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Ukraine counter-offensive: do attacks inside Russia jeopardise West’s support?

As Ukrainian forces gear up for a long-planned counter-offensive to retake territory captured during last year’s invasion, two “volunteer” groups have been accused of conducting short cross-border raids into Russia under the direction of Kyiv.

The Week

Papal envoy heads to Ukraine to 'listen carefully' to possible peace plans

Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, tasked by Pope Francis to carry out a peace mission to try to help end the war in Ukraine, headed to Kyiv on Monday for a two-day trip to sound out government authorities.

Reuters

War brings urgency to fight for LGBT rights in Ukraine

Campaigners hope a new law will show LGBT soldiers that the country they are risking their lives for cares about them

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Ukraine deputy defence minister says forces moving to ‘offensive actions’ in some areas – as it happened

Hanna Maliar says Kyiv’s forces are moving to ‘offensive actions’, heightening speculation that a counteroffensive is close to launch

The Guardian - AU

🔴 Live: Ukrainian forces conducting 'offensive actions' at the front, says Kyiv

Kyiv on Monday said Ukrainian forces were conducting "offensive actions" on the front line as the country faces pressure from the West to announce the launch of a long-awaited counteroffensive. Russia meanwhile said that its forces had thwarted a major offensive at five points along the front in the southern…

France 24

Pro-Ukraine fighters attack southern Russia; offer to trade POWs

Pro-Kyiv armed groups called on Belgorod governor to meet and retrieve captive Russian soldiers.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainians donate their blood for soldiers as lack of weapons delays counter-attack

President Zelensky has insisted that a counter-offensive against Russian forces will happen at some point over the summer despite delays as his office admitted Kyiv doesn't currently have enough weapons

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Russia-Ukraine war live: girl, 2, killed in Dnipro blast as Kyiv fends off air attack – as it happened

Girl’s body pulled from wreckage and 22 injured after strike Volodymyr Zelenskiy blames on Russia; fires reported in Shebekino town

The Guardian - AU

Kremlin: Western long-range missiles to Ukraine will fuel 'spiralling tension'

The Kremlin said on Sunday that any supply of long-range missiles to Kyiv by France and Germany would lead to a further round of "spiralling tension" in the Ukraine conflict.

Reuters

Ukraine's military urges 'silence' ahead of expected counteroffensive

The Ukrainian military on Sunday renewed its plea for operational silence around a long-awaited counteroffensive against Russian forces, the latest in a stream of messages by Kyiv as it prepares for the assault.

Reuters

Moscow strike kills toddler in Dnipro, Russian border district evacuates

KYIV, Ukraine: Ukrainian rescuers outside the city of Dnipro on Sunday recovered the body of a two-year-old girl from the rubble left by a Russian strike on a residential area.

Bangkok Post

President Zelenskyy says 2-year-old is one of 500 Ukrainian children killed in war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russia's war, now in its 16th month, has killed at least 500 Ukrainian children.

WEKU

Ukraine missile attack kills girl, 2, with five kids injured by Russian strike

A little girl was killed and five other children were among 22 people injured in an attack on a residential district in Dnipro in central Ukraine, the region's governor said

Daily Mirror

Ukraine minister in 'disbelief' at closed Kyiv bomb shelters

A senior Ukrainian government official expressed "disbelief" on Sunday after learning that nearly half of Kyiv bomb shelters inspected during an initial audit were closed or unfit for use.

Reuters

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The Independent UK

Ukraine piles on pressure after Russia declares victory in Bakhmut

Defenders of Ukraine's city of Bakhmut are keeping up the pressure even though Russian forces declared victory there after the longest, deadliest battle of the war so far

The Independent UK

Ukraine keeps up pressure following Russian declaration of victory in Bakhmut

Defenders of Ukraine's city of Bakhmut are keeping up the pressure even though Russian forces declared victory there after the longest, deadliest battle of the war so far

Reuters

Clashes near Bakhmut persist despite easing, Ukraine's military says

Clashes are continuing around the devastated city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine and Moscow is still suffering "significant losses" despite a relative easing of combat operations in recent days, Kyiv's armed forces said on Sunday.

France 24

Pro-Ukraine fighters active in Belgorod to hand captured Russian soldiers to Kyiv

Pro-Ukraine Russian fighters active in Russia's Belgorod region said Sunday they will hand at least two Russian prisoners over to Ukraine after a meeting they proposed with Belgorod’s governor did not take place amid a dispute over its location. Russian authorities earlier Sunday called on residents of a Belgorod district…

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The National (Scotland)

Bangs, drones and beats: Kyiv welcomes sound of springtime festivals

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Russian air strikes repelled over Kyiv, but hit regional airfield

Russia launched a fresh wave of air strikes against Ukraine early on Sunday, striking an airfield in a central region but failing to hit the capital Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities said.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war as it happened: Kremlin infighting ‘destroying Russian state’, says Wagner head

Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin criticises factionalism within Russian hierarchy

The Independent UK

Fears rise for civilian safety as Ukraine investigates locked air-raid shelters

Concerns around civilian safety have spiked in Ukraine, as officials announced that an inspection had found nearly a quarter of the country's air-raid shelters locked or unusable, just days after Russian missiles allegedly killed a woman in Kyiv as she waited outside a shuttered shelter

The Guardian - UK

‘We will succeed’: Zelenskiy says Ukraine ready to launch counteroffensive

Ukraine’s president hints at concern over a possible Trump return in 2024 in Wall Street Journal interview

Daily Mirror

Explosion 'from British Storm Shadow missile' rips through Russian-occupied port

A huge plume of smoke can be seen rising from a port in Russian occupied Zaporizhzhia region in Ukraine - and it is reported to be an attack by a British Storm Shadow missile

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 465

As the war enters its 465th day, here’s a look at the main developments.

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