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KYIV, Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of wanting to "destroy" the entire eastern region of Donbas, as the last remaining forces in the strategic port of Mariupol prepared Monday for a final defence.

Russia's anticipated new offensive in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region has begun, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Monday. Ukraine's top security official said earlier that Russia had launched the "second phase" of the war, with Russian forces attempting to break through defences in the Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv regions but had…

Kira Obidensky was injured in an explosion as she attempted to flee Mariupol in the wake of her father's death, but is among the thousands of Ukrainian children taken to Russia against their will

Streets in Fuentes de Andalucia have also been renamed City of Kyiv, Odesa and Mariupol

‘The city still has not fallen’, Ukraine’s prime minister says

Nikita Khrushchev, the great granddaughter of ex Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, believes Vladimir Putin would eventually do whatever it takes to claim victory in the war

Former British soldier, 48, had been fighting alongside Ukraine marines against Russian invaders

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says at least 18 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded after shelling in the centre of Kharkiv as a result of "deliberate terror … against ordinary civilians".