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'Durable' truce needed for Sievierodonetsk evacuation — refugee chief

Thousands of civilians remain trapped in Ukraine's devastated eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, with supplies of food and clean water running low.

The Cube

Misleading document says majority of Mariupol population is pro-Russia

A "top secret" document supposedly written by the Azov Battalion states that over 70% of Mariupol's population is loyal to Moscow.

Ukraine

Back on track: Ukraine uses sleeper trains to rehouse war-hit locals

Dubbed the "Iron City", the former sleeper train is composed of five wagons, which can accommodate up to 25 families

Europe News

Macron, Scholz and Draghi back EU candidate status for Ukraine

The move is "a strong, quick, expected gesture of hope and clarity that we want to send to Ukraine and its people," the French president said as the three leaders visited Kyiv.

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Ukraine

Ukraine war: Five things you need to know

The US has sent another $1bn in military aid to Ukraine Wednesday, calling on allies to step up.

Art

Iconic Jeff Koons sculpture expected to sell for millions for Ukraine

An iconic sculpture by world famous artist Jeff Koons is being auctioned to raise funds for humanitarian aid in Ukraine. But how much is the sculpture expected to go for?

Ukraine

Send more weapons to Ukraine, Poland's PM urges NATO

“Where is our credibility if Ukraine fails? Can we imagine that Ukraine fails and we revert to business as usual? I hope not."

Ukraine

Tributes pour in for activist Roman Ratushny killed in Ukraine war

"There are no words or strength to accept the hell in which Ukraine lives [where it] loses its best sons and daughters."

Europe News

Zelenskyy urges Ukrainians to 'hold on' in 'vital' Donbas

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said 'it is vital to stay in Donbas', urging his compatriots to 'hold on'.

Ukraine

Ukrainians use humour to help them cope with the horrors of war

Comedian Anton Tymoshenko said laughter "was the only way to save your mental health in war".

Ukraine

Five things you need to know about the Ukraine war on June 14

From the latest on Sievierodonetsk to suggestions by the Pope that the war could have been provoked by NATO's expansion, here are five things you need to know about the Ukraine war today.

Culture news

A Ukrainian comic has one day for a wedding and a stand-up gig

Only Ukrainians could find the funny side of their most desperate war. Comedians Serhiy Lipko and Anastasia Zukhvala took a day off in Serhy's army schedule to get married and enjoy a stand-up event.

Ukraine

Ukraine's besieged farmers fear war-time harvest 'hell'

Farmers in Ukrainian front-line regions are scrambling to survive a harvest under Russian fire, with shelling feeding fear across a sector already hamstrung by Russia's blockade of the Black Sea.

Ukraine

Russia destroys last bridge out of Sievierodonetsk

Russian forces have destroyed the last bridge linking the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk to a Ukrainian held city on the other side of the river, cutting off all routes of evacuation for those remaining in the city.

Europe Decoded

The EU's recovery fund has a new raison d'être: energy independence

Brussels plans to tap into the unused money from the COVID-19 fund to slash dependency on Russian fossil fuels.

Romania

NATO's eastern flank nations demand better protection against Russia

Nine NATO eastern flank nations met in Bucharest to request better protection from the military alliance in the light of Russia's aggresslon in Ukraine.

Tech News

Are floating sea mines in Ukraine making a global food crisis worse?

It may take months to negotiate and remove hundreds of sea mines laid near Ukraine's Black Sea ports, further exacerbating broken food supply chains.

Ukraine

Future global order to be decided on Ukraine battlefields — Zelenskyy

Ukraine's president told an Asian summit the world's future rules will be decided by the war started by Russia, predicting that "we are definitely going to prevail".

Culture news

Kyiv war exhibition displays objects left behind by Russian soldiers

The dust has hardly settled. Not long ago Russian troops were bearing down on Ukraine's capital - now the story of this chapter of the invasion is already being told in Kyiv's State Museum of the Great Patriotic War

Russia

Britons sentenced to death for fighting with Ukraine's army

Two British men and one Moroccan were found guilty of mercenary activities and terrorism.

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