Lula, who is leading President Bolsonaro in polls, also said Biden and EU are guilty and could have stated Ukraine would not join Nato Brazilian presidential frontrunner Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has said the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, bear equal responsibility for the […]
Month: May 2022
Moscow steps up missile strikes on key infrastructure as flow of western weapons becomes focus of war Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 70 of the invasion Russia is stepping up airstrikes on key Ukrainian supply lines delivering billions of pounds worth of western arms […]
Tory candidates ask voters not to punish them for ‘mistakes’ in Westminster in wake of Partygate Hundreds of Tories are distancing themselves from Boris Johnson by standing as “Local Conservatives” in Thursday’s council elections, with rebel MPs saying they will gauge support over the weekend for a move against the […]
Steelworks where some 200 civilians remain trapped underground reportedly targeted by artillery and planes; convoy from Mariupol reaches Zaporizhzhia Men and boys among alleged rape victims of Russian soldiers in Ukraine European Council president confident of imminent oil sanctions Russia steps up attack on Azovstal plant as convoy reaches Zaporizhzhia […]
Surviving in tunnels, cooking over candles and menaced by Russian forces, ‘we thought we wouldn’t get out of there’ Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Their bunker couldn’t withstand a direct hit from ferocious Russian bombardment, food was running out and finding water could get them killed. For some civilians inside the […]
Volodymyr Zelenskiy says 156 people managed to escape Mariupol while Red Cross says many are still trapped at steelworks Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Russian forces have shelled and attempted to storm the Azovstal steelworks, the last holdout of Ukrainian troops defending the southern port city of Mariupol, as a first […]
UN chief on sexual violence warns dozens of cases under investigation are ‘tip of the iceberg’ Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Men and boys are among the alleged victims of rape by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, where dozens of cases of sexual violence by the invading forces are already under investigation, […]
Biden condemns abortion opinion that, if handed down, would mean ‘fundamental shift’ in law and imperil many other rights US politics – live coverage Joe Biden has warned that a leaked draft supreme court ruling overturning Roe v Wade, the 1973 case which guaranteed the right to abortion, would represent […]
US reports indicate Russia will try to annex the Donetsk and Luhansk regions with ‘sham’ elections; Russia’s demands for fuel payments to be made in roubles would breach EU sanctions, the bloc’s energy policy chief says Civilians evacuated from Mariupol steelworks, hundreds still trapped Mariupol evacuee recounts terror in bunkers […]
Reported investigation into use in Ukraine despite ban on direct sale of arms and dual-use components follows thinktank findings Ministers are to investigate whether British-made components identified as being used in Russian weapons systems are being deployed in Ukraine. A report by the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) said that […]