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‘Terrible things happened here’: Entire families believed to be inside mass graves in Ukraine’s Lyman

Kim Sengupta reports from Lyman, where Ukrainian officials say around 200 bodies have been found, including children and babies, as residents tell of a shattered town

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How ‘street justice’ and retribution complicate the war in Ukraine

Collaborators with Russian forces are being brought to justice – but not always through official means, as Kim Sengupta explains from Kramatorsk

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‘We don’t know our fate’: Residents in fear of Russian advance as Putin’s missiles kill civilians

Kim Sengupta finds a city targeted by Russian missiles as Putin sets sights on eastern Ukraine

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‘All this suffering because of a madman’: Putin’s forces intensify attacks in bid to seize the Donbas

Reporting from Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk, Kim Sengupta speaks to families about their grief over losing loved ones as Russia steps up its assault on the two cities of eastern Ukraine

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‘This is a critical time’: Ukrainian soldiers pay a heavy price as they fight Russian barrage in the Donbas

Kim Sengupta speaks to some of those injured on the front line, who make clear that more weaponry from the west will help them counter Russia’s firepower

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Death lingers in Ukraine village liberated from Russian forces

Kim Sengupta finds residents in Vilkhivka burying the bodies of Putin’s soldiers as well as their own family and neighbours

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Inside the recaptured Ukrainian village still under attack from retreating Russian forces

Kim Sengupta visits a liberated flashpoint near Kharkiv that Putin’s forces won’t give up without ‘a hard and long fight’

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Expert panel discuss how to decipher Russia’s misinformation

Watch back our virtual event with panellists Tim White, Kim Sengupta and Bel Trew hosted by David Harding

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‘I am looking into hell’: Haunting messages from soldiers inside steel plant bombed by Putin’s forces

Families of the men holding out inside Azovstal steel plant tell Kim Sengupta they want the world to help

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‘We badly need help’: Inside Chernihiv, a city that’s paid a terrible price for resistance

Hundreds of civilians have been killed, with more believed to be buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, leaving families grieving for their loved ones. Many are asking, what happens now? Kim Sengupta reports

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‘We have survived’: In bombed-out Kharkiv, residents adjust to life underground

In Saltivka, one of Kharkiv’s poorest and most heavily bombarded districts, hundreds of civilians have sought refuge in metro stations. The subterranean dwellers tell Kim Sengupta how they have created a sense of community, with a medical clinic, lessons for children, and even a makeshift nail parlour

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Ukranian woman ‘raped by teenage Russian soldier’ as she sheltered in school

The woman was also stabbed during the attack in a village near Kharkiv. Residents were told the soldier responsible would be executed by his comrades, reports Kim Sengupta from Mala Rohan

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Kharkiv in pictures: City left devastated by war as Ukrainians mount counter-offensive

Photographs taken by The Independent reveal the scale of destruction caused by weeks of bombardment

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‘Nothing justifies this’: On the front line in Kharkiv, a city destroyed by Putin’s war

Before hostilities, many in the northeastern Ukrainian city empathised with Russia. Now, after weeks of shelling, views have changed. Kim Sengupta, who reported from Kharkiv before the conflict, returns to a city transformed

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Comfort food: How Kyiv restaurants are helping Ukrainians get through the war

Once-thriving eateries are now supporting residents trapped by war, as Kim Sengupta reports from Kyiv

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‘Welcome to hell’: Inside Makariv, the town Ukrainians took back from Russian troops

Kim Sengupta reports from the devastated town of Makariv now reclaimed by Ukrainian fighters

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War babies: The surrogate newborns in Ukraine waiting for their parents in a Kyiv basement

Some of the war’s youngest victims are a group of babies carried by Ukrainian mothers for couples living overseas who are unable to collect their newborns after Russia’s invasion, reports Kim Sengupta in Kyiv

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‘We are lucky to be alive’: Residents of Kyiv face reality of war as frontline approaches ever closer

Kim Sengupta talks to Kyiv residents whose homes are being destroyed even before Russian forces arrive in the city

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‘This is the house of God’: Russian Orthodox church near Kyiv bombed by Russian forces

Kim Sengupta talks to residents in Makariv, just 30 miles from the Ukrainian capital, after it was targeted by Russian forces

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Ukraine and Russia: Join our expert panel as they discuss the simmering conflict and what could happen next

Sign up for The Independent’s free virtual event on Russia and Ukraine with host David Harding and panellists Kieran Guilbert, Mary Dejevsky and Kim Sengupta

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Ukraine-Russia crisis: Your questions on what is happening answered live by Kim Sengupta

Kim Sengupta, The Independent’s World Affairs Editor will be answering your questions live from Ukraine in our latest ‘Ask Me Anything’ event

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‘What choice have we got?’: Ukraine’s volunteer army prepares for war

As fears over a war with Russia grow, Ukraine’s forces are being bolstered by a collection of citizen soldiers, reports Kim Sengupta in Kiev

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