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The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Kyiv woman’s ‘nightmares’ become reality as granddaughter born amid bombing

‘The baby is kind of our ray of hope in the midst of darkness,’ said Maia Mikhaluk.

The Independent UK

Ukraine braces for more destruction as Biden warns of chemical attacks

KHARKIV, Ukraine — Embattled Ukrainian regions were preparing for more destruction Tuesday as local authorities and international observers warned that Russia, unable to take over key cities such as the capital of Kyiv, was launching hypersonic missiles and considering chemical attacks.

Los Angeles Times

To Ukrainian refugees, Priti Patel is like a surly nightclub bouncer

When my partner Maria and I arrived in Poland we were exhausted — mentally, physically, and emotionally - but we were safe. We escaped Ukraine for Britain but, in the grand scheme of things, we’re amongst the few who have that option. I’m British, Maria is Ukrainian. Ironically, we left…

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Ukraine Retakes Key Kyiv Suburb; Battle for Mariupol Rages

Ukraine said it retook a strategically important suburb of Kyiv early Tuesday, as Russian forces squeezed other areas near the capital and their attack on the embattled southern port of Mariupol raged unabated. Explosions and bursts of gunfire shook Kyiv, and black smoke rose from a spot in the north.

Asharq Al-Awsat

This video showing Ukrainians kneeling as a convoy passes was filmed before the current war

Tens of thousands of people have watched a video posted on Facebook that allegedly shows Ukrainians kneeling as a convoy carries religious relics through the streets of Kyiv to a bunker. However, this video is actually from several years ago and shows a funeral procession for fallen soldiers in another…

France 24

Kyiv's Jews, persecuted under Polish-Lithuanian, Russian, Nazi and Soviet regimes, now face the onslaught of Putin's forces

While hundreds of Jews are leaving Kyiv amid Russian attacks, many more, led by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, who is of Jewish origin, are staying on to defend the country.

The Conversation

Will Belarus, Russia’s key ally, join Putin’s war in Ukraine?

Analysts say President Lukashenko’s forces may spearhead the Russian advance on western Ukrainian regions.

Al Jazeera

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Russia-Ukraine talks: What are the issues between Kyiv and Moscow

The Ukrainian president talks of compromise after several rounds of talks between Kyiv and Moscow yielded no results.

Al Jazeera

Girlfriend of Ukraine MP dubbed 'Beauty of Kyiv' killed in Russian missile strike

Grief-stricken Sviatoslav Yurash says Alexandra Kuvshynova, who he loved for more than a decade, was killed while helping journalists document the war on Monday

Daily Mirror

‘I will not be held prisoner’: the trans women turned back at Ukraine’s borders

Trans women are reportedly being denied passage to safer countries, despite their legal status as women and the danger posed by Russia’s transphobic policies

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian playboy who organised infamous Butt Squad snaps in Dubai is stranded in Cyprus

Vitaliy Grechin was celebrating a five-day 42nd birthday party with Russian and Ukrainian girls, aged between 18 and 23, before war broke out in his home country

Daily Mirror

War in Ukraine: Latest developments

KYIV: Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:

Bangkok Post

Russian attempt to capture Kyiv is 'suicide' - Ukrainian presidential adviser

One of Russian's main priorities is to take control of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv but trying to do so is "suicide", Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said in a televised interview on Tuesday.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict

The battle for Ukraine's cities is thundering across its suburbs, with the Ukrainian military blocking Russian forces from a key highway and the invaders increasing air raids that have caused uncounted deaths and destruction

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Ukrainian theater's new drama? Making dumplings for soldiers

Ukrainian actress Alla Shkondina is taking on a new role, preparing potato dumplings, meat-filled pancakes and borscht to send to soldiers on the front lines

Asharq Al-Awsat

French Volunteer Fighter Prepares to Battle for Ukraine

Pierre, 28, says he spent four years as a volunteer fighter in Syria. Now he is preparing to return to a foreign front again, this time in Ukraine. The construction worker, who declines to give his full name, was at home in France when Russia invaded its neighbor on February…

Wales Online

Ukraine morning briefing: Biden warns Putin could use chemical or biological weapons

US President Joe Biden said Vladimir Putin's 'back is against the wall' and also warns businesses to prepare for cyber attacks

Wales Online

Ukraine ready to ‘compromise’ on Nato for Russian ceasefire

President Zelensky also repeats his call for direct talks with Vladimir Putin

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The Independent UK

Civilians fleeing Mariupol describe street-to-street battles

Civilians making the dangerous escape from Ukraine’s embattled southern port hub of Mariupol describe fleeing through street-to-street gun battles and past unburied corpses as a steady Russian bombardment tries to pound the city into submission

Reuters

Biden says Putin could use chemical, biological weapons in Ukraine

Ukraine's military warned the public on Tuesday of more indiscriminate Russian shelling from bogged-down Russian troops, and U.S. President Joe Biden issued his strongest warning yet that Russia is considering using chemical weapons.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 27 of the invasion

Russian forces inside besieged Mariupol as 300,000 people in Kherson said to be running out of food

ABC News

Ukrainian girl who sang Let it Go in a Kyiv bomb shelter sings to packed arena for charity concert

The seven-year-old Ukrainian girl sings the national anthem to a silent audience in the packed Atlas Arena in Poland as part of a charity fundraiser.

The Conversation

How Ukraine's personal, grassroots memorials honour individual citizens who fought for their nation

It is doubtful Vladimir Putin has visited the memorials along the Alley of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes in central Kyiv.

Los Angeles Times

Global outrage grows over Putin’s merciless attacks in Ukraine

LVIV, Ukraine — International outrage mounted Monday over medieval scenes of suffering in Mariupol, a strategic southern port city that has defied demands for surrender despite a ferocious Russian siege that Ukrainian officials say has trapped thousands of civilians and left corpses lying in the streets.

The Independent UK

A destroyed shopping mall in Kyiv lays bare Putin’s frustration at a stammering invasion

Kim Sengupta witnesses the destruction at a shopping centre in Kyiv pounded by Russia’s fiercest attack on the capital so far

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