In the early days of the war in Ukraine, a rapid Russian advance plunged Kherson province into darkness. What little is known about life there comes from refugees who dare to escape, reaching relative safety in front-line towns like Zelenodolsk. They come any way they can: by foot, bike, boat, in wheelchairs.
Ukraine has requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday to discuss the Russian strike on a shopping mall as the death toll rose to at least 18.
https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-06-28-22/index.html
When the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania visited Kyiv on June 16th, they came bearing gifts. They endorsed Ukraine’s bid to become a candidate for membership of the European Union, a position echoed the following day by Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/06/19/is-the-west-supplying-ukraine-with-enough-weapons
When the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania visited Kyiv on June 16th, they came bearing gifts. They endorsed Ukraine’s bid to become a candidate for membership of the European Union, a position echoed the following day by Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/06/19/is-the-west-supplying-ukraine-with-enough-weapons
Ukrainian and Russian forces engaged in heavy fighting Thursday in the battle for the sprawling steel mill that represents the last holdout in the beleaguered city of Mariupol, as signs pointed to an increasingly dire situation for the resistance.
Russia opened a new front in its war over Ukraine on Wednesday, deciding to shut off gas to two European Union nations that staunchly back Kyiv, a dramatic escalation in a conflict that is increasingly becoming a wider battle with the West.
WASHINGTON – Congress will return from spring recess on Monday afternoon to requests from President Joe Biden, surging consumer prices, an immigration debate, party infighting and looming deadlines.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/04/25/congress-ukraine-title-42-covid/7418202001/
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the battle for Mariupol on Thursday and canceled plans to storm the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in a sprawling steel plant but instead block it “so that not even a fly comes through.”
Ukrainian forces continued to fight in the besieged city of Mariupol on Wednesday after a Russian ultimatum to troops holed up in the Azovstal steel mill to lay down their arms passed without a mass surrender.
LVIV, Ukraine — The bodies of more than 900 civilians were discovered in the Kyiv region following the withdrawal of Russian forces, the regional police chief said in a briefing Friday.
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