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Russia has said military action in Ukraine would stop “in a moment” if the country meets its conditions for a ceasefire. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia is demanding Ukraine cease military action, change its constitution to enshrine neutrality, acknowledge Crimea as Russian territory and recognise the separatist republics of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criticised NATO for failing to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine. In a strongly worded, emotional speech, the president told the alliance: “Starting from today everyone who dies will die because of you as well, because of your weakness, because of your disunity.” Mr Zelenskyy also claimed that the absence of a
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Russian troops have seized Europe’s largest nuclear power plant after it was shelled overnight, sparking a fire but no release of radioactive material, the UN’s atomic watchdog has said. The attack on the southeastern city of Enerhodar and its Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant had led to fears of a nuclear disaster, with immediate condemnation from world
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Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy raised his fist in a defiant salute as he was given a standing ovation by the European Parliament following an emotional speech. In an address to an emergency gathering of the Brussels chamber on Tuesday – which moved an interpreter to tears – Mr Zelenskyy urged European nations to “prove that
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is “not on schedule” and Vladimir Putin’s forces “are in some significant areas of disarray”, the defence secretary has told Sky News. Ben Wallace said the invasion launched last week is not having the “strategic impact” that Moscow believed it would. His comments come after the Ministry of Defence shared an
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Russia is preparing to hold peace talks with Ukraine as fierce fighting continued into a fifth day without a breakthrough into a major city. Satellite images showed a more than three-mile-long Russian military convoy nearing Kyiv as Ukraine’s president warned of a “crucial” 24 hours. There were more Russian air attacks and fierce clashes between
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Russian missiles have hit an oil terminal and a gas pipeline overnight, as Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine continues. The oil terminal was set alight in Vasylkiv, southwest of the capital Kyiv, according to the town’s mayor NataliaBalasinovich. In a video posted online, she said: “The enemy wants to destroy everything around.” Russian advance ‘slows’
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned his country’s citizens that Russian troops are preparing to storm Kyiv, urging them “to stop the enemy wherever you can”. After unleashing airstrikes, Russian tanks rolled into Kyiv on Friday, and troops were descending on the capital from two fronts. In a message posted on social media, Mr Zelenskyy
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