Russia begins full-scale offensive to capture eastern Ukraine President Zelensky made a video address announcing the offensive has begun Wales Online · Apr 18, 2022
Ukraine latest: 'Battle for Donbas' begins as UN says civilian death toll exceeds 2,000 since Russian invasion Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff warns "the second phase of the war has started", amid Russian bombardments against cities across the country. ABC News · Apr 18, 2022
Russia steps up bombardment of cities across Ukraine Russia intensifies attacks across Ukraine in a push to break down its defences ahead of an expected assault on the east. Al Jazeera · Apr 18, 2022
Russia says destroyed foreign-made weapons stored near Ukraine's Lviv - TASS Russian air forces carried out air strikes at a logistics centre of the Ukrainian army near the city of Lviv and destroyed a large number of foreign-made weapons stored there, TASS news agency quoted the Russian defence ministry as saying on Monday. Reuters · Apr 18, 2022
Deadly strikes hit onetime refuge in Ukraine’s west; final fight for Mariupol rages KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Missile strikes on Monday killed seven people in Lviv, a western Ukrainian city once considered a relative safe haven, local officials said, as Russian forces pressed ahead with their drive to seize the strategic southern port city of Mariupol, where Ukraine has vowed that desperate defenders would… Los Angeles Times · Apr 18, 2022
Deadly strikes at onetime refuge in Ukraine’s west amid final fight for Mariupol KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Missile strikes on Monday killed seven people in Lviv, a western Ukrainian city once considered a relative safe haven, local officials said, as Russian forces pressed ahead with their drive to seize the strategic southern port city of Mariupol, where Ukraine has vowed that desperate defenders would… Los Angeles Times · Apr 18, 2022
Russia fires missile barrage at Ukraine in ‘softening up’ before Donbas push Four rockets kill seven people in western city of Lviv, whose mayor accuses Moscow of genocide The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2022
Ukraine news – live: Russia launches new assault on Donbas, says Zelensky, as 30% of infrastructure hit in war Moscow has ‘been preparing for a long time’ to take eastern areas, says Ukrainian president The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2022
Ukraine says Russian strikes on Lviv kill at least 7 Lviv's regional governor said three Russian missiles struck military warehouses and another hit a tire facility. Axios · Apr 18, 2022
Displaced artists in Lviv create anti-war work to tell the story of Ukraine Ukrainian contemporary artists are at the forefront of a storytelling mission The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2022
Russia forces mass in the east as air strikes hit western Ukraine Air strikes killed at least six people in Ukraine's western city of Lviv on Monday, as Russia pounded targets across the country while massing forces for an expected all-out assault in the east. Bangkok Post · Apr 18, 2022
ITV Good Morning Britain forced into apology after Ukrainian millionaire who ordered for own mansion to be bombed swears Andrey Stavnitser appeared on the ITV news programme via video link from Poland Manchester Evening News · Apr 18, 2022
7 killed in Lviv as Russia steps up attacks before Donbas push President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns that Russia is preparing to ‘finish off’ the entire eastern region of Donbas. Al Jazeera · Apr 18, 2022
Ukraine says 'powerful' Russian strikes kill 6 in Lviv A series of "powerful" Russian strikes on military infrastructure in Lviv on Monday left several dead and ignited blazes in the west Ukraine city that has been spared fierce fighting. Bangkok Post · Apr 18, 2022
Wales Online · Apr 18, 2022 Russian missile strikes on Lviv kill at least six and injure child as Putin's forces target safe haven Millions have fled from Kyiv and eastern Ukraine to the western city of Lviv but nowhere is safe from Russia's bombardment
Evening Standard · Apr 18, 2022 Seven dead as Russian missile strikes on Lviv, officials say Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said seven people were killed and 12 wounded in overnight missile strikes
ABC News · Apr 18, 2022 Ukraine latest: Lviv explosions kill seven and wound 11 as bodies line streets of Mariupol after Russia's 'deliberate terror' Authorities report multiple explosions in western and southern Ukraine, with seven people killed in Lviv, as Russian forces claim near full control of the strategic southern port of Mariupol following almost two months of bloody fighting.
Reuters · Apr 18, 2022 Blasts reported in Ukraine's Kyiv, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk regions Authorities in Ukraine's Western and Southern regions of Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk reported multiple explosions on Monday, while a Reuters reporter heard a series of blasts in Kyiv, as Russia's invasion of the country continues.
The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2022 Battle for Donbas has begun, Zelensky says, as Russia launches fresh offensive in western Ukraine Ukraine says Russian forces have attacked ‘entire front line of Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv regions’
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 18, 2022 Russia Hits Hundreds of Targets across Ukraine, Fighters Cling on in Mariupol Russia said on Monday it had hit hundreds of military targets in Ukraine overnight, destroying command posts with air-launched missiles, while authorities in the western city of Lviv, which has escaped heavy bombardment, said a missile attack killed six. The Russian defense ministry said in a statement it had destroyed…
The Guardian - AU · Apr 18, 2022 Zelenskiy says Russia wants to ‘destroy’ Ukraine’s entire Donbas region Ukraine defies Russian ultimatum and pledges to keep defending Mariupol as bombs hit Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv
The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2022 Live Updates | Lviv mayor says 5 missiles struck city Witnesses in Lviv reported multiple explosions believed to be caused by missiles have struck the western Ukrainian city
Al Jazeera · Apr 17, 2022 Lives derailed: Fleeing Ukraine war destroyed my father’s health When Russia’s invasion put the life and health of their sick father at risk, a family from Kyiv knew they had to leave.
Los Angeles Times · Apr 16, 2022 Blasts rock Kyiv and Lviv as Ukraine braces for payback over sunken Russian flagship KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russia stepped up its attacks on numerous fronts in Ukraine on Saturday, moving deeper into the besieged southern port of Mariupol and striking a suburb of Kyiv as well as an area near the major western city of Lviv as Ukraine endured what many here believe is…
Los Angeles Times · Apr 16, 2022 Blasts near Kyiv, Lviv as Ukraine braces for payback over sunken Russian flagship KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Powerful blasts rocked the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital and reverberated near the main city in the country’s west on Saturday as Ukraine braced for expected reprisal attacks fueled by Russia’s fury over the loss of the flagship of its Black Sea fleet.