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A statue of Volodymyr the Great, a towering figure in Ukraine, is wrapped in canvas to protect it from Russian attacks in Kyiv. Volodymyr brought Christianity ...

"We can glorify him, but at the same time, understand that he was a figure of his time." "For people who live here in Kyiv, he's not a myth. In addition to uniting his realm, he opened trade to other parts of Europe and was a skilled diplomat. But in Ukraine, he added, Volodymyr's legacy is very real. So you have to figure out, who is the main Vladimir among them?" "People in Moscow see Volodymyr as this mythical figure, as this idea that is very far away," he said. He said Moscow conveniently chooses to ignore key historical facts. Volodymyr the statue is draped in green canvas, surrounded by scaffolding that notes he's occupied this commanding spot since 1853. "Not only Great Prince Vladimir has this name. Yet his most enduring legacy, Kovalenko said, was in the year 988 when "he brought Christianity to Kiev and founded the beginning of this Christian state." This isn't just some minor historical tiff, with Russia trying to outdo Ukraine in monument building. Yet Russia also claims him as central to its political and religious history.

The western Ukrainian city of Lviv has commemorated the children killed during the Russian invasion. Titled “excursion that will never happen”, the city's ...

Zelenskiy also claimed that 200,000 children had been forcibly taken to Russia, saying: “The purpose of this criminal policy is not just to steal people but to make those who are deported forget about Ukraine and unable to return. One observer tweeted that the display was “heartbreaking”, saying that “no child should ever be afraid, hear the sounds of explosions, bombings. Titled “excursion that will never happen”, the city’s memorial featured empty school buses with stuffed toys strapped into seats to represent each of the 243 children so far claimed to be lost in the war.

Anna is one of them. That's not her real name. The Morris County woman fears for the safety of her brother and father, who have been fighting in different areas ...

Anna’s mother is in the US with her, because she was visiting when the war started. Anna speaks to him more often, because he is more in control of his movements. It gives us power to be proud and not afraid.” He tells Anna the battles test one’s trust in humanity. “He didn’t think of it as a war in one region of Ukraine,” she said. Anna said her brother received one month of basic training, learning to handle his weapon, before going to the front.

Ambassador Bush stresses that the Russian government must pay the price of its actions in Ukraine, and highlights the importance of accountability ...

They are responsible for attempting to dismantle the OSCE’s presence in Ukraine. They are responsible for rising numbers for the rising number of civilians dying, injured, displaced, deported, and seeking refuge. We must also continue to support the work of OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) which is monitoring the impact on civilians and prisoners of war for violations of International Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law. We remain grateful to Director Mecacci and ODIHR for their expertise, impartiality, and objectivity in investigating and documenting the abuses taking place. As the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said recently, “accountability is a cornerstone of upholding human rights”. We were deeply saddened to hear of reports that a French journalist was killed whilst covering the war, after the vehicle in which he was travelling was hit by shrapnel from a Russian shell in Severodonetsk. We also condemn the killing of journalists and media workers who have lost their lives exposing the truth about the war crimes being committed. We must follow up on the experts’ findings and we should recognise that Russia’s war of aggression has not stood still since the last report was published. Last week, the UK, together with the US and the EU, announced the creation of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group, a mechanism aimed at supporting the War Crimes Units of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine by ensuring effective coordination of our respective support to accountability efforts. We are determined to hold those responsible for atrocities to account, including military commanders and other individuals in the Putin regime.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has called the deportation of Ukrainian people to Russia, including children, one of the most despicable crimes.

But we must find a solution to this challenge as well. Children separated from their families," he said on Wednesday night in a traditional video message. "Russia is also pursuing a consistent criminal policy of deporting our people.

More than 200000 Ukrainian children have been deported so far, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday, June 1.

She died on the second day of a full-scale war as a result of Russian artillery shelling. “Mykyta from the city of Izyum, Kharkiv region. His body was retrieved from the rubble of the house. Eternal memory to everyone whose life was taken away by the Russian war against us, against Ukrainians, against Ukraine,” the actor-turned-politician said. She was killed when the Russian military fired at a minibus on the road. The occupiers simply fired at the houses. He was killed by a Russian missile strike at a dormitory. On March 5, she received shrapnel wounds as a result of artillery shelling, the occupiers hit the usual residential sector. He was less than three years old when a Russian shell hit the yard. “Like Anya from Bucha, Kyiv region, she was 14 years old. “During the 98 days of the Russian invasion, 689 children were injured as a result of the occupiers’ attacks. The larger the number, the harder it is for a person to realize what is behind it.

Russia hits back at US supply of medium-range rocket systems; Russian forces control two-thirds of Sievierodonetsk; Ukraine suffers 100 casualties a day.

Blinken saidthere was a “strong consensus within Nato, broadly,to support the rapid accession of Sweden and Finland” to Nato and he was confident it would happen. Western officials said Ukraine’s estimate that it is losing 60 to 100 troops a day killed is “pretty credible”. Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said the supply of US advanced rocket systems toUkraineincreases the risk of a “third country” being dragged into the conflict. The expected loss of Sievierodonetsk, the largest citystill held by Kyiv in the Luhansk region, “is unlikely to be the crux”of Russia’s Donbas campaign, a western official said. Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the country’s interior minister, said the Russians hit the Beskidy railway tunnel in the Carpathian Mountains in an apparent effort to cut a key railway link and disrupt shipments of weapons and fuel. It will take at least three weeks to get the precision weapons and trained troops on to the battlefield, the Pentagon said.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Britain pledged Thursday to send sophisticated medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine, joining the United States and Germany in ...

The real numbers could be higher, he added, as his government doesn’t have a full picture of areas under Russian occupation. He said 243 of them have died in the war, 446 have been wounded and 139 were missing. But Defense Undersecretary Colin Kahl said he believes they will arrive in time to make a difference in the fight. The two cities are separated by a river. But as Russian forces closed in on a key city in recent days, the Ukrainian government said its fighters needed better rocket launchers to prevail. She later became a key figure in the first impeachment proceedings against Trump. Analysts think Russia is hoping to overrun the Donbas before any weapons that might turn the tide arrive. After Western-supplied arms helped Ukraine fend off Russian attempts to storm the capital, Moscow shifted its focus to seizing all of eastern Ukraine’s industrial Donbas region. Germany had come under criticism that it wasn’t doing enough to help Ukraine. Chancellor Olaf said Wednesday that his country would supply Ukraine with modern anti-aircraft missiles and radar systems. Sweden also announced plans Thursday to donate arms to Kyiv. They include missiles, semi-automatic rifles and anti-tank weapons, Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist said. A regional governor said Russian forces now control 80% of Sievierodonetsk, a city that is key to Moscow’s efforts to complete its capture of the Donbas. Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists have fought in the eastern region for eight years, and the separatists held swaths of territory before the Russian invasion. Military analyst Zhdanov noted that after the fierce fighting in and around Sievierodonetsk, Russian forces will be “exhausted,” and military leaders will need to replenish their both their troops and weaponry.

Britain says Ukrainian troops will be trained in the U.K. to use the equipment. Ukraine has implored its Western allies to send longer-range missiles to help it ...

___ In a referendum on Wednesday, two-third of voters decided to abandon a 30-year-old waiver that kept the Scandinavian EU country out. ___ ___ The missiles “can reach targets both on land and at sea. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ “And this is why we are calling the world for their support.”

Ukraine's leaders have pleaded for the U.S.-made advanced rocket systems. But some say they will not be a game changer in its war with Russia.

What they needed to deal with threats to Kyiv are very different from what they need to deal with what's now happening in southern and eastern Ukraine.” “And of course, that's changed through the course of this aggression. HIMARS will give Ukrainian forces advantages over the Russians in precision attacks, Blumenthal said. "They widen the zone of threat to Russian forces," Blumenthal said. He said the Kremlin doesn’t trust Kyiv’s assurances that the U.S. rocket launch systems will not be used to attack Russia. Despite its loss of more than 1,000 tanks and thousands of troops, Russia retains significant advantages in soldiers, artillery and armor. "It's not a magic bullet," Blumenthal said. But it's not clear yet how much of a difference the advanced weapons will make in what has become a stalemated, grinding conflict with no clear end game. Once fired, the crew can move the truck quickly to avoid counterattack, a maneuver known as shoot-and-scoot. Russia has made incremental gains in eastern Ukraine, a senior Defense official said last week, concentrating its efforts on smaller objectives. They can end it at any time and avoid any concerns about miscalculations or escalation.” "Neither side is ready to concede anything.”

Russian forces tightened their grip on an industrial Ukrainian city as part of their drive to control the eastern Donbas region and targeted rail links used ...

Russia has captured some of Ukraine's biggest seaports and its navy controls major transport routes in the Black Sea, blocking Ukrainian shipments and deepening a global food crisis. Bank governor Kyrylo Shevchenko also said it was time to start talks with the International Monetary Fund on a new economic support programme. Because they are Ukrainians!" said Zelenskiy in a message posted on the Telegram app alongside a picture of the players celebrating. "Sometimes you don't need a lot of words! "Ukraine needs weapons to liberate Ukrainian territory that Russia has temporarily occupied. In further evidence of the economic strain on Ukraine, its central bank hoisted the main interest rate to a seven-year-high of 25% from 10% on Thursday to tackle soaring inflation and shield the hryvnia currency. Ukraine's General Oleksiy Gromov told a briefing that Russian forces were trying to assault the village of Berestove that lies on a main road linking Lysychansk - also under heavy Russian shelling - to the rest of the country. Moscow has said it regards Ukrainian infrastructure used to bring in Western arms as a legitimate target in what it calls its "special military operation" to disarm Ukraine and rid it of ultra-nationalists the Kremlin says threaten Russian security. "The enemy is conducting assault operations in the settlement of Sievierodonetsk," Ukraine's armed forces general staff said, adding that Russian forces were also attacking other parts of the east and northeast. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com KYIV, June 2 (Reuters) - Russian forces tightened their grip on an industrial Ukrainian city as part of their drive to control the eastern Donbas region and targeted rail links used to ferry in weapons from Kyiv's Western allies as the war approaches its 100th day on Friday. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Britain pledged Thursday to send sophisticated medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine, joining the United States and Germany in ...

A statue of Volodymyr the Great, a towering figure in Ukraine, is wrapped in canvas to protect it from Russian attacks in Kyiv. Volodymyr brought Christianity ...

"We can glorify him, but at the same time, understand that he was a figure of his time." "For people who live here in Kyiv, he's not a myth. In addition to uniting his realm, he opened trade to other parts of Europe and was a skilled diplomat. But in Ukraine, he added, Volodymyr's legacy is very real. So you have to figure out, who is the main Vladimir among them?" "People in Moscow see Volodymyr as this mythical figure, as this idea that is very far away," he said. He said Moscow conveniently chooses to ignore key historical facts. Volodymyr the statue is draped in green canvas, surrounded by scaffolding that notes he's occupied this commanding spot since 1853. "Not only Great Prince Vladimir has this name. Yet his most enduring legacy, Kovalenko said, was in the year 988 when "he brought Christianity to Kiev and founded the beginning of this Christian state." This isn't just some minor historical tiff, with Russia trying to outdo Ukraine in monument building. Yet Russia also claims him as central to its political and religious history.

After nearly 100 days of fighting, Russian forces control 20 percent of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a speech to the Luxembourg ...

The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. Chubais’s wife, Avdotya Smirnova, also expressed her dissent by signing an open letter addressed to Putin. “Behind all these geopolitical speculations of those who advise Ukraine to give away something to Russia, ‘great geopoliticians’ are always unwilling to see ordinary people,” Zelensky said. At last month’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, former secretary of state Henry A. Kissinger said Ukraine should cede territory to Russia to bring about an end to the invasion. Zelenska also said that giving up any Ukrainian territory in exchange for peace is akin to “conceding a freedom,” adding that ceding control of parts of Ukraine would not stop Russian President Vladimir Putin from further aggression. That pressure increased May 24, when the U.S. Treasury Department barred Russia from making debt payments to American bondholders, pushing Russia closer to a default on its sovereign debt. The Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee overseeing Europe determined in a 12-to-1 vote Wednesday that the missed payment constituted a “failure to pay event,” which could trigger payouts on holders of Russian default insurance, or credit default swaps. After tense talks Wednesday, E.U. ambassadors met Thursday to try to push things forward. When E.U. ambassadors met Wednesday to hash out the final details, however, Hungary wanted more, according to the two diplomats, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing negotiations. Ukrainian counteroffensives continue to frustrate Russia near Kherson, a southern city captured by the Kremlin in the early days of the war. A spokesman for Ukraine’s national guard said Kyiv is “making every effort to hold back the enemy,” even as up to 100 of its fighters are killed daily in the country’s east. After nearly 100 days of fighting, Russian forces control 20 percent of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a speech to the Luxembourg parliament.

At least 243 children have died as a result of Russian attacks, while another 446 children were wounded by Russian forces, the Ukrainian Chief Prosecutor's ...

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Russian troops now control about 20% of Ukrainian territory, the country's President Volodymyr Zelensky told Luxembourg's Parliament on Thursday, ...

Zelensky’s remarks come as battles continue to rage on in the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk, where Russian forces have made significant advances. Ukraine has had to deploy minimally trained volunteers from the Territorial Defense Force to fill holes in the frontline, according to the New York Times. Zelensky this week described the battle in the Donbas region as “ indescribably difficult.” After more than three months of war, more than 8 million people in Ukraine have been internally displaced, according to the UN. Local authorities have estimated a death toll of at least 10,000 in the city of Mariupol, and Ukraine's Prosecutor General has started to investigate thousands of potential war crimes cases. Fighting also continues in Ukraine’s second largest city of Kharkiv in the east and in the city of Mykolaiv in the south, Zelensky said Thursday, adding “constant fighting” stretches along an entire front line of more than one thousand kilometers. Zelenska told Good Morning America she has not seen her husband since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. The two “said goodbye to one another on the very first day,” and have spoken by phone since, she said, adding she was “proud” the world has been able to see Zelensky’s “true identity.” They have been married for almost 20 years. Zelensky claimed Russia has lost more than 30,000 soldiers in the war, while NATO and the United Kingdom’s Defense Ministry have estimated Russian troop losses of at least 15,000. Russia occupies almost 125,000 square kilometers (48,262 square miles) of Ukrainian territory, Zelensky said in his address, adding its army has “destroyed almost the entire” eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas.

Biden says U.S. aid strengthens Ukraine's position on the battlefield; does not seek war between NATO and Russia.

“As much as I disagree with Mr. Putin, and find his actions an outrage, the United States will not try to bring about his ouster in Moscow,” Biden said. The decision to send more advanced weapons follows earlier reluctance on the part of the Biden administration. “So right now, the howitzers we provided them have about a 30-kilometer range, the HIMARS have more than twice that, which will allow them, even with fewer systems, greater standoff. “This new package will arm them with new capabilities and advanced weaponry, including HIMARS with battlefield munitions, to defend their territory from Russian advances,” Biden said in a Wednesday statement. Blinken said Russia holds the power to slow or stop the conflict. He declined to say where that training would take place but said the systems are on the European continent.

Russian forces were attempting to extend and consolidate their hold on Ukraine's industrial city of Severodonetsk on Thursday, edging closer to claiming a ...

Thousands of people have been killed in Ukraine and millions more displaced since the beginning of the invasion, which has also roiled food supply and energy markets. After days of heavy fighting around Severodonetsk, much of which has been laid to waste by Russian bombardment, Russian troops were inching forward through city streets. It also said in a briefing that it had struck command points of Ukrainian forces near Kharkiv in the northeast. Putin sent his troops over the border on what he called a special military operation on Feb. 24 to disarm and "denazify" Ukraine. Ukraine and its allies call this a baseless pretext for a war of aggression and the West has imposed stringent sanctions on Russia in a bid to strangle its economy. Outside of the Donbas, Russia's defence ministry said on Thursday its military had downed a Ukrainian Su-25 fighter jet in the Mykolaiv region in south Ukraine. "The Lyman and Izyum fronts are the main directions in which the enemy is trying to advance in order to capture the territories of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, [their] key aims in the north of the region," Donetsk governor Pavlo Kyrylenko told a briefing. Britain's defence ministry said in its daily intelligence update Thursday that Russia controlled most of the city, which before the war had a population of about 101,000, and that Ukrainian forces had destroyed bridges over the river to Lysychansk. Kyrylenko also said 340,000 residents remained in the Ukrainian-controlled part of the Donetsk region, out of a pre-war population of 1.67 million. Donetsk's governor said Thursday that Russian forces are attempting to advance south in that region towards the key Ukrainian-held cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. "The enemy is conducting assault operations in the settlement of Severodonetsk," Ukraine's armed forces general staff said on Thursday, adding that Russian forces were also attacking in other parts of the east and northeast. Ukraine says about 70 per cent of the city is under Russian control, with Russian troops in the city centre. Russian forces were attempting to extend and consolidate their hold on Ukraine's industrial city of Severodonetsk on Thursday, edging closer to claiming a big prize in their offensive in the eastern Donbas region.

A statue of Volodymyr the Great, a towering figure in Ukraine, is wrapped in canvas to protect it from Russian attacks in Kyiv. Volodymyr brought Christianity ...

"We can glorify him, but at the same time, understand that he was a figure of his time." "For people who live here in Kyiv, he's not a myth. In addition to uniting his realm, he opened trade to other parts of Europe and was a skilled diplomat. But in Ukraine, he added, Volodymyr's legacy is very real. So you have to figure out, who is the main Vladimir among them?" "People in Moscow see Volodymyr as this mythical figure, as this idea that is very far away," he said. He said Moscow conveniently chooses to ignore key historical facts. Volodymyr the statue is draped in green canvas, surrounded by scaffolding that notes he's occupied this commanding spot since 1853. "Not only Great Prince Vladimir has this name. Yet his most enduring legacy, Kovalenko said, was in the year 988 when "he brought Christianity to Kiev and founded the beginning of this Christian state." This isn't just some minor historical tiff, with Russia trying to outdo Ukraine in monument building. Yet Russia also claims him as central to its political and religious history.

Russia called Ukraine's repeated push for more weapons a "direct provocation intended to draw the West into the fighting".

He added Russia is close to capturing all of Luhansk and its forces are also trying to attack the town of Sviatohirsk in the Donetsk region. Russian forces are also trying to target the east Ukrainian village of Berestove which lies on a main road linking the Luhansk region's city of Lysychansk to the rest of Ukraine, Ukraine's General Oleksiy Gromov said on Wednesday. The UK has pledged to send medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine after the US and Germany said they would equip the nation in its fight against the Russian invasion.

The new $700 million military aid package also includes 1,000 more Javelin anti-tank missiles, 6,000 anti-armor weapons, and four more Soviet-era Mi-17 ...

And Reuters reported that the Pentagon is likely to send Ukraine a variant of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone that can be outfitted with Hellfire missiles, once the U.S. weapon of choice in targeting terrorist groups. The U.S. decision to send precision-guided Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) pods along with the systems, which only reach up to 40 miles, comes after weeks of Ukrainian officials insisting to American counterparts in official calls that they would not fire the weapons into Russia, which the Biden administration fears could provoke a wider war. The guided MLRS rounds that the United States sent only have a range of 40 miles, which Kahl, the Pentagon official, said would be enough to hit Russian targets on Ukraine’s soil that Kyiv had identified to American officials. The U.S. decision to send precision-guided Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) pods along with the systems, which only reach up to 40 miles, comes after weeks of Ukrainian officials insisting to American counterparts in official calls that they would not fire the weapons into Russia, which the Biden administration fears could provoke a wider war. It’s probably well intended, but it is misguided to not provide the longer-range ATACMS.” As Russia’s focus in the war shifted from the Kyiv region, dense in forests and urban sprawl, to the flatter terrain of the Donbas, Ukraine’s weapons needs have also evolved, with its forces coming under a barrage of Russian artillery fire. But the purpose of Ukraine’s commitments, U.S. sources and Ukrainian officials told Foreign Policy, was to get longer-range weapons, not the fanciest new system. “Only the munition matters, the launcher is not that important whether it is HIMARS or M270, no one buys a pack of cookies to eat the cardboard box.” Ukrainian officials complained for weeks that long-range weapons needed to fight Russia were not pouring into the country fast enough. Two Ukrainian officials told Foreign Policy that Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov sent an official letter to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin indicating that Ukraine would not fire on Russia, a pledge that was backed up in a subsequent phone call between the two defense leaders. Two Ukrainian officials told Foreign Policy that Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov sent an official letter to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin indicating that Ukraine would not fire on Russia, a pledge that was backed up in a subsequent phone call between the two defense leaders. The new $700 million military aid package also includes 1,000 more Javelin anti-tank missiles, 6,000 anti-armor weapons, and four more Soviet-era Mi-17 helicopters.

Kyiv — Russian forces tightened their grip on an industrial Ukrainian city as part of their drive to control the eastern Donbas region and targeted rail ...

Russia has captured some of Ukraine’s biggest seaports and its navy controls major transport routes in the Black Sea, blocking Ukrainian shipments and deepening a global food crisis. “Sometimes you don’t need a lot of words. Reuters could not independently confirm the report. “The enemy is conducting assault operations in the settlement of Sievierodonetsk,” Ukraine’s armed forces general staff said, adding that Russian forces were also attacking other parts of the east and northeast. Moscow has said it regards Ukrainian infrastructure used to bring in Western arms as a legitimate target in what it calls its “special military operation” to disarm Ukraine and rid it of ultranationalists the Kremlin says threaten Russian security. Russia has accused the US of adding “fuel to the fire” after President Joe Biden announced a $700m weapons package for Kyiv that will include advanced rocket systems with a range of up to 80km.

Russia looks to ramp up its offensive in southern Ukraine as it tries to block the supply of arms from Western nations as it enters the 100th day of ...

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense warned Thursday that it believes Russia is attempting to encircle and capture all resistance forces fighting in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine with the goal of connecting western Russia to Crimea – which it has occupied since 2014. Gromov said Russia is looking to hasten its pace in southern Ukraine where it has made slow, incremental gains and establish a landbridge that connects western Russia with the Kremlin-backed breakaway region in Moldova known as Transnistria. A top Ukrainian official warned Thursday that Russia is looking to ramp up its offensive in southern Ukraine and block Western arms supplies as the war carries on for nearly 100 days.

Himars employ the "scoot and shoot" capability which enhances the survivability of the crew in a "high threat environment". It could hold the key Donbas.

Citing US intelligence, three US officials said the United States estimated that Russia's failure rate varied day-to-day, depended on the type of missile being launched, and could sometimes exceed 50 per cent. Kahl said that the Himars systems which Kyiv has been requesting for weeks were already prepositioned in Europe for training and then delivery. (Photograph:Others) (Photograph:Others) (Photograph:Others) (Photograph:Others)

KYIV, Ukraine — (AP) — Britain pledged Thursday to send sophisticated medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine, joining the United States and Germany in ...

She later became a key figure in the impeachment proceedings against Trump. Analysts think Russia is hoping to overrun the Donbas before any weapons that might turn the tide arrive. The Donbas is made up of Luhansk and Donetsk provinces. And that’s what we’ll do.” He said “most of them targeted civil infrastructure.” An estimated 800 people, including children, were holed up in bomb shelters at a chemical factory under attack in the city, the regional governor said. Zhdanov predicted Russian forces will be exhausted when the fierce fighting in and around Sievierodonetsk is over, giving Ukraine time to get the weapons and prepare a counteroffensive. “Supplies of Western weapons are of great concern for the Kremlin, because even without sufficient weapons the Ukrainian army is daringly resisting the offensive,” he said. Nila Zelinska and her husband, Eduard, returned for the first time to the charred ruins of their home outside Kyiv. They fled with her 82-year-old mother amid Russian shelling and airstrikes in the early days of the war. “This pumping of Ukraine with weapons ... will bring more suffering to Ukraine, which is merely a tool in the hands of those countries that supply it with weapons,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Britain on Thursday pledged to send sophisticated medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine, joining the U.S and Germany in equipping the country with some of the advanced weapons Kyiv had been begging for to shoot down aircraft and destroy artillery and supply lines. KYIV, Ukraine — (AP) — Ukrainian forces locked in a grinding battle for control of the country's east struggled to hold off Russian troops and buy themselves some time Thursday while they await the arrival of the advanced rockets and anti-aircraft weapons promised by the West.

KYIV, June 2 (Reuters) - Russian forces tightened their grip on an industrial Ukrainian city as part of their drive to control the eastern Donbas region and ...

Russia has captured some of Ukraine’s biggest seaports and its navy controls major transport routes in the Black Sea, blocking Ukrainian shipments and deepening a global food crisis. “Sometimes you don’t need a lot of words! Reuters could not independently confirm the report. If Russia fully captures Sievierodonetsk and its smaller twin Lysychansk on the west bank of the Siverskyi Donets river, it would hold all of Luhansk, one of two provinces – with Donetsk – in the Donbas that Moscow claims on behalf of separatists. “The enemy is conducting assault operations in the settlement of Sievierodonetsk,” Ukraine’s armed forces general staff said, adding that Russian forces were also attacking other parts of the east and northeast. Moscow has said it regards Ukrainian infrastructure used to bring in Western arms as a legitimate target in what it calls its “special military operation” to disarm Ukraine and rid it of ultra-nationalists the Kremlin says threaten Russian security.

This has long been central to Russian military doctrine—Josef Stalin called it “the god of war”. In Ukraine Russia's artillery has inflicted huge damage; images ...

If Ukraine is to stand up to Russia’s artillery barrages, it will need plenty more. The American M777 howitzer’s Excalibur GPS-guided shells, for example, have a range of more than 40km, compared with 25km for the Russian 152mm 2A65 Msta-B. A desire for longer range is behind Ukrainian requests for American-made mobile MLRS launchers. The most important factor in an artillery battle is range. Their crews are also in the open, making them vulnerable to shrapnel, whereas self-propelled gun crews are protected by the vehicle’s armour. America has supplied Ukraine with counter-artillery radar sets, which can locate the weapons firing before the first shells land. In doing so, however, they draw back Ukrainian artillery fire (“counter-battery” fire), leading to cat-and-mouse artillery duels.

The Himars (High mobility artillery rocket system) and the ammunition that Washington is sending with them, will allow Ukrainian forces to hit targets nearly ...

It is a grinding, hard conflict, and it’s likely to be a conflict [which] will stretch on for a long time.” It was titled “What America will and will not do in Ukraine”, and aimed at diplomatic signalling to contain the risk of an escalation of the conflict into a Russia-Nato war. During the Obama administration, the National Security Council conducted a war game in similar circumstances and decided that a non-nuclear response was the best of bad options. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview on Wednesday that up to 100 Ukrainian soldiers are being killed a day and another 500 are wounded. US officials suggested they would help turn the withering artillery duel underway in the Donbas into a fairer fight. However, the small print of the deal was underwhelming.

Ukrainian forces in the country's east are locked in a grinding battle as they try to prevent significant Russian advances before the arrival of advanced ...

She later became a key figure in the impeachment proceedings against Trump. Analysts think Russia is hoping to overrun the Donbas before any weapons that might turn the tide arrive. The Donbas is made up of Luhansk and Donetsk provinces. He said “most of them targeted civil infrastructure.” And that’s what we’ll do.” An estimated 800 people, including children, were holed up in bomb shelters at a chemical factory under attack in the city, the regional governor said. Zhdanov predicted Russian forces will be exhausted when the fierce fighting in and around Sievierodonetsk is over, giving Ukraine time to get the weapons and prepare a counteroffensive. “Supplies of Western weapons are of great concern for the Kremlin, because even without sufficient weapons the Ukrainian army is daringly resisting the offensive,” he said. He said he was thankful to the United States for agreeing to send the advanced rocket systems, which “really can save the lives of our people and defend our land.” “This pumping of Ukraine with weapons ... will bring more suffering to Ukraine, which is merely a tool in the hands of those countries that supply it with weapons,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Britain on Thursday pledged to send sophisticated medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine, joining the U.S and Germany in equipping the country with some of the advanced weapons Kyiv had been begging for to shoot down aircraft and destroy artillery and supply lines. KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces locked in a grinding battle for control of the country’s east struggled to hold off Russian troops and buy themselves some time Thursday while they await the arrival of the advanced rockets and anti-aircraft weapons promised by the West.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian forces have occupied about 20 percent of his nation's territory. He says the situation in Severodonetsk ...

Honored to present my credentials to@ZelenskyyUa, who has become a symbol of bravery and courage around the world. We have had some success in the battles in Severodonetsk,” Zelenskyy said in a late-night video address. Faith that Ukraine will be able to defend its statehood in this war unleashed on our land by the Russian Federation,” he added. “The situation remains fluid. “Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, the Kharkiv region were shelled. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has discussed “the urgency of continued support to Ukraine” in talks with his British counterpart, Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss. Zelenskyy has urged the country’s Western allies to provide more weapons to help Ukraine reach an “inflection point” and prevail in the war. “The leaders discussed the implications of Russia’s war on Ukraine for Transatlantic security and the importance of strengthening NATO’s deterrence and defense, in addition to ensuring NATO is properly resourced to address a wide range of challenges, from cyber to climate change,” it said in a readout of the meeting. The United Nations’ aid chief Martin Griffiths is in Moscow to discuss allowing exports of grain and other food from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, a UN spokesperson has said. Zelenskyy has said the situation in Severodonetsk was “the hardest right now”, as well as in cities and communities nearby. - He says the situation in Severodonetsk is “the hardest right now”, as well as in cities and communities nearby such as Lysychansk and Bakhmut. “Every new embassy that returns to our capital is a testament to the faith in our victory.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia controls 20% of his country, and the Donbas region is "almost entirely destroyed.

“That's greater than the death toll of the Soviet Union in 10 years of war in Afghanistan, greater than Russia’s death toll in two Chechen wars,” according to Zelensky. In his remarks to the lawmakers, the Ukrainian president urged additional sanctions on Russia, asking for more weapons to support Ukraine’s fight along the front line. He added Ukraine’s Donbas region is “simply devastated,” calling it “once one of the most powerful industrial centers in Europe.”

Russia now occupies 20% of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He said that Russian forces have entered 3,620 Ukrainian settlements ...

Just 340,000 of the city’s 1.6 million people remain in the region. Lviv. A Russian attack “severely damaged” railway infrastructure in Lviv on July 1. Russia now occupies 20% of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He said that Russian forces have entered 3,620 Ukrainian settlements since Feb. 24. More than 200,000 Ukrainian children have been deported to Russia since the start of the invasion, according to Zelensky. More than 1.6 million people have crossed into Russia from Ukraine since Feb. 24, according to Russian state media. There were no casualties. Sloviansk and other cities in the Donetsk region are “under constant rocket fire," according to Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Donetsk military administration.

President Joe Biden decision on whether he's going to arm Kyiv in its fight against Moscow is taking too long.

A bigger issue is that, for al l Biden’s vow to help Ukraine “fight on the battlefield and be in the strongest possible position at the negotiating table” (a troubling hint-hint), the Pentagon says it’ll at take least three weeks to get the advanced systems (and troops trained to use them) onto the battlefield. In his New York Times oped this week, Biden said he “will provide the Ukrainians with more advanced rocket systems and munitions that will enable them to more precisely strike key targets on the battlefield in Ukraine.” The prez also insisted on Ukraine’s promise to use the weapons only to defend the country, not on targets within Russia. That didn’t stop Moscow from making noises about “widening the war,” but ominous threats are a Kremlin specialty.

Battle for eastern Donbas is inflicting heavy casualties on both sides; Kyiv tests Russian defenses in south.

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Ukrainian forces pledge to fight "until the end" in Severodonetsk but with Russian forces in control of most of the key eastern city, their prospects of ...

Moscow says it has managed to stem the arrival of foreign "mercenaries" in Ukraine over the past month and has killed "hundreds". On Monday, the EU agreed to a sixth package of sanctions on Moscow that will see the majority of Russian oil stopped, but exempted supplies by pipeline in a concession to Hungary. Ukrainian forces pledge to fight "until the end" in Severodonetsk but with Russian forces in control of most of the key eastern city, their prospects of success appear slim.

English News and Press Release on Ukraine about Mine Action, Protection and Human Rights and more; published on 2 Jun 2022 by UNDP.

Support is also being provided in the assessment of war induced damages and coordination of reconstruction and recovery efforts. UNDP is providing technical support to the new Government Recovery and Development Plan, developed by the Office of the President, Parliament and other government bodies. Landmines, debris and explosive ordnance put Ukrainian lives in danger and hamper the emergency response. Even as the war continues, UNDP is working with the Government to put in place the foundations for recovery and reconstruction. Not long after the war began, the Government of Ukraine used a mobile application to reach out to Ukrainians who were displaced from their homes. Of this total, over 6.5 million Ukrainians have crossed the borders and are living as refugees abroad, while over 8 million are internally displaced within the country.

Russian forces now occupy about 20% of Ukraine's territory as Zelenskiy notes 'some success' in battles at Sievierodonetsk.

“Pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings is carried out by investigators of … the national police of Ukraine,” Ukraine’s prosecutor general said in a statement on Thursday. Pro-Russian officials in the occupied Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine said a decree had been issued to “nationalise” state assets in the south-eastern region. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has said it is in the EU’s strategic interest but also “our moral duty” to make it possible forUkraineto join the 30-nation bloc. Many cities are facing a powerful Russian attack,” he said in his latest nationaladdress. Oleksandr Zaika, head of the Lysychansk City military-civil administration, said 20,000 people were left in the city, down from a pre-war population of 97,000. Russian forces currently occupy about 20% of Ukraine’s territory, Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video address to the Luxembourg parliament.

Russia's economy is falling apart and “time is working against Russia” and its president, Vladimir Putin, a top German officials said. Live updates.

As the U.S. has ramped up the flow of American-made weapons to Ukraine, the Kremlin has increasingly tried to frame its invasion as a proxy war between Washington and Moscow, although Biden has repeatedly said he would not send American troops to fight in the conflict. Russia will need at least a short tactical pause to re-set for opposed river crossings," the assessment says. A Turkish defense contractor responded to a Lithuanians fund drive aimed at buying a drone for Ukraine by saying it will donate the drone. "Unfortunately, no negotiations are on the horizon.” Read more here. "But if the person who wants to destroy any freedom in Ukraine and Europe prevails, there will be a dark time for everyone on the continent.'' The Biden administration announced a new round of sanctions Thursday against top Russian oligarchs. "No one wants to invest in Russia anymore.” Help for the Ukrainians in on the way. "Do not work for the occupiers. Since invading Ukraine more than three months ago, Russia has secured modest gains in its battle for control of the eastern Donbas region. "We can only be ashamed that we haven’t yet managed to reduce this dependence more significantly,” said Habeck, who is also Germany's economy minister. ►Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said Thursday that he expects Denmark to join the European Union’s common defense on July 1.

Russia controls 20% of Ukraine, Zelensky says amid new sanctions and push for weapons ... People clean up after an overnight missile strike damaged a building in ...

The purpose of this criminal policy is not just to steal people, but to make deportees forget about Ukraine and not be able to return.” The squad will advance to the World Cup in Qatar later this year if it defeats Wales on Sunday. In addition to the casualties, Zelensky said an estimated 200,000 children are among the many Ukrainians who have been relocated to Russia against their will. It was the latest example of Russia targeting Ukraine’s extensive rail network, which is a source of considerable pride among Ukrainians. Seeking to turn up the economic and political heat on Russia, the White House announced yet another round of sanctions Thursday targeting prominent Russian officials, oligarchs and business elites. The systems are superior to what Ukraine — whose troops will be trained in their use — currently owns. “We’ve received reports of women and girls being raped, some publicly, and children taken away into Russia and put up for adoption,” U.S. Undersecretary of State Uzra Zeya said at a United Nations Security Council meeting. Sweden also indicated its intention to donate anti-ship missiles, antitank weapons, semiautomatic rifles and munitions. “This is one of Russia’s most heinous war crimes,” he said. British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said Thursday that Britain would send an unspecified number of rocket launchers able to hit targets with precision up to 50 miles away. He said Ukrainian forces were in touch with some residents hiding in bomb shelters. Serhiy Haidai, Luhansk’s regional governor, said via the messaging app Telegram on Thursday that Severodonetsk had yet to fall and that Ukrainian soldiers had dislodged Russian troops from some streets.

The somber milestone came less than 24 hours after Kyiv announced Moscow was now in control of 20 percent of Ukrainian territory, including Crimea and parts ...

The most prominent feeling I have is that we didn't deserve this. We don't understand why we are punished like this," he said. Shooting is everywhere, it's scary. No water, electricity or gas," she said. The somber milestone came less than 24 hours after Kyiv announced Moscow was now in control of 20 percent of Ukrainian territory, including Crimea and parts of the Donbas seized in 2014. The somber milestone came less than 24 hours after Kyiv announced Moscow was now in control of 20 percent of Ukrainian territory, including Crimea and parts of the Donbas seized in 2014.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy · The Biden administration plans to sell Ukraine drones that can be armed with Hellfire missiles · The White House also ...

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English News and Press Release on Ukraine about Food and Nutrition, Health and more; published on 3 Jun 2022 by IOM.

Spare rooms on one of the floors were turned into a kindergarten and dorm rooms have become homes for people fleeing the war. The provision of psychosocial support – primary care, individual or group counselling and training – remains a key concern. Spring of Hope, one of IOM’s long-term NGO partners, highlights the importance of socioeconomic support for internally displaced persons for their successful integration in host communities. After days of repeatedly climbing up and down the stairs from their 10th floor apartment to the shelter in the building’s basement, the elderly couple packed a few belongings and fled with their dogs to safer locations in western Ukraine. The people in Ukraine are exhausted, scared, and lost without clear plans for their future. From here, Natalia, Tamara and Tymofii have nowhere to go and their need for long-term housing will increase as the war drags on.

After 100 days of war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia now controls 20% of his country, and the Donbas region is "almost entirely ...

How the Russian invasion has unfolded, from the desperate fight for Mariupol to economic turmoil around the world.

“We want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can’t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine,” Austin says. “We are in total geopolitical isolation and the whole world is against us, even if we don’t want to admit it,” Mikhail Khodaryonok tells a dumbstruck panel show. It has become the very “anti-Russia” the war was supposed to extinguish. It is accompanied by photographs and video footage documenting the streets of Bucha, a satellite city on the outskirts of the capital. There is “no real centre of gravity, five to six different axes of advance”, says Michael Kofman, a specialist in the Russian armed forces. Speaking in Poland after a surprise visit to Kyiv, Lloyd Austin, the US defence secretary, is asked if Washington’s goals in Ukraine have changed since the beginning of the war. Russian forces are uncoordinated, unable to take control of the airspace and running out of fuel and food. Zelenskiy is still alive and in control of the government. There is a feeling of doom in Kyiv and around the world. He cycles the camera to each face – “The leader of the party is here. Roads to the west of the country are choked with traffic and more than 300,000 Ukrainians have already fled the country. Kyrylo Demchenko, a history student from Dnipro, joins the rush of young men signing contracts to enlist in the Ukrainian army.

Zelenskiy says war faces 'inflection point'. By Conor Humphries and Robin Emmott, Reuters 3 Jun 2022 06:54.

Washington agreed to supply the HIMARS after receiving assurances from Kyiv that it would not use them to hit targets inside Russian territory. The weapons could also allow Ukraine to strike at supply lines deep behind enemy lines. “My sense is that the West made a big mistake. In Moscow, President Vladimir Putin appears intent on conveying the impression of business as usual, despite damaging international sanctions.Read full story With one-fifth of Ukraine under occupation, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday told Western officials in Bratislava that the war faced an “inflection point” depending on whether the West could provide the weapons to subvert the huge advantage in equipment and troops Russia has in the east. Russia says it is engaged in a “special military operation” to disarm Ukraine and rid it of ultra-nationalists the Kremlin says threaten Russian security.

1:05 a.m.: The Associated Press reports that the U.S. says it'll hold Russia accountable for crimes its forces have committed since the invasion of Ukraine ...

A prosecutor says the man produced and distributed materials justifying the invasion. CNN reports the items allegedly stolen include underwear, clothing and large household appliances. 12:02 a.m.: Al Jazeera reports that a man in Kharkiv, Ukraine, has been indicted for allegedly supporting the Russian invasion.

Ukraine's Zelensky called areas under Russian control a "zone of total catastrophe" and said the military situation in Severodonetsk was dire.

The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. The fight: A slowly regenerating Russian army is making incremental gains in eastern Ukraine against valiant but underequipped Ukrainian forces. No one believed it was going to impact the world the way it did.” Severodonetsk: Zelensky said Thursday night that the Ukrainian military had “some success” fighting against Russian troops for control of this embattled eastern city, which appears to be mainly in Moscow’s hands. The Russian navy effectively controls all traffic in the northern third of the Black Sea, according to U.S. intelligence assessments. Chernihiv and Kharkiv regions: “Absolutely senseless shelling” persists near Ukraine’s northern border regions, Zelensky said, adding that some strikes were coming from Russian territory. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that Ukraine faced a “war of attrition” and that the West needed to make its support sustainable. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the military situation in the city was dire and called the 20 percent of Ukraine under Russian occupation a “zone of total catastrophe.” He also condemned the continued shelling of Ukraine’s northern regions from across the Russian border. Russia would control the Luhansk region if it captures Severodonetsk as well as a city just to its south, according to the latest assessment from the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW). A Kremlin readout of the conversation, however, did not go as far. He also said Ukraine, which laid floating mines to stave off attacks, must demine the Black Sea ports. He described the actions as lawful, but declined to elaborate further, Sky News reported.

Ukraine marked 100 days since Russia's invasion on Friday with fighting raging across the east of the country, where Moscow's forces are tightening their ...

Since Russia's February 24 invasion, thousands of people have been killed and millions forced to flee. The head of the African Union, Senegalese President Macky Sall, is to visit Russia on Friday for talks with Putin. Across the Atlantic, EU nations agreed new sanctions that would halt 90 percent of Russian oil imports to the bloc by the end of the year. Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, the commander in chief of Ukraine's armed forces, pleaded for modern armaments, saying that "the enemy has a decisive advantage in artillery." Street battles are raging in the industrial hub of Severodonetsk in Lugansk, part of the Donbas. The sombre milestone came as Kyiv announced Moscow was now in control of a fifth of Ukrainian territory, including Crimea and parts of the Donbas seized in 2014.

Ukraine invasion was met with sanctions, expansion of NATO, and a bifurcation of the global financial and trade system.

May 26: Russian forces continue a slow encirclement of Severdonetsk, and are reportedly in possession of the northeastern portion of the city. May 31: Russian forces occupy the centre of Severdonetsk as Ukrainian troops make a tactical retreat. The enemy is storming the positions of our troops in several directions simultaneously”. The system will come with radar that helps target enemy artillery. May 30: After some hesitation, Biden decides to send “ more advanced rocket systems” to Ukraine to enable greater precision artillery strikes. March 11: The EU issues the Versailles Declaration, calling on member states to strengthen defence spending, investment, research and co-ordination. April 7: Ukrainian authorities say Russia fired a cluster munition into a railway station packed with thousands of evacuees, killing at least 52. Total EU aid has since risen to 4.5bn euros ($4.8bn). Ukraine applies to join the EU, which bans transactions with Russia’s central bank. February 22: The Russian parliament authorises Putin to use military force. Russian forces surround Mariupol. “This is the first time in history that the EU will be providing lethal equipment to a third country,” the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says. February 28: The EU approves a 500 million euro ($537m) support package for the Ukrainian military.

Ukraine marked 100 days since Moscow's invasion on Friday with Russian forces hammering the Donbas in their push to capture the country's east.

Trucks pass through the streets playing videos from Russian state television as the occupying forces seek to portray a return to normalcy. But signs of death and devastation are everywhere, including in backyard grave sites and massive new cemeteries on the city’s outskirts. The UK ministry of defence said earlier that intelligence shows Russia has failed in its objectives. Some children are returning to school in Mariupol after Russian troops captured the Ukrainian port city in a bloody, weeks-long siege. Britain's defence ministry said that on the 100th day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine that Moscow failed to achieve its initial objectives to seize Kyiv and Ukrainian centres of government but was achieving tactical success in the Donbas. "Our partners know where their weapons are used."

Amin Awad was appointed the UN Crisis Coordinator in Ukraine by Secretary-General António Guterres in February, following the Russian attack on the country.

Zaporizhzhya is under Russian control, and I believe that there's a negotiation underway to provide access to the agency. Moreover, I think now we have to really concentrate on winter: we are already in June, and winter is around the corner and, in this part of the world, temperatures are sub-zero. UN News: You have been in Ukraine for a while now, and you’ve seen the ugly face of this war. Around 15 million did not leave their homes, but they're impacted by the loss of their livelihoods, and have lost access to services like education, health, and other amenities. It is also destructive for the world. And the sanctions on Russia are severe.

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Russia says it is engaged in a "special military operation" to disarm Ukraine and rid it of ultra-nationalists the Kremlin says threaten Russian security. Washington agreed to supply the HIMARS after receiving assurances from Kyiv that it would not use them to hit targets inside Russian territory. The weapons could also allow Ukraine to strike at supply lines deep behind enemy lines. "My sense is that the West made a big mistake. In Moscow, President Vladimir Putin appears intent on conveying the impression of business as usual, despite damaging international sanctions. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

And Moscow has released scant information about casualties among its forces and allies, and given no accounting of civilian deaths in areas under its control.

The African Development Bank has reported a 45% increase in continental prices for the grain, affecting everything from Mauritanian couscous to the fried donuts sold in Congo. And the Russian Central Bank said last week that annualized inflation came in at 17.8 percent in April. And we know what is needed the most: An end to this war.” This war has no winner,” he told reporters in Geneva via video from Kyiv on Friday. “Today we mark a tragic milestone. In some places — such as the long-besieged city of Mariupol, potentially the war's biggest killing field — Russian forces are accused of trying to cover up deaths and dumping bodies into mass graves, clouding the overall toll. Zelenskyy accused Russia this week of stealing at least a half-million tons of grain during the invasion. Developing countries are being squeezed particularly hard by higher costs of food, fuel and financing. It blames a backlog of shipments on Russian blockades or capture of key ports. Evgeny Gontmakher, academic director of European Dialogue, wrote in a paper this week that Russia currently faces over 5,000 targeted sanctions, more than any other country. Those images tell just a part of the overall picture of Europe's worst armed conflict in decades. That's down from over 8 million in an earlier count. In Mariupol alone, officials have reported over 21,000 civilian dead.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia now controls 20% of his country's territory, during an address to the Luxembourg parliament; Russian ...