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In a Ukraine maternity ward: the roar of bombs, a newborn’s cry

KHARKIV, Ukraine — While death stalks their city, a dozen Ukrainian women wait to bring new life into the world.

Los Angeles Times

AP PHOTOS on Day 43: Gathering the dead, clutching to life

At a home in Bucha, from where Russian soldiers recently retreated, municipal workers remove a dead body. In a school yard in Chernihiv, a boy clutching a loaf of bread is part of a crowd receiving humanitarian aid. And at a training camp near Kharkiv, a soldier practices rappelling down…

The Independent UK

Proof of Russian war crimes exposed in damning report - including mum raped as son hid

Amnesty International has obtained evidence that civilians were killed in indiscriminate attacks in Kharkiv and Sumy Oblast, and documented an airstrike that killed civilians queueing for food in Chernihiv

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Underground in Chuhuiv, Ukraine: Meet the civilians hiding from Russian bombs

In Chuhuiv, thousands of Ukrainians have been living underground since the war started nearly six weeks ago. This small town south-east of Kharkiv has been caught in the crossfire – until recently cut off from the outside world when it was surrounded by Russian troops. Evacuations are too dangerous to…

France 24

Russia says it destroyed fuel storage facilities in four Ukrainian cities

The Russian defence ministry said on Thursday its missiles had destroyed four fuel storage facilities in the Ukrainian cities of Mykolayiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Chuhuiv overnight.

Reuters

Eastern Ukraine Town Empties as Residents Fear New Russian Assault

Dragging trolleys and clutching plastic bags with their meager belongings, residents of the northeastern Ukrainian town of Derhachi, near the border with Russia, boarded buses on Wednesday to be evacuated as fears of a Russian assault grew. Since pulling back from outside the capital Kyiv last week, Russian forces have…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fries The Limit: Russian Fighter-Bomber Jet Down In Flames

The Sukhoi Su-34 was first developed for the Soviet Union,with an initial flight in 1990.

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Kharkiv zoo prepares to kill lions and tigers in case Russian shelling lets them loose in city

Big cats ‘miraculously’ survive five weeks of Russian shelling, the owner says

The Independent UK

Russian envoy blames Ukraine for Kharkiv humanitarian disaster

A senior Russian diplomat blamed Ukrainian authorities on Tuesday for a humanitarian catastrophe in the city of Kharkiv, accusing the Ukrainian army of blocking humanitarian corridors and alleging that a far-right militia had set up in a school.

Reuters

From Ukraine with love: Newlyweds defy Russian bombs in Kharkiv

Authorities in the Kharkiv region have reported more than 50 shells have fallen in the past 24 hours alone as Russian attacks on the northeastern Ukrainian city continue. But even as the prospect of a Russian offensive looms large, one couple has chosen to send out a message of love…

France 24

Fiery wreck of Russia’s newest fighter jet burns with pilot kneeling beside it

The Su-35S, Flanker-E fighter jet, which costs £38million, was brought down near the city of Izyum, in the Kharkiv region

Daily Mirror

Ukraine says Russia is preparing eastern assault, attack on Kharkiv

Ukraine's defence ministry said on Monday Russia is preparing to launch a fresh assault in eastern Ukraine to try to take the city of Kharkiv and encircle Ukraine's heavily fortified eastern frontline.

Reuters

Vladimir Putin 'driven insane' when Ukrainians didn't meet troops 'with flowers'

Exiled Russian billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky claims President Vladimir Putin went "literally insane" after Ukrainians didn't meet his troops with open arms in Kharkiv

Daily Mirror

Russian fighter-bomber jet worth £28million shot down in flames above Ukraine

The Sukhoi Su-34 appears to plunge to the ground near Kharkiv, leaving a trail of smoke behind it, in footage released by Ukrainian officials

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Salon

Russian war crime evidence found

"The cases we documented amount to unspeakable, deliberate cruelty and violence against Ukrainian civilians."

Daily Mirror

Growing list of war crime allegations as Russian troops branded 'worse than ISIS'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A bombshell report by Human Rights Watch today said evidence had been uncovered of "unspeakable, deliberate cruelty and violence" directed toward the Ukrainian population

The Independent UK

‘We have survived’: In bombed-out Kharkiv, residents adjust to life underground

In Saltivka, one of Kharkiv’s poorest and most heavily bombarded districts, hundreds of civilians have sought refuge in metro stations. The subterranean dwellers tell Kim Sengupta how they have created a sense of community, with a medical clinic, lessons for children, and even a makeshift nail parlour

Asharq Al-Awsat

Human Rights Watch Accuses Russian Forces of ‘Apparent War Crimes’ in Ukraine

A leading rights group said on Sunday it had documented what it described as "apparent war crimes" committed by Russian military forces against civilians in Ukraine. Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a statement saying it had found "several cases of Russian military forces committing laws-of-war violations" in Russian-controlled regions such…

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The Independent UK

Live updates: Russian missiles strike oil plant in Odesa

The Russian military says it has struck an oil processing plant and fuel depots around the strategic Black Sea port of Odesa

The Independent UK

Ukraine lists ‘Oscar moments’ from Russian invasion including Best Picture for ‘warship go f*** yourself’

Mock awards ceremony sees Ukrainian officials pick ‘best’ defence moments so far

Reuters

Ukraine claims control over Kyiv region as Russia looks east

Ukraine said on Saturday its forces had seized back all areas around Kyiv, claiming complete control of the capital region for the first time since Russia launched the invasion.

ABC News

Snapshots from Ukrainian cities under siege or facing threat of Russian bombardment

More than a month into the war in Ukraine, its cities bear the scars of urban warfare. Here are some snapshots from cities under siege or at risk of Russian bombardment.

Reuters

In tears at border, Ukrainians say they held on until they had to flee

Valery Petrovich Sorokin, 66, didn't want to leave his home outside of Kharkiv. He suffers from arthritis and struggles to move. But, a month into the war, as Russian bombs fell around him, his family told him he had to go to Poland with them.

Dublin Live

Ukrainian mum recalls the worst days of her life as family travelled to Dublin

Iryna and her daughters and niece fled to Dublin with just their backpacks and one gym bag

France 24

On the ground: Kharkiv residents caught in the line of fire

Russian forces are continuing to bomb residential areas in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, on a daily basis. The shelling has reduced much of the city to a wasteland and nearly all the residents have fled. FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris-Trent went to meet some of them.

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