All news on the topic: War in Ukraine

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Keir Starmer calls Vladimir Putin’s missile strike on children’s cancer hospital ’depraved’
Screams were heard echoing from the rubble of a major hospital in Ukraine’s capital city tonight after a Russian missile barrage targeted the vulnerable and the desperate
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Ukrainian star Elina Svitolina breaks down in tears at Wimbledon after a devastating Russian attack
Wimbledon star Elina Svitolina spoke movingly about the importance of addressing Russia’s war in Ukraine following a devastating airstrike on a children’s hospital in Kyiv
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UK’s new defence secretary has already been bundled into a bomb shelter on first Monday in new job
Britain’s new defence secretary was forced to take cover after air raid sirens blared out on his first visit to Ukraine.
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Russia has launched a massive attack on Ukraine
On the morning of July 8, the aggressor country of Russia launched a new missile attack on Ukraine.
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Trump’s plan for NATO is emerging
Trump advisers envision a ‘radical reorientation’ in which Washington takes a back seat to Europe — and cuts a deal with Putin over Ukraine.
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Who killed the deputy mayor’s daughter? Tragedy strikes on the beaches of Russian-occupied Crimea
On Sunday, June 23, dozens of vacationers on a beach in occupied Crimea were injured, and five were killed, after Russian air defenses shot down a Ukrainian missile over Sevastopol.
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Israel ignored warnings from Ukraine about Iranian drones and declined offers of assistance
No army in the world has more experience combatting Iranian drones than that of Ukraine, which has been dealing with them for over two years.
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Brave new summit: The West has finally realized it can help Ukraine win without getting Russia’s permission
Two and a half years into Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the West has finally given up on the prospect of reaching a just peace through negotiations, journalist and Ukrainian serviceman Yuriy Matsarsky argues.
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War of attrition: Russia-Ukraine conflict escalates into a new phase
The recent Russian setback in Kharkiv marks the start of another period of stalemate in the Russia-Ukraine war.
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EU approves up to €1.4 billion in military aid to Ukraine sourced from frozen Russian assets
The money will be used for direct purchases of kit like ammunition and aerial defense systems.
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Romanian village poised to become NATO’s largest airbase in Europe
Six RAF Eurofighter Typhoons sit on the taxiway, engines roaring on two, as the ground staff hurry about, adding the finishing touches before take-off.
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Ukraine says it destroyed Russian drone base
Ukraine says satellite pictures show the destruction of a Russian warehouse used to launch Iranian-made drones and to train cadets.
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Rishi Sunak and Zelensky criticize Nigel Farage for dangerously claiming that the West provoked Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Rishi Sunak and Volodymyr Zelensky have slammed Nigel Farage for his dangerous claims that the West provoked Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia launches ’massive attack’ on Ukraine’s energy facilities
Moscow has shifted tactics from targeting individual electricity substations to attempting to destroy entire power stations.
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Slovakia files criminal complaint against former PM for providing fighter jets to Ukraine
Slovakia’s former Prime Minister Eduard Heger and Defense Minister Jaroslav Naď are facing possible criminal charges for helping Ukraine.
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Farage says West ’provoked’ Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with EU and NATO expansions
The Reform UK leader said that he "disliked" the Russian president - but had admired his abilities as a statesman.
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Putin says Russia and North Korea will help each other if attacked, taking ties to a ‘new level’
Vladimir Putin said Russia and North Korea have ramped up ties to a “new level,” pledging to help each other if either nation is attacked in a “breakthrough” new partnership announced during the Russian president’s rare visit to the reclusive state.
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Ukrainian women recount experiences of rape by Russian forces as journalists probe their attackers
Two young women gave their accounts of rape by Russian soldiers to the Kyiv Independent, who set out to identify those responsible.
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Shifting the balance: F-16s could challenge Russia’s supremacy in electronic warfare
In the coming months, Kyiv is expected to receive several dozen F-16 fighter jets from its Western allies, which it will be able to use to strike military targets inside Russia.
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Russia accused of using ’deliberate’ starvation tactics in Mariupol, according to ICC submission
Lawyers say strategy of denying food and services to people in Ukrainian city during siege could amount to war crime
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Kidnapped, abused, and humiliated – the Ukrainian children taken by Russia
In a special investigation, Tom Watling tells the story of five teenagers who were taken into Russia or Russian-occupied territory before eventually being rescued. Many others are still believed to be trapped
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Furious Putin claims West is pushing him ’to point of no return’ on nuclear World War III
Russian president Vladimir Putin has accused the West of pushing him to point of no return and has issued new threats on nuclear World War 3 - he accused NATO leaders of ’extreme recklessness’
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Putin’s £39,000,000 war toy incinerated by kamikaze drone
This is the dramatic moment a Russian £39 million missile system is blown up by a suspected kamikaze drone valued at around £70,000.
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European banks to provide over €600M in recovery funds for Ukraine
The deals were signed at this week’s Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin.
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Germany outlines wartime plans: mandatory conscription and subway stations as bunkers
Conscription, rationing, and subway stations turned into bunkers. For the first time since the Cold War, Germany has updated its plans should conflict erupt in Europe, with ministers citing the threat posed by Russia.