The Latest Breaking News from Iryna Vereshchuk

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 46 of the invasion

Zelenskiy says Putin targeting ‘whole European project’ as civilians continue to flee eastern parts of Ukraine

The Guardian - AU · Apr 10, 2022

Ukraine exchanges prisoners with Russia, 12 soldiers coming home - official

Ukraine carried out a prisoner exchange with Russia on Saturday, the third such swap since the start of the war, and 12 soldiers are coming home, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said in an online post.

Reuters · Apr 9, 2022

Live Updates | Evacuation routes to open in eastern Ukraine

Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk says that 10 humanitarian corridors for civilian evacuations are to open in Ukraine’s east on Saturday

The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2022

Ukraine makes new attempts to evacuate civilians from trapped cities

Ukraine will try to evacuate trapped civilians through 11 humanitarian corridors on Wednesday but people trying to leave the besieged city of Mariupol will have to use their own vehicles, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.

Reuters · Apr 6, 2022

Latest Russia-Ukraine: US sanctions target Putin’s children

Washington loads pressure on Moscow after alleged atrocities in Bucha as EU considers ban on coal imports.

Al Jazeera · Apr 5, 2022

Ukraine says people can still only flee Mariupol by car or on foot

People are still only able to flee the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol on foot or by private car as efforts to organise mass evacuations by bus to safer parts of Ukraine have failed, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.

Reuters · Apr 5, 2022

Civilian ship sinking in Mariupol after Russian forces fire at it, Ukraine says

Ukraine has said a civilian ship is sinking in the port of the besieged city of Mariupol after Russian forces fired on it.

Evening Standard · Apr 5, 2022

First pictures show inside of damaged Mariupol theatre

These are the first pictures of the horror that awaited rescuers finally entering Mariupol theatre to save civilians after it was completely destroyed by a Russian airstrike.

Evening Standard · Apr 5, 2022

Zelenskyy to address UN amid outrage over civilian deaths

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans to speak to U.N. Security Council diplomats outraged by growing evidence that Russian forces have deliberated killed civilians

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2022

Ukraine breakfast briefing: Bucha 'mass killings' could be tip of iceberg, suggests Zelensky

Round-up of the latest headlines to come out of Ukraine overnight and this morning

Manchester Evening News · Apr 5, 2022