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Ukraine forces advance near Kyiv; Russia hints at scaled-back war aims

Moscow hinted it was scaling back its ambitions in Ukraine to focus on territory claimed by Russian-backed separatists as Ukrainian forces went on the offensive, recapturing towns on outskirts of Kyiv

First Lady Jill Biden to meet Ukrainian children at St Jude

Her visit to St Jude is part of her and President Joe Biden's so-called Cancer Moonshot effort, which aims to reduce the cancer death rate by at least 50% over the next 25 years

300 dead in Russian airstrike on theatre in Mariupol: Ukrainian officials

It was not immediately clear whether emergency workers had finished excavating the site or how the eyewitnesses arrived at the horrific death toll

Some prominent Russians quit jobs, refuse to support war against Ukraine

The resignation of a senior Russian government official and his reported move abroad wasn't the first voluntary departure of a person from a state job since the start of Russia's war with Ukraine

Ukrainian forces advance east of Kyiv as Russian troops fall back

Ukrainian troops are recapturing towns east of the capital Kyiv and Russian forces who had been trying to sieze the city are falling back on their overextended supply lines, Britain said

Russian 'palace coup': Could Putin be ousted from office over Ukraine war?

A new law makes speaking out against the government narrative, and even using the word 'war' to describe the so-called 'special operation,' a criminal offence and subject to up to 15 years in prison

NATO yet to show what it can do to save people: Ukraine's Zelenskyy

In a virtual address to the European Council summit in Brussels, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the military alliance is "yet to show what it can do to save people"

Russian forces take control of Ukraine's Izyum city in Kharkov

Russia's armed forces have taken control of the city of Izyum in Ukraine's Kharkov region, a top official in Moscow confirmed

Ukraine, Russia conduct first prisoner swap since Moscow waged war on Kyiv

Ukraine and Russia have conducted the first prisoner swap since Moscow waged its war on Kiev on February 24, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said here

Ukraine war: EU agrees on Russia sanctions so far, but energy divides

The European Union preserved a sense of rarely seen unity through four rounds of unprecedented sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine

Chernobyl workers at risk due to Russian shelling, says IAEA

The Vienna-based IAEA said Ukrainian authorities have informed that workers of the now-defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant were at risk due to continued Russian shelling

Australia imposes sanctions on Lukashenko, says Belarus supporting Russia

Citing Belarus' continuous strategic support to Russia and its military forces, Australia has placed sanctions on Belarusian President and members of his family along with 22 Russians

Russia to open humanitarian corridor for foreign ships to leave Ukraine

Russia on Friday claimed to open a humanitarian corridor to allow foreign ships to leave Ukrainian ports

France 'stepping up' work to prevent escalation of war in Ukraine: Macron

Macron's remarks came during a press conference after a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit and Group of Seven meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday

On Biden's visit, Ukrainians to hold rally in Warsaw to demand no-fly zone

Ukrainians will hold a rally in Warsaw, demanding NATO for a no-fly zone over the war-torn country and providing it with fighter jets as Joe Biden is set to visit Poland, reported local media

UN General Assembly adopts resolution on humanitarian situation in Ukraine

The resolution, drafted by Ukraine and allies, received 140 votes in favour and 5 votes against, while 38 countries abstained on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported

Ukraine says Moscow is forcibly taking civilians to Russia as hostages

Ukraine has accused Moscow of forcibly taking hundreds of thousands of civilians from shattered Ukrainian cities to Russia, where some may be used as hostages to pressure Kyiv to give up

'We would respond': Biden on Russia's possible use of chemical weapons

US President Joe Biden on Thursday (local time) said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will respond if Russia uses chemical weapons in Ukraine

Putin's demand for payments in ruble can't be met, say EU nations

I don't think anybody in Europe really know how rubles look like, said Slovene Prime Minister Janez Jansa