Ukraine says there will be prisoner swap but some Russian officials have said forces could be tried or executed Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates The fate of hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers who have ended weeks of resistance at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol remains unclear, after the fighters surrendered and were […]
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Surrounded and bombarded by Russian troops, the ‘apocalyptic’ siege that defined the brutality of Putin’s war appears over Cut off from the world and low on food and ammunition, many of the hundreds of defenders of the Azovstal steel plant in Mauripol were wounded, some missing limbs. Their capitulation had […]
Analysis: western military planners believe Russian president is operating at ‘level of a colonel or brigadier’ amid push into Donbas Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates It is Vladimir Putin’s war – or least that’s how the west characterises it. Not only was the decision to invade Ukraine made by the Russian […]
MP arrested on suspicion of indecent assault, sexual assault, rape, abuse of position of trust and misconduct Boris Johnson’s party has been engulfed in fresh scandal as it emerged a Conservative MP had been arrested on Monday on suspicion of serious sexual offences, including rape. The unnamed man’s arrest on […]
The battle for Ukraine’s second city is near its end, but suburbs are still under attack as Putin’s forces make a fighting withdrawal Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Standing atop the damaged roof of his house on the main road north from Kharkiv going to villages occupied by Russian forces until […]
Fighters evacuated from steelworks in Mariupol; Ukrainian troops push back Russian forces from Kharkiv as far as Russian border The evacuation of wounded Ukrainian troops from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol is under way, Volodomyr Zelenskiy confirmed, with more than 260 fighters transported out of the plant. The troops have […]
More than 260 soldiers, many wounded, leave Mariupol plant that became symbol of resistance More than 260 Ukrainian soldiers, many of them wounded, have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in the port city of Mariupol, appearing to cede control of the city to Russia after 82 days […]
Turkey’s justice ministry said it objected on grounds that the two countries had failed to respond positively to extradition requests Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Turkey has said it will not approve Sweden and Finland joining it as Nato members, hours after Stockholm followed Helsinki in a historic Nordic security policy […]
Exclusive: draft of Shawcross report calling for crackdown on Islamist extremism raises concerns it will try to ‘politicise counter-terrorism’ The government’s counter-terrorism programme has been too focused on rightwing extremism and should now crack down on Islamist extremism, according to leaked draft extracts from a landmark review of the Prevent […]