SHOCKING: 27 - What They Never Told You

Ukraine says it’s holding off Russia’s intensified thrust in the east

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces were deterring Russia’s intensified offensive in the east, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday, even as he labeled the grinding military panorama across the country as “very hard.”

Los Angeles Times · May 22, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 88 of the invasion

Russian airstrikes hit Mykolaiv and Donbas regions; only Ukraine can decide its future, says Polish president

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2022

'Vladimir Putin's rockets beheaded my son - I fell to my knees and screamed'

In recent weeks Russia has stepped up its efforts to the seize the Donbas region in the east of Ukraine, as apart of this, they have upped their relentless air strikes on towns and cities

Daily Mirror · May 22, 2022

Ukraine rejects concessions as Russians attack in east and south

Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or any territorial concessions to Moscow as Russia stepped up its attack in the eastern and southern parts of the country, pounding the Donbas and Mykolaiv regions with air strikes and artillery fire.

Reuters · May 22, 2022

Russia cuts off gas to Finland amid wider push into Ukraine’s east

BUCHA, Ukraine — Russian troops continued their offensive into the Donbas region on Saturday, aiming to encircle the easternmost point of Ukrainian control in what one official said would be a repeat of Moscow’s assault on the beleaguered city of Mariupol.

Los Angeles Times · May 21, 2022

Former Russian mercenary lifts lid on secretive Wagner Group

Marat Gabidullin is the first combatant from private Russian paramilitary company Wagner to break rank and talk publicly about the secretive organisation. He recounts his four years as a mercenary in eastern Ukraine and Syria in his memoir In the Same River Twice, now available in French.

Radio France Internationale · May 21, 2022

Russian Military Says it Destroys Western Arms Consignment in Ukraine

The Russian military said on Saturday it had destroyed a major consignment of Western arms in Ukraine's Zhytomyr region, west of Kyiv, using sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles. The defense ministry said in a statement the strike took out "a large batch of weapons and military equipment delivered from the USA…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 21, 2022

As Russia intensifies push for Donbas, Ukraine rules out ceasefire

Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or concessions to Moscow on Saturday as Russia intensified an offensive in the eastern Donbas region and stopped providing gas to Finland.

Reuters · May 21, 2022

‘Critical weeks’ in war for Ukraine as Vladimir Putin steps up assault in east

Attacks in Donbas intensify as Russia claims ‘complete liberation’ of Mariupol steelworks

Evening Standard · May 20, 2022

The fall of Mariupol, far-right ideology goes mainstream, France's new government

Nearly three months after the invasion of Ukraine, Russia is finally sealing its first major victory as Ukrainian fighters surrender from Mariupol's last pocket of resistance. Long after the Azov seaport was overtaken, the Ukrainians had kept control of the Azovstal steel mill compound, pinning down an estimated twelve Russian…

France 24 · May 20, 2022