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 […]
Year: 2022
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 […]
Troops are saying no to officers, knowing that punishment is light while Russia is not technically at war When the soldiers of an elite Russian army brigade were told in early April to prepare for a second deployment to Ukraine, fear broke out among the ranks. The unit, stationed in […]
Vadim Shysimarin, 21, a tank commander is charged with murdering a 62-year-old civilian Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates A court in Kyiv will hear the first war crime trial since Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine when a Russian soldier accused of murdering a 62-year-old civilian appears in the dock […]
Kyiv court set to hear first war crimes trial of Russian soldier; Moscow threatens retaliation after Finland announces Nato plans A court in Kyiv will hear the first war crime trial of the invasion. Vadim Shysimarin, 21, a commander in Russia’s Kantemirovskaya tank division, is accused of shooting dead an […]
Exclusive: Influential representatives likely to underline Biden’s commitment to defend Good Friday agreement A delegation of influential US congress representatives will fly to London within days amid growing concern in the White House about spiralling tensions over the Northern Ireland protocol, the Guardian can reveal. With the UK government poised […]
Lawyer for Coleen Rooney suggests Vardy is trying to shift blame for leaking of information to Sun newspaper Rebekah Vardy has been accused of throwing her former agent and friend “under a bus” in a last-ditch attempt to save her reputation in the “Wagatha Christie” libel trial. The footballer’s wife […]