Oliver Dowden says PM has a ‘real emotional connection’ with the Ukrainian people but No 10 sources say a trip is unlikely Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Boris Johnson is “desperate” to go to Ukraine and has a “real emotional connection” with the Ukrainian people, the Tory party chair has claimed. […]
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A reporter describes life under siege in the Ukrainian city and why it was so important to break the silence The Russians were hunting us down. They had a list of names, including ours, and they were closing in. We had been documenting the siege of Mariupol by Russian troops […]
Russia tells defending forces to lay down arms; reports of four dead after explosions hit Kyiv shopping district; US president to fly to Warsaw on Friday Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 26 of the invasion Kyiv says ‘no question’ of surrender in Mariupol after Russia sets 5am deadline […]
Moscow, saying ‘terrible humanitarian catastrophe’ is unfolding in city, offers safe passages to fighters who give in Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Russia has given Ukrainian forces a deadline of 5am Moscow time (2am GMT) on Monday to lay down their arms in the eastern port city of Mariupol, where it […]
Roman Kruglyakov describes trying to convince residents of the bombed-out Ukrainian city to leave their shelters to evacuate Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Former journalist Roman Kruglyakov left his home town of Mariupol to stay in a nearby village at the beginning of the war. Over three days in mid March, […]
Essay on US site republished in China before being censored, reflecting balancing act between Russia and west Russia-Ukraine war – latest updates When an essay from a prominent Shanghai scholar suggested China needed to cut ties with Vladimir Putin as soon as possible over the Ukraine war, the online reaction […]
Moscow has given Mariupol a deadline to surrender amid alarm that residents have been ‘kidnapped’ and sent to remote parts of Russia Continue reading…
Mariupol council says civilians being sent to camps where their phones and documents are checked; Ukraine says 190,000 civilians have been evacuated from the frontline since the invasion began At a glance: what we know on day 24 of the invasion Ruined city of Okhtyrka clings to hope of brighter […]
Prime minister says vote is ‘famous recent example’ of ‘instinct of the people … to choose freedom’ Russia-Ukraine war: latest developments Boris Johnson has caused fury among political leaders across Europe – and outrage among opponents of Brexit at home – after he compared the resistance of the Ukrainian people […]
Hostomel resident Eduard Lysovysk spent week in agony in crowded bomb shelter after sniper shot his leg during evacuation Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Two sleepless days after Eduard Lysovysk was carried into a basement bomb shelter, his thigh bone shattered by a Russian sniper’s bullet, soldiers from the army who […]