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Russian soldiers accused of killing family of nine in Ukraine

Russia makes first known arrests of its own soldiers after 2022 invasion on suspicion of killing Ukrainian civilians

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2023

People in occupied Ukraine town mark Christmas Eve in home after church is shelled

Worshippers in the eastern occupied Ukrainian town of Volnovakha on Friday marked the Russian Orthodox Christmas Eve in a makeshift chapel that was set up in a home after their church suffered shelling damage.

Reuters · Jan 6, 2023

Vladimir Putin loses 55th colonel in Ukraine 'when attack helicopter hit by missile'

Well-decorated Lieutenant Colonel Sergey Gundorov, 51, was struck near Volnovakha in the Donbas, making him the 55th officer of the same rank slaughtered by Ukrainian forces since the start of the war

Daily Mirror · Jun 20, 2022

Russia to lose 'most favoured nation status' over Ukraine: sources

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday Ukraine was at a "strategic turning point" in the war as Russian forces bombarded cities across the country and appeared to be regrouping for a possible assault on Kyiv, with satellite images showing them firing artillery as they closed in on the capital.

Reuters · Mar 11, 2022

Latest Ukraine updates: UN stresses ‘urgent’ need for talks

Ukraine-Russia news from March 11: UN says it is not aware of Ukraine biological weapons programme.

Al Jazeera · Mar 10, 2022

35,000 Civilians Evacuated from Ukrainian Cities on Wednesday, Says Zelensky

At least 35,000 civilians were evacuated from besieged Ukrainian cities on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. In a video address late Wednesday, the Ukrainian leader said three humanitarian corridors had allowed residents to leave the cities of Sumy, Enerhodar and areas around Kyiv. He said he hoped the evacuations would…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 10, 2022

Ukraine’s foreign ministry says Russian shelling prevents evacuation, aid deliveries

Russian shelling is preventing the evacuation of civilians from Kyiv, Mariupol, Sumy, Kharkiv, Volnovakha and Mykolayiv, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

Reuters · Mar 7, 2022

Russian warlord who led Neo-Nazi 'Sparta' battalion shot dead as Ukrainians hold town

Vladimir Zhoga, who led the Sparta Battalion, which among the fiercest to fight with the Russian army and was formed in the breakaway Ukrainian territory of Donetsk during the 2014 conflict

Daily Mirror · Mar 7, 2022

‘Nowhere to go and nowhere to go back to’: Life under fire in Ukraine

Marina, an economist and mother of three in Volnovakha, describes her family’s ordeal and their terrifying escape

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2022

Ukraine civilian death toll increases

The real figures are considerably higher than previously announced, especially in government-controlled territory

Salon · Mar 6, 2022