Defence minister says Moscow aims to cut off communications to ‘break the resistance of the people’ Russia-Ukraine war – latest updates Russia is planning a major psychological operation to try to persuade Ukrainians to capitulate, and is targeting civilians with missile strikes in an attempt to demoralise the population, the […]

Several cities are under heavy bombardment again and several are encircled, according to the UK, as Joe Biden attacks Putin in his State of the Union address Kyiv and other cities in Ukraine are coming under more bombardment in the early hours of Wednesday morning as the Russian military steps […]

Analysis: convoy estimated to be 40 miles long raises fears of siege tactics and escalating civilian casualties Russia-Ukraine crisis: live news In the satellite image, the trees of the forest just north of the Ukrainian village of Rudnya-Shpylivska – population 107 – appear as if you could brush them with […]

‘Dozens’ of civilians killed in Ukraine’s second city amid widespread use of indiscriminate weapons Russia-Ukraine crisis: live news Russian forces have launched rocket attacks that killed “dozens” of civilians in Ukraine’s second city, and began a renewed assault on the capital Kyiv, as Moscow faced unprecedented western sanctions and isolation. […]