by bombing. Biden's rebuke -- his sharpest yet -- came after Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky made a searing appeal…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Downed missile hits Kyiv apartment block, kills one

At least one person was killed and three wounded after remains of a downed missile hit a residential building in the Ukranian capital, Kyiv, Ukraine's emergency service said on Thursday.

Reuters

Scot on front line in Ukraine reveals fighters were 'vaporised' after blitz of shellfire in Kyiv

Garage owner Adam Ennis fights on the front line in Kyiv armed with Russian and Czech machine guns in the teeth of the battle.

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Russia-Ukraine war: Latest developments

NEW DELHI: Russia has yet to capture any of Ukraine's biggest cities even as the war enters its fourth week. More than 3 million Ukrainians have fled and thousands have died in the largest assault on a European state since World War Two.

The Times of India

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 22 of the invasion

Survivors emerge from Mariupol theatre as death toll mounts in Chernihiv and Kharkiv area

The Guardian - UK

Theater where hundreds had sheltered wrecked in airstrike, Ukrainian officials say

KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian airstrike hit a theater in Mariupol where hundreds of people had taken shelter in recent days as a siege on the southern port city tightened, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday, but there was no immediate word on casualties.

Los Angeles Times

Ukrainian cities suffer more attacks amid glimmers of hope for halting fighting

KYIV, Ukraine — An around-the-clock curfew brought the the Ukrainian capital to a standstill and Russian forces stepped up fierce attacks on civilian areas across the country Wednesday, even as both Moscow and Kyiv reported signs of progress toward halting a war that has set off a spiraling humanitarian and…

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‘We are lucky to be alive’: Residents of Kyiv face reality of war as frontline approaches ever closer

Kim Sengupta talks to Kyiv residents whose homes are being destroyed even before Russian forces arrive in the city

The Independent UK

Timeline: Week three of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Intensified bombardment of several cities, tighter sanctions and some evacuations mark the third week of war in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Russian troops storm woods as they attempt to enter Kyiv by crossing Irpin river

The video is taken in a wooded area dotted with tall trees by someone walking through the Ukrainian forest as gunfire breaks out in the background with Putin's troops seeking to storm Kyiv

Daily Mirror

Hopes rise for Ukraine talks, but experts doubt Russia will pull out

Analysis: Putin’s rhetoric remains uncompromising and analysts are sceptical negotiations will yield a lasting solution

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy has remade himself again as a wartime leader in khaki

How Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy swapped careers, donned khakis and remade himself once again into a leader the world is turning to.

ABC News

Zelenskiy wants to shame the west into action. Will it work?

The contrast between what the Ukrainian president has been willing to do, and what western leaders have been willing to do to help, is the source of his moral power

The Guardian - US

Uneasy wait in Kyiv continues as Russian advance appears to have stalled

Analysis: invaders unlikely to complete encirclement of capital in near future, says Institute of the Study of War

The Guardian - UK

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Reuters

European leaders' risky Kyiv mission took even close family by surprise

When headlines flashed on Tuesday morning that the leaders of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia were on a train to Kyiv for talks with the Ukrainian president, it was news to some members of their immediate families.

Daily Mirror

Real story behind touching viral Ukraine image of dog being carried to Polish border

Alisa, now at her temporary home in Poland, explained how the snap of her beloved dog Pulya riding on her husband's shoulder became world famous in an instant

Daily Mirror

Brit with no military training joins Ukraine's foreign legion with brave pledge

Adam Ennis, 35, from Biggar in Scotland, left behind his business to take up arms in Ukraine and has vowed to remain until Vladimir Putin is defeated

Reuters

Kyiv mayor says private homes and gas line damaged in latest shelling

Shelling by Russian forces caused a fire and damaged private homes and a gas line in Kyiv's Podil district on Wednesday evening, mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

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Reuters

Factbox-Russia suggests Sweden or Austria as military model for Ukraine

Ukraine could become a non-aligned or neutral state like Sweden or Austria, Russia said on Wednesday, as it seeks a compromise with Kyiv to end three weeks of war.

Daily Mirror

Heartbroken mum says journalist killed in Ukraine 'always wanted to be saving world'

Pierre Zakrzewski was killed on Monday this week by Russian shelling, the Irish photojournalist was working with Fox News at the time and heartwarming tributes have poured out to the 55-year-old

The Conversation

'I have a need': How Zelenskyy's plea to Congress emphasized shared identity with US

Speaking from his nation’s capital of Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress as Russian shells continue to bombard the city.

Daily Mirror

13 innocent civilians massacred by Russians as they queue for bread in besieged city

Footage shot in besieged Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, shows ten lifeless bodies after Russian thugs reportedly fired on the group as they waited in line for bread

Daily Record

Lanarkshire businessman vows to 'fight to the death' as he joins foreign legion to defend Ukraine

Garage owner Adam Ennis has signed up for an international platoon that is newly embedded in the Ukrainian capital

Reuters

Kremlin says too early to disclose potential agreements on resolving Ukraine conflict - RIA

It is too early disclose any set of potential agreements between Moscow and Kyiv on resolving the conflict in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Psekov said on Wednesday according to the RIA news agency.

Los Angeles Times

Kyiv suffers more attacks as Zelenskyy appeals to Biden for no-fly zone

KYIV, Ukraine — Under a full-day curfew that brought the city to a standstill, Kyiv awoke Wednesday to air-raid sirens and more pain inflicted on residential neighborhoods as Russian forces — still stalled outside the capital — continued attacks on civilian areas across the country.

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