Foreign ministers call for action to allow export of Ukrainian grain, as Kyiv claims Russian withdrawal from second-largest city Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Millions of people will starve to death unless Russia allows the export of Ukrainian grain from blockaded ports, foreign ministers from the G7 have said. As Germany’s […]
Month: May 2022
Kremlin poised to hold referendum in ruined city in bid to secure grip on the region Ukraine-Russia war – latest updates Moscow is preparing to hold a referendum in Mariupol on whether the city will join Russia, Ukrainian officials have claimed, following the announcement of a similar poll in Georgia’s […]
A convoy evacuating refugees from Mariupol arrives safely in Zaporizhzhia; US senators visit Kyiv; Ukraine rides wave of support to win Eurovision See all our coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war A large convoy of hundreds of cars and vans carrying refugees from the ruins of Mariupol arrived in the Ukrainian-controlled […]
Concerns grow for safety of those heading to Britain as government scrambles to fix flaws in housing scheme • Russia-Ukraine war: latest developments Ukrainians fleeing the war are being housed with UK hosts who have not had a criminal record check, in the latest concern to blight the government’s response […]
Stefania by Kalush Orchestra rides wave of public sympathy to claim Ukraine’s third Eurovision victory Ukraine has won the 66th Eurovision song contest, which was held on Saturday evening in Turin in Italy. Riding a tidal wave of support from the telephone-voting European public, Stefania by Kalush Orchestra finished first […]
Ukraine president ready to speak to Putin ‘but only to him’; electricity supplier RAO Nordic says decision to suspend Finnish supply is ‘exceptional’ First Russian soldier goes on trial in Ukraine for war crimes Ukraine has repelled Russia attempt to cross Donbas, UK confirms The Ukrainian who walked 225km to […]
Vadim Shysimarin accused of killing civilian on 28 February while fighting in Sumy region in north-east Ukraine A Russian soldier has appeared in court accused of murdering an unarmed man on a bicycle, at the start of the first war crime trial in Ukraine since Vladimir Putin invaded the country. […]
South Ossetia, focal point of Russia-Georgia war of 2008, will decide whether to subsume itself into larger neighbour in July Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia will hold a referendum on joining Russia on 17 July, the region’s leader announced on Friday. “Anatoly Bibilov signed a decree on holding a […]
As troops in mazes of trenches pound each other with shells, the terror of war draws closer to the city of Sloviansk Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates The call came at about midday on Wednesday. There had been “chemical poisoning” after a blast and patients needed collecting. Fears of a Russian […]
ONS survey reveals worsening effects of cost of living crisis, with food prices forecast to have risen by 9% in April Households have been warned that the UK’s “golden era” of cheap food is over, as official figures published on Friday pointed to the toll of the cost of living […]