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Even in regions out of the range of the heavy guns, frequent air raid sirens wail as a constant reminder that a Russian missile can strike at any time even

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order allowing residents of Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions to apply for Russian citizenship under a fast-track procedure

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says last week's attack on the town of Desna resulted in 87 deaths

Soldiers walked through the compound and swung mine detectors over roads littered with debris, while others checked under objects for the explosive devices, video footage showed

The defence ministry said in a statement the strike took out "a large batch of weapons and military equipment delivered from the USA and European countries"

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the Ukrainian people, with our security assistance, have defended their homeland in the face of Russia's unconscionable invasion

The shattered survivors spoke of constant shelling, dwindling food, ubiquitous mold and using hand sanitiser for cooking fuel

Russian and Ukrainian officials said 50 people were evacuated from the Azovstal plant and handed over to representatives of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross

Discussed various issues on the agenda of #UNGA76 including the impact of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine on the global commodity, financial and energy markets across the world: Lekhi

Some 2,000 Ukrainian fighters, by Russia's most recent estimate, are holed up in the vast maze of tunnels and bunkers beneath the Azovstal steelworks, and they have repeatedly refused to surrender

The Russian military is ready to ensure the safe exit of civilians, Putin said, adding that the Kiev authorities should order the remaining militants at the Azovstal plant to lay down arms

The Russian military said it used sea- and air-launched missiles to destroy electric power facilities at five railway stations across Ukraine

Ukrainian defenders of a steel plant in Mariupol say Russian forces have started to storm the the last pocket of resistance. The move comes almost two weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military not to storm the plant, but rather block it off. The deputy commander of the Azov Regiment that is holed up in the Azovstal steel plant confirmed that Russian forces have started to storm the plant on Tuesday. That comes after some civilians escaped the plant over the weekend in a U.N.-assisted evacuation effort.

Ukrainian National Guard brigade commander Denys Shlega estimated that several hundred civilians still are trapped at the site alongside nearly 500 wounded soldiers and numerous dead bodies

Ukraine's foreign ministry accused Russia on Thursday of stealing grain in territory it has occupied, an act it said increased the threat to global food security

Lavrov said that negotiations continue between Russia and Ukraine almost every day and blamed the inflammatory actions of Western supporters of the Kyiv regime for disrupting the talks

The body of a journalist from U.S.-backed broadcaster Radio Liberty was found in rubble in the Ukrainian capital, killed in a Russian missile attack during a visit by the U.N. secretary-general

Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Friday that Russia used high-precision, long-range weaponry to hit the Artem factory in the Ukrainian capital

Ukraine's leader accused Russia of trying to humiliate the United Nations by raining missiles on Kyiv during a visit by UN chief, an attack that shattered the capital's tentative return to normality

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said his country is willing to seize Russian assets to finance Kyiv's post-war recovery.