All news on the topic: Russia Ukraine war

The Government should be applauded for its determined stand alongside Ukraine. British people should be proud, too - when called on, we opened our doors to those fleeing

Many of the country’s 105,000 orphans were moved out of 700 institutions to stay with relatives ill-prepared to receive them when war broke out in Ukraine

Ukraine's flag - with its two coloured panels represent cloudless azure skies over fields of golden wheat – is the perfect symbol of a proud, independent nation growing in confidence and hope

Ukrainian victims of Russian war crimes have recounted the disturbing levels of violence inflicted upon them by Vladimir's Putin's men - with one man alleging he was held for days and electrocuted

Some Russians dream of a new life in the West, while others wave flags and repeat the daily propaganda broadcast. “The war is making people crazy – welcome to Zombieland,” says Nika, 31, from Moscow

Anne Malygon has shared the shocking reality of her Ukraine home that seemed 'frozen in time' after returning to her country from studying abroad one year after the war started

Ukraine continues to battle corruption within its own country, as well as on the battlefield against Russian invaders. One lawyer told the Mirror that corruption is seen by some Ukrainians as being like 'treason'

The Daily Mirror's Defence and Security Editor travelled to two of the worst hit towns north of Kyiv and saw wrecked and devastated communities still coming to terms with 12 months of violence

In a bittersweet show of resilience, young kids attending nursery do not fear the sirens in Ukraine anymore as their teachers set up playful drills to make children get used to the constant evacuations

It is the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and it has emerged that Boris Johnson had a foul-mouthed response to Vladimir Putin's invasion one year ago

Vladimir Putin is still statistically losing the war which sadly makes any signs of his brutalities diminishing slim. But what might happen next and what can we expect the war criminal to do in order to try to make more gains?

Vladimir Putin appeared on Russian television to announce the beginning of what he called a “special military operation" and Boris Johnson was awoken in the middle of the night at 10 Downing Street

A war crimes investigator who analysed Russian activity in Syria for the United Nations, told The Mirror he fears civilian deaths will increase as Vladimir Putin's aims fail a year on

Before the war, Volodymyr Zelensky's leadership of Ukraine was criticised, but he has now earned a place in future history books for his extraordinary display of leadership during the war with Russia

Veronika Herasymenko fled her home in Kharvic, Ukraine, this time last year and now works as a veterinarian and IFAW charity responder supporting refugees and their pets on the Polish border

It has been 12 months since Vladimir Putin told the Russian people that Moscow's troops would be sweeping through neighbouring Ukraine to "denazify" and "demilitarise" Kyiv, to keep it in "Russia's sphere of influence"

A Russian general has said Vladimir Putin has badly misread the West’s resolve to stand up to him and did not realise his army’s incompetence leaving him "terribly scared"

On Friday the British Ministry of Defence released its analysis of the past 12 months of war in Ukraine - saying Russia had "likely failed to meet any of its operational and strategic objectives"

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the government has been "very clear" that it will not be providing Typhoons to Ukraine due to training requirements, but said it is prepared to "backfill" for allies who donate Russian or Soviet jets

Bus driver Dave Wise, 46, has driven from East Sussex to Ukraine three times in the last year to deliver vital aid to refugees and pets in need, witnessing both heartbreaking and moving sights at the border

China has issued a 12-point proposal where it is calling for a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia while Volodymyr Zelensky has issued a rallying cry on the first anniversary of the invasion

Air raid sirens were tested and Kyiv's bomb shelters were prepared for a major bombardment of cruise missiles and drones, ahead of the anniversary of Russian's invasion of Ukraine

Refugee campaigner Lord Alf Dubs – himself evacuated as a child from Nazi Germany via the ­Kindertransport - began raising Valya Pylypenko’s case to then Home Secretary Priti Patel, in the House of Lords, to news outlets and to civil servants

It always starts with words - threats, excuses, lies and false accusations, writes Paul Routledge, and it needs more than Boris bullsh** to sustain public support

Shaun Pinner was captured during the fall of Mariupol and sentenced to death by local Russian-backed forces who tortured him including shocking him with a cattle prod after they found out he was a West Ham supporter