Civilians fleeing in cars mown down in the town of Bucha, north-west of Kyiv, where 20 bodies were found on the streets Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Halyna Tovkach, 55, is searching for the body of her husband, Oleg, 62. His death, she says, is part of a war crime in […]
Month: April 2022
Horrifying accounts tell of Russian soldiers placing children on tanks to protect their vehicles when moving Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Russia has been accused by Ukraine of using children as “human shields” while regrouping its forces, as the first horrifying witness accounts from the newly liberated town of Bucha, near […]
Director of space agency Roscosmos says partnership will be restored only when ‘illegal sanctions’ are removed Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Russia says it will end cooperation with western countries over the International Space Station until sanctions are lifted. Russia’s space director said on Saturday that the restoration of normal ties […]
Western intelligence claim Russia’s leader is out of touch. But who has the upper hand in the Kremlin’s jostling factions – and is there a chance of a palace coup? Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Even for a leader as cloistered as Vladimir Putin, the torrent of bad news from Ukraine […]
Ukraine president adds that Kremlin is trying to conscript troops from Crimea, while Kyiv officials say captured troops from both sides have been exchanged today Refugee convoy makes it out of Mariupol but 170,000 remain Ukraine accused of helicopter attack on oil depot inside Russia Sean Penn calls for billionaire […]
Kyiv says no aid or evacuation convoys can reach besieged city itself, where up to 170,000 still trapped Ukraine-Russia war: latest updates A group of 2,000 people have made it to safety from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, as the success of the wider rescue operation for more than […]
If Moscow’s accusation is true, the airstrike would be first raid on Russian territory so far in the war Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Russia has claimed that Ukraine sent attack helicopters across the border to strike an oil storage facility in what, if confirmed, would be the first raid on […]
UK government confirmed that the National Cyber Security Centre is investigating the allegations Ukraine-Russia war: latest updates China launched cyber-attacks on Ukrainian military and nuclear targets shortly before the Russian invasion, according to a report. The UK government confirmed that the National Cyber Security Centre is investigating the allegations, which […]
They created parallel universes without confronting the political order – although their satirical stance lives on I am a historian of the Soviet Union, a country that does not exist any more. I study the history of Soviet hippies, a phenomenon that also belongs in the past. During the Perestroika […]
Germany, France and the UK reject Russia’s demand to pay for gas in roubles; Kremlin announces further sanctions on EU leaders Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 37 of the Russian invasion Putin signs order demanding gas payments in roubles from Friday West to send ‘more lethal aid’ to […]