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In Ukraine, civilian suffering intensifies amid Russian blockades, bombardment

KYIV, Ukraine — A dozen days into a devastating war and an unfolding refugee crisis, Russian forces on Monday launched withering new attacks on Ukrainian civilian areas and strategic centers, seeking to cripple the country’s defenses and establish supremacy over Ukraine’s vital Black Sea coast.

Los Angeles Times

Ukrainian fencers refuse to fight Russians before flying home to keep Kyiv citizens alive

Ukrainian fencing teammates Andrii Scherba and Andrei Pogrebniak refused to take on Russian opponents when they competed at the recent 2022 World Cup event in Egypt

Daily Mirror

Ukraine wants direct talks between Zelenskiy and Russia's Putin, says foreign minister

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Monday said Ukraine wanted direct talks between President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russia's Vladimir Putin because Kyiv knows Putin is the person calling the shots in Moscow.

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Russia trying to recruit Syrians to fight in Ukraine, says Pentagon

US defence official says it is ‘noteworthy that Putin believes he needs foreign fighters’

The Guardian - UK

Why did Russia invade Ukraine?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

The Conversation

Ukraine calls for meeting between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin as latest peace talks with Russia stall

Ukraine wants direct talks between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russia's Vladimir Putin, after a third round of negotiations between representatives of the two sides stalled.

ABC News

Drinkers for Ukraine campaign hopes to tap beer community to raise badly needed funds

A campaign hopes to unite breweries and drinkers around the world with a beetroot stout to raise money for the Red Cross and show solidarity for those affected by the war in Ukraine.

ABC News

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Inside the shelled Ukrainian city where soldiers and civilians are primed for a Russian onslaught

Russian shelling has decimated a school, hospital and homes in Zhytomyr, where military preparations are ramping up amid fears the city could be Putin’s next target if Kyiv were to fall, Bel Trew reports

The Independent UK

Shells rain down on Ukraine’s cities despite ‘cynical’ offer of safe passage

Analysts and political leaders point to Russia’s ‘string of broken ceasefires’ as bombardment continues

The Guardian - UK

Residents of Ukraine's Irpin say time may be running out to get to safety

Hundreds of people streamed out of Irpin on Monday to escape Russian forces advancing towards the nearby Ukrainian capital Kyiv, some saying there were only a few residents left in the town badly damaged by recent shelling.

Reuters

Diary from Ukraine: ‘Terrified we’d be separated while fleeing’

This weekend, Zakhida Adylova decided to flee Kyiv for Lviv in the west with her family.

Al Jazeera

UK ambassador flees Ukraine in 'serious security situation' as Russia invades

MPs heard Melinda Simmons initially switched from the capital Kyiv to Lviv in the western part of the country, but she has now left altogether as bitter fighting rages

Daily Mirror

The Russia-Ukraine war is almost two weeks old. This is how we got here

This time two weeks ago the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine remained hypothetical. Yet the grim escalation of war between Moscow and Kyiv is now devastatingly real. This day-by-day account shows how we got here.

ABC News

The boy 'hero', 11, who fled Ukraine alone with a backpack, his passport and a phone number written on his hand

Staff at the Slovakian border managed to contact his relatives in the country using the ink-scrawled number on his skin

Manchester Evening News

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Chicago Tribune

Former first lady of Ukraine from Chicago — whose husband was poisoned during election — urges immediate and severe action against Russia. ‘The world cannot just stand by and watch’

CHICAGO — A former first lady of Ukraine with deep roots in Chicago called on the international community to take stronger action against Moscow, as Russia’s brutal invasion threatens her nation’s independence — and potentially global order and security.

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian refugees turned away from UK centre in Poland that can only handle 100 a day

A pop-up facility to help process UK visas was set up in Rzeszow, Poland as frustrated Ukrainians say they haven't been able to seen and will have to wait another day

Daily Mirror

Unicef worker details Ukraine horror as refugees flee to escape Russian brutality

Unicef spokesman James Elder has shared his experience after arriving in the country last week to provide aid to the countless refugees flooding out of Ukraine to escape Vladimir Putin's brutality

The Independent UK

Florence + the Machine release new video filmed in Kyiv and send message to ‘brave’ dancers sheltering in Ukraine

‘I wish I could put my arms around you,’ says singer Florence Welch

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France 24

Russia’s war drives a wedge between Orthodox Ukrainians and the Moscow Patriarchate

As Russian troops step up their assault, clergy and worshippers at the Ukrainian Orthodox churches that are attached to the Moscow Patriarchate are distancing themselves from Russia, placing into question one of the Kremlin's main channels of influence in their country. FRANCE 24 reports from a church south of Kyiv.

The Conversation

Vladimir Putin points to history to justify his Ukraine invasion, regardless of reality

Vladimir Putin’s interest in history is well known. He has accused Poland of starting the Second World War. He maintains that the Soviet Union liberated the western world from Nazism and any discussion over that view is “historical revisionism.”

Wales Online

Ukraine afternoon latest: Russia lays out its demands as two sides meet for talks again

There has been criticism that evacuation routes lead to Russia and its ally Belarus

France 24

A snapshot of Ukraine: Mark Neville on photographing the country and its people

After photographing Ukraine and its people for years, Mark Neville moved from London to Kyiv in 2020. When war broke out at the end of February, he initially decided to stay before seeking refuge in neighbouring Poland. He tells FRANCE 24’s Florence Villeminot about documenting the chaos of leaving his…

Chronicle Live

Ukrainian couple 'overwhelmed' by North Tyneside's support in humanitarian aid plea

Alina Kanishchuk and Jon Kazakry have already sent two lots of aid to their Ukrainian homeland in less than a week, with a third set to go

Evening Standard

Holly Willoughby cries as she watches Ukrainian girl singing in Kyiv bomb shelter

Emotional Holly Willoughby broke down in tears watching a Ukrainian girl singing in a Kyiv bomb shelter.

The Independent UK

Video of Ukrainian girl in bunker singing ‘Let it Go’ from Frozen goes viral

The footage of Amelia singing in a bomb shelter in Kyiv has been watched millions of times online

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