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Russian offensive devastates towns in eastern Ukraine
Russian forces shelled Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, and devastated several towns in eastern Ukraine, while the European Union prepared sanctions on ...Scores of civilians evacuated from Mariupol steelworks in Ukraine
Around 100 civilians evacuated from the ruined Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol were due to arrive in a Ukrainian-held city on Monday, Ukrainian ...Ukrainians plead for Mariupol rescue; Russian advance crawls
Ukrainian forces fought village by village Saturday to hold back a Russian advance through the country’s east, while the United Nations worked ...Germany takes Italy to U.N. court again over Nazi compensation claims
Germany has filed a case against Italy at the highest U.N. court because Rome continues to allow victims of Nazi war crimes ...Ukraine says Russia pounding Donbas, failing to take targets
Russian forces pounded Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region on Saturday but failed to capture three target areas, Ukraine’s military said, while Moscow said ...More than 3,000 people lost in sea crossings to Europe in 2021, U.N. report says
More than 3,000 refugees, migrants and asylum seekers died or went missing last year while trying to reach Europe via Mediterranean and ...Ukraine hopes to evacuate civilians holed up with fighters in Mariupol steel works
Ukraine hopes on Friday to evacuate civilians who are holed up in a vast steel works with the last fighters defending the ...Swedish PM rejects referendum on possible NATO membership
Sweden’s government does not plan to hold a referendum if its parliament decides to proceed with an application for NATO membership, Prime ...Russia picking up pace in eastern Ukraine
Ukraine’s General Staff says Russia is increasing the pace of its offensive in the east of the country, the goal of which ...Putin warns West of lightning retaliation for intervention in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of lightning-fast retaliation if countries interfere in Ukraine, while U.S. President Joe Biden was set to comment ...














