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Ukraine war shows grim conventions on 'right' and 'wrong' ways to kill — and what makes a war crime

With the war in Ukraine in its second month, casualties are mounting. The full toll of civilian death is not yet clear, but the catastrophic impact of the sustained siege of cities like Mariupol by Russian forces is not difficult to imagine.

The Conversation

More sanctions on Russia on tap as Zelenskyy warns of new hardships

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces Wednesday carried out punishing strikes against key Ukrainian cities, brushing aside mounting world outrage over the execution-style killings of civilians even as Washington and its Western allies prepared to impose tighter new sanctions against Moscow.

Los Angeles Times

Russia accused of using mobile crematoria to destroy all traces of horrific atrocities

Ukraine claims Russian "murders are covering their tracks" using mobile crematoria with occupiers trying to identify and eliminate all potential witnesses to these barbaric acts of war

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Volodymyr Zelensky silences Irish parliament all the way from Ukraine

Politicians pledged solidarity with the people of Kyiv, Mariupol, Bucha and a host of other war-torn towns.

The Independent UK

How should Dostoevsky and Tolstoy be read during Russia's war against Ukraine?

As someone who teaches Russian literature, I can’t help but process the world through the country’s novels, stories, poems and plays, even at a time when Russian cultural productions are being canceled around the world.

The Conversation

Russia’s main target? Truth. Journalists pay a heavy price to protect it

Weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine and sought to “liberate” the port of Mariupol by bombing it into the ground, the words of the video journalist Mstyslav Chernov of the Associated Press are a powerful reminder of why journalism matters.

Evening Standard

Convoy of more than 500 people reaches Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine -ICRC

An International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) team has led a convoy of buses and private cars carrying more than 500 people to Zaporizhzhia after the civilians fled the besieged Ukrainian town of Mariupol on their own, the ICRC said on Wednesday.

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Vladimir Putin using famine tactics to starve Ukraine into surrender

British defence chiefs warned that Putin’s troops are deliberately inflicting a “worsening” humanitarian disaster on 160,000 people in the besieged city of Mariupol to force a Ukrainian surrender.

Daily Record

Ukraine president tells TDs he is 'grateful for every Irish citizen' in special address to Dail

'In the 42 days, at least 167 children were killed in Ukraine.'

Irish Mirror

No light, communication, medicine, heat or water in Mariupol as Russian assault continues, Britain says

‘Russian forces have prevented humanitarian access, likely to pressure defenders to surrender’

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Bucha attack ‘like genocide’, Johnson says as new Russian attack ‘expected in days’

‘We don’t have a single hospital left that has not been shelled,’ the governor said

The Independent UK

Ukraine makes new attempts to evacuate civilians from trapped cities

Ukraine will try to evacuate trapped civilians through 11 humanitarian corridors on Wednesday but people trying to leave the besieged city of Mariupol will have to use their own vehicles, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.

Reuters

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

Russian forces overnight struck a fuel depot and a factory in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, and the number of casualties remains unclear, the region’s governor Valentyn Reznichenko said Wednesday on the Telegram messaging app

The Independent UK

Putin’s troops have turned Mariupol into ‘death camp’, says city mayor

British Defence chiefs say the southern port city is suffering under appalling conditions

Evening Standard

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Forces Pound Key Cities as Ukraine Demands Tougher Sanctions

Artillery pounded key cities in Ukraine on Wednesday, as its president urged the West to act decisively in imposing new and tougher sanctions being readied against Russia in response to civilian killings widely condemned as war crimes. Western sanctions over Russia's invasion gained new impetus this week when dead civilians…

Reuters

Britain says heavy fighting, Russian air strikes continue in Ukraine's Mariupol

Heavy fighting and Russian air strikes continue in the encircled Ukrainian city of Mariupol, British military intelligence said on Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times

In fiery speech, Ukraine's Zelenskyy implores UN Security Council to hold Russia to account

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in an impassioned address to the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday, likened Russian atrocities in his homeland to Nazi war crimes, calling for Nuremberg-style tribunals to hold Moscow accountable.

ABC News

Ukraine-Russia war updates: Moscow says 'short-sighted' expulsion of diplomats across Europe will be met with 'reciprocal steps'

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says the expulsions of Russian diplomats by European countries will prompt a response from Moscow.

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Al Jazeera

Latest Russia-Ukraine: US sanctions target Putin’s children

Washington loads pressure on Moscow after alleged atrocities in Bucha as EU considers ban on coal imports.

France 24

Debunking Russian claims that attack on Mariupol maternity hospital was staged

A recent video released by a Russian government-linked account interviews Marianna Vishegirskaya, a victim of the March 9 Russian air strike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol. The Kremlin falsely claims that this woman, a beauty blogger from Mariupol, was an actress who faked the photos of the attack in…

Reuters

Ukraine says people can still only flee Mariupol by car or on foot

People are still only able to flee the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol on foot or by private car as efforts to organise mass evacuations by bus to safer parts of Ukraine have failed, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.

Reuters

Foreign merchant ship hit by missile in Mariupol - Ukrainian official

A foreign-flagged merchant ship was hit by a Russian navy missile in the besieged southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol with one crew member needing medical care, a Ukrainian official said on Tuesday.

Zenger

Cop For Kids: Ukraine Cop Offers Himself Up As Hostage For Russians In Exchange For Mariupols Kids

Vyacheslav Abroskin has slammed the Russians for not taking him up as a hostage in exchange for freeing the kids of Mariupol.

Evening Standard

Civilian ship sinking in Mariupol after Russian forces fire at it, Ukraine says

Ukraine has said a civilian ship is sinking in the port of the besieged city of Mariupol after Russian forces fired on it.

Reuters

Ukraine president says military situation in Mariupol very difficult

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday said Ukraine's efforts to push back Russian troops from Mariupol were facing difficulties.

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