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Ukraine claims Russia has suffered ‘colossal’ losses as Pentagon press secretary condemns Putin’s ‘cruelty and depravity’

It is a truism in British politics that the Conservatives are the party of low tax while Labour does the spending. But an Ipsos poll for the Standard reveals that Labour has overtaken the Tories as the best party for tax by 32 to 25 per cent, a reversal since…

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Ukrainian capital rocked by Russian missile strikes while UN secretary general visited

Ukraine president and foreign minister decry ‘heinous act’ that came hours after Biden requested a $33bn package in military, economic and humanitarian aid

DNIPRO, Ukraine — Ending days of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital, Russia on Thursday bombarded Kyiv — as the head of the United Nations visited and met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — while also ramping up attacks along the besieged country’s eastern front, Ukrainian officials said.

The president welcomed the United States' $33bn support package

Friday: A new poll shows which party’s slogans are cutting through to the public, with Labor coming out on top. Plus: Get set for more wet weather

Moscow's offensive in eastern Ukraine gathered momentum as several areas came under heavy shelling Thursday, amid suspicions Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to score a major battlefield success in time for Victory Day, one of Russia's proudest holidays, on May 9. Ukrainian authorities reported intense Russian fire in the Donbas…