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New measures on first anniversary of Russian invasion form part of pledge to stand with Kyiv ‘for as long as it takes’

Over the past year, images from Ukraine have often portrayed a war resembling other conflicts from the past half-century. Russian forces deploy tanks, fighter planes, warships, amphibious vehicles and attack helicopters. Ukrainians fight back with anti-tank weapons, grenade launchers and anti-aircraft missiles. This is how much of the war appears…

Friday February 24 marks a year since Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine on the orders of Vladimir Putin.

Mansur Mirovalev, who has covered Ukraine for years, on his most difficult year as a journalist, father and son.

Several Banksy murals were discovered on buildings around Kyiv last November

For Russia, it's been a year of bold charges and bombardments, humiliating retreats and grinding sieges. Ukraine has countered with fierce resistance, surprising counteroffensives and unexpected hit-and-run strikes. Now, on the anniversary of Russia's invasion that has killed tens of thousands and reduced cities to ruins, both sides are preparing…

Extremist Republicans didn’t waste time bashing President Joe Biden’s surprise weekend visit to Kyiv. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia called the trip “incredibly insulting,” while Florida Republican Matt Gaetz tweeted that Biden was “ditching America for Ukraine.”

Sergiy, Tetyana and Olga spoke with the PA news agency from the Depaul Day Centre in Kyiv ahead of the one-year anniversary of the war.

One year after President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine both countries are preparing for offensives that could set the stage for a potentially even more disastrous phase of the war