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UN says evidence of mass graves in Mariupol as Russia hints at scaled-back war

Russia says it will now focus on the ‘liberation of Donbas’

The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2022

As it happened: Russia signals scaled-back war aims with focus on Donbas

Moscow signalled on Friday it was scaling back its ambitions in Ukraine to focus on territory claimed by Russian-backed separatists, while French President Emmanuel Macron announced that EU leaders have agreed for officials in Brussels to make joint gas purchases for the bloc as it struggles with high prices amid…

France 24 · Mar 25, 2022

Latest Ukraine updates: Russia says first phase of war near end

Ukraine war news from March 25: Russian general says Moscow will push to fully capture eastern region of Donbas.

Al Jazeera · Mar 24, 2022

Zelensky says 100,000 still trapped in Mariupol, facing ‘inhumane conditions’

In his latest video address Tuesday, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said more than 7,000 people had escaped the besieged port city of Mariupol in the last 24 hours, but that nearly 100,000 remained trapped in “inhumane conditions” without food, water or medication as Russia’s bombardment continued. Read FRANCE 24’s coverage…

France 24 · Mar 22, 2022

Putin's Plan B: Russia bombards cities as offensive stalls

Putin is shifting his tactics, and maybe his end-game, analysts say.

Axios · Mar 22, 2022

The power of the new Ukraine

How the country has transformed from a Russian client state to a would-be EU nation where liberals and nationalists have found common cause

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2022

Ukraine: Award-winning film 'Klondike' shows the toll of war on ordinary people

Ukrainian writer-director Maryna Er Gorbach and film critic Lisa Nesselson join Eve Jackson in the studio to discuss a timely tale that's all too real about a pregnant woman refusing to leave her home on the Ukraine-Russia border when faced with war. Er Gorbach's award-winning feature "Klondike" shows the toll…

France 24 · Mar 16, 2022

On the 3rd anniversary of the Christchurch attack, the Ukraine crisis asks the West to rethink its definitions of terrorism

As the Russian invasion unfolds, a deep vein of Ukrainian nationalism – already irritated by the annexation of Crimea and a Russian-backed insurgency in the Donbas region – has been unleashed.

The Conversation · Mar 14, 2022

Ukraine’s foreign legion joins the battle against Russia

The Ukrainian government has called for volunteers to join its army. Will they make a difference?

Al Jazeera · Mar 14, 2022

Is there any justification for Putin’s war?

Nato invasion, genocide and drug-addled neo-Nazi’s: we assess whether any of Russia’s claims are valid

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2022