Odesa hit by missiles but Ukraine launches counter-offensive in north; Russian president Vladimir Putin expected to repackage details of war to citizens Sixty feared dead in Russian airstrike on Ukraine school Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees removed from ‘unsuitable’ UK homes Jill Biden makes unannounced Ukraine visit and meets first lady […]
Month: May 2022
Defence secretary says Russian commanders are complicit in hijacking Victory Day to justify war on Ukraine Russia-Ukraine war – latest updates Vladimir Putin and his inner political circle are “mirroring the fascism” of the Nazis through the invasion of Ukraine, the UK defence secretary will say on Monday morning ahead […]
Rescue attempts impossible due to constant shelling in Bilohorivka, says Luhansk governor Russia-Ukraine war – latest updates Sixty people have been killed after a village school in eastern Ukraine took a direct hit in a Russian air raid, with rescue attempts said by the regional governor to be impossible due […]
After two months sheltering in besieged Mariupol, civilians arrived in Ukraine-held Zaporizhzhia exhausted and with few possessions Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates The last civilians rescued from the besieged Azovstal steel plant complex in Mariupol reached safety in Ukrainian held territory late on Sunday evening. The convoy arrived in the south-eastern […]
One in seven adults estimated to be food-insecure, up 57% from January, owing to rising cost of living More than 2 million adults in the UK have gone without food for a whole day over the past month because they cannot afford to eat, according to a survey revealing the […]
Drone attack at Snake Island results in apparent destruction of landing craft as counter-offensive in north gathers pace Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates The Ukrainian port city of Odesa was hit by renewed Russian missile strikes on Saturday, as military authorities in Kyiv claimed one of their drones had sunk a […]
Equipment will include anti-battery radar systems, plus GPS jamming and night-vision devices An extra £1.3bn in military support is to be handed to Ukraine by the UK, in a significant increase in support for the country as it continues to resist Russia’s illegal invasion. In a package that marks the […]
After repeated military setbacks, the Russian president will have to repackage the conflict to keep his people on-side On the brink of its May 9 Victory Day celebrations, Russia looks very far from triumph in its war in Ukraine. And all of its options going forward are fraught with danger. […]
Drunks, thieves, spies and hedgehogs are all in a night’s work for the men backing up city’s overstretched police force ● Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates The call came around midnight. There was a suspicious man poking around a rundown complex of garages and workshops, police had heard a gunshot and […]
Leader Mary Lou McDonald raises issue of unification as nationalists become biggest party in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland has slipped into political crisis after Sinn Féin’s triumph in the assembly election triggered calls for a referendum on a united Ireland and the Democratic Unionist party vowed to block the formation […]