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Stephen Colbert: ‘There’s a reason the Russian army is getting its ass kicked – it sucks’

Late-night hosts discuss Russia’s failures in Ukraine, the GOP’s ‘commitment to America’ and a new dating app for conservatives

The Guardian - US · Oct 4, 2022

Russian draft prompts exodus by some men as air fares jump

Some Russian men headed swiftly to the borders on Thursday after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilisation, with traffic at frontier crossings with Finland and Georgia surging and prices for air tickets from Moscow rocketing.

Reuters · Sep 22, 2022

Moscow’s local allies were told ‘Russia is here for ever’. Now they flee Ukraine

Supporters in shock as Kremlin reneges on vow that helped project power into captured towns and villages

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2022

Ukraine's volunteer medics race to rescue civilians trapped by shelling in Irpin

As fighting rages in the town of Irpin, on the edge of Kyiv, volunteer medics are helping to evacuate the last civilians. FRANCE 24's Gwendoline Debono joined them for a day.

France 24 · Mar 24, 2022

From Kharkiv to Kent, life with the Ukrainian refugees who now feel like family

The Gales were nervous about inviting the Koletvinovs into their home. But one week on, everyone is sharing language lessons and traditional dishes

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2022

Russian in exile over Putin’s invasion of Ukraine: ‘I hate this war’

On the same day Russia’s President Vladimir Putin announced his country had launched an offensive against Ukraine, Sergei* boarded a western-bound plane and flew out of his native Saint Petersburg. Three weeks into the war, Sergei, along with tens of thousands of his countrymen, is getting used to the idea…

France 24 · Mar 17, 2022

Inside secret army of volunteers smuggling Ukrainian families over border to Poland

A salesman named Sergei has helped 50 people leave Ukraine by using encrypted apps to communicate and organise routes and methods for people to get out

Daily Mirror · Mar 5, 2022

DJs, grandmothers and Molotov cocktails: Ukraine’s volunteer force unites against Russia

Citizens across Ukraine are volunteering to make Molotov cocktails, anti-tank obstacles and military supplies to send to the front lines in the war against Russia, reports Bel Trew from Lviv

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2022

Kyiv Residents Clear Away Rubble and Await Russian Assault

The people of Kyiv waited anxiously for an expected Russian assault on the Ukrainian capital on Friday after a night spent cowering in makeshift air raid shelters or their homes. Missiles pounded Kyiv overnight and air raid sirens wailed, increasing fears among residents who did not flee the city of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 25, 2022

Metres from pro-Russian separatists, Ukrainians feel indifferent

Residents on the faultline of a crisis with Russia say a takeover would neither harm nor improve their status.

Al Jazeera · Jan 28, 2022