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Expert panel discuss how to decipher Russia’s misinformation

Watch back our virtual event with panellists Tim White, Kim Sengupta and Bel Trew hosted by David Harding

The Independent UK

Bound, beaten, killed: Ukrainian civilians reveal horrors of Russian torture chamber

Special report: One prisoner recalls how a man was beaten to death next to him. Another recounts being stripped, stabbed and subjected to electric shocks. In recently liberated Trostyanets in Sumy, Bel Trew speaks to torture victims and uncovers fresh evidence of possible war crimes in northeast Ukraine

The Independent UK

‘Legs shredded like meat’: Inside Mykolaiv, residents live in fear of Russian cluster bombs

The strategic port city in southern Ukraine has been bombarded with suspected banned munitions and is bracing for a renewed Russian onslaught as Vladimir Putin repositions his forces, reports Bel Trew

The Independent UK

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Feeding a city under siege: Meet the volunteers who saved Chernihiv civilians from starvation

From bringing in supplies through secret routes to delivering sandwiches amid Russian shelling, citizens in Ukraine’s northern city of Chernihiv tell Bel Trew how they risked their lives every day to provide food to thousands of people battling hunger and thirst

The Independent UK

In the dark shadow of Putin’s war: Murder, mass graves and torture mark a Russian retreat

Special Report: A man watches a Russian missile destroy his family’s home in front of his eyes. A teenager avoids a summary execution by seconds. In Borodyanka, Bucha, Hostomel and Makariv, Bel Trew finds a Russian retreat marked by a trail of murdered civilians, mass graves and devastation

The Independent UK

Ukraine has one of the highest HIV rates in Europe. Russia’s war could set back fight against virus 20 years

Under shelling and missiles, medics risk their lives to treat the 250,000 people in Ukraine with HIV amid fears that the war could set their efforts back decades, reports Bel Trew from Odesa and Zaporizhzhia

The Independent UK

‘Every kindergarten is a grave’: Survivors of Mariupol siege reveal the darkest horrors of Putin’s war

Tens of thousands of people are trapped in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which has become a grim symbol of Russia’s brutal conflict. Those who fled to nearby Zaporizhzhia tell Bel Trew about the starvation, slaughter, and graves being dug across parks, gardens, and schools

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‘The relief is immense’: Buses rescue thousands of Mariupol civilians as Russia accused of blocking evacuation

Civilians who managed to flee devastated city tell The Independent their hometown is ‘utterly destroyed’

The Independent UK

Mariupol evacuation hopes dashed as Ukraine accuses Russia of breaking promises

About 170,000 people estimated to be trapped in besieged city under relentless bombardment

The Independent UK

‘Tell Putin: who are you liberating us from?’ Ukraine’s Holocaust survivors brace for Russian forces

Odesa has been a centre of Jewish life for hundreds of years. Members of the community there tell Bel Trew of their anger and terror as Vladimir Putin – who claimed to want to ‘denazify’ Ukraine – bombards the coast

The Independent UK

‘A living hell’: Inside the besieged city of Mariupol, where residents struggle to survive Russia’s onslaught

Tapping radiators for water, cooking on fires and living underground, people in the encircled Ukrainian city tell Bel Trew of the daily battle to avoid death from a furious bombardment

The Independent UK

Russia has already begun Third World War, claims former Ukrainian PM

Volodymyr Groysman is urging western governments to help Ukraine more and tells Bel Trew that Vladimir Putin must be stopped

The Independent UK

Inside the shelled Ukrainian city where soldiers and civilians are primed for a Russian onslaught

Russian shelling has decimated a school, hospital and homes in Zhytomyr, where military preparations are ramping up amid fears the city could be Putin’s next target if Kyiv were to fall, Bel Trew reports

The Independent UK

Tech-savvy Ukrainians tap into networks of cabbies and couch surfers to help civilians fleeing war

Refugees Welcome: Ukraine is one of Europe’s top tech hubs and volunteers are harnessing apps, websites and social media to help citizens get to safety and find shelter, reports Bel Trew from Khmelnytskyi

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DJs, grandmothers and Molotov cocktails: Ukraine’s volunteer force unites against Russia

Citizens across Ukraine are volunteering to make Molotov cocktails, anti-tank obstacles and military supplies to send to the front lines in the war against Russia, reports Bel Trew from Lviv

The Independent UK

Inside a theatre in Ukraine providing refuge to families fleeing war

Refugees Welcome: Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians are on the move as Russia’s invasion intensifies, and homes, hospitals and even theatres are welcoming the displaced, reports Bel Trew from Lviv

The Independent UK

‘We don’t have much hope’: Desperation grows at Ukraine border as more than half a million refugees flee war

Refugees Welcome: As snow fell on Sunday, some had to turn around and walk back to the nearest main city to find other ways out, reports Bel Trew from Lviv

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war: This is what a 50km-long refugee crisis looks like

Refugees have been waiting outdoors in icy conditions for hours, clips filmed for Independent TV show

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The 40-km queue to flee Ukraine: Thousands of families rush to leave as Russian army advances

Refugees welcome: Desperately fleeing the chaos caused by Vladimir Putin’s invasion, Ukrainians are pouring over the Polish border to safety but face an uncertain future, reports Bel Trew from Shegnyi Medyka

The Independent UK

Watch: Chaos at border as tens of thousands of desperate Ukrainians try to cross to safety in Poland

Footage captured by Independent TV shows a tailback of cars stretching for 40km

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