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Grief, pride and a vow to win: Ukraine marks a year of war

KYIV, Ukraine — Church bells tolled, weeping mourners embraced and blue-and-yellow national flags fluttered Friday as Ukraine marked the first anniversary of a Russian invasion that triggered a cataclysmic war but also galvanized a powerful sense of common purpose among the country's people.

Los Angeles Times

Ukrainian families torn apart by Russia’s brutal full-scale invasion mark year anniversary

The Daily Mirror's Defence and Security Editor travelled to two of the worst hit towns north of Kyiv and saw wrecked and devastated communities still coming to terms with 12 months of violence

Daily Mirror

Ukraine's EU bid: 'What we've achieved in a year is unthinkable by normal standards'

Before February 24, 2022, few could have imagined that Ukraine would be awarded candidate status to join the EU in the space of just a few months. But the war on Ukraine has transformed the relationship between Kyiv and Brussels, evident not just in the various bilateral visits at the…

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Ukraine to set up $500 million insurance fund for cargo ships entering ports

Ukraine will offer compensation for possible damages to civilian vessels entering its ports, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said on Friday, as Kyiv tries to boost exports that are vital for its war-hit economy.

Reuters

China cease-fire proposal for Ukraine falls flat with US, allies

China called for a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine in a position paper on ending the war that offered some reprieve to Moscow but was quickly dismissed by Kyiv’s allies as the conflict enters its second year.

Tribune News Service

Poland has delivered tanks to Ukraine, government announces on war's first anniversary

Poland has delivered four Leopard tanks to Ukraine already and is prepared to deliver more quickly, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Friday, as Western nations increase their support to Kyiv a year after Russia invaded the country.

Reuters

First lady signals Joe Biden will seek second presidential term – as it happened

Jill Biden tells Associated Press: ‘He’s not finished what he’s started’ – follow all the latest news

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Polish Leopard tanks arrive in Ukraine as west piles new sanctions on Russia

Poland’s PM in Kyiv as allies demonstrate support on first anniversary of invasion

The Guardian - UK

Rape used as weapon of war by Russian forces in Ukraine

Shortly after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Kyiv prosecutor general's office set up a special section with the aim of specifically investigating sexual crimes. All too often, when people think about sexual violence, they assume the acts are committed against women. But men – both soldiers…

France 24

Ukrainian parliament passes transparency law after defence ministry scandal

Ukrainian lawmakers passed legislation aimed at boosting transparency in defence procurement on Friday as Kyiv tries to clamp down on corruption following a scandal at the defence ministry.

Reuters

‘War is still raging. But life should go on too’: the diary of a Kyiv father

Mike fled Ukraine with his wife and young son last year. Now in the UK, he describes the family’s past year

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war: major developments since Russia's invasion

After stunning Ukrainian counter-attacks forced Russian invaders into humiliating retreat on several fronts in the second half of 2022, Moscow has rebounded with small but steady advances in eastern Ukraine as the war marks its first anniversary.

Reuters

Five key ways the US has supported Ukraine’s war effort

Al Jazeera examines Washington’s notable moves to help Kyiv fight against Moscow’s invasion over the past year.

Al Jazeera

German peace activists park rusty tank outside Russian embassy

Activists protesting against Russia's invasion of Ukraine parked a destroyed, rusty tank directly in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin on Friday, bringing a piece of the battlefield to the centre of the German capital.

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Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: One year on, Britain and the West must stand by Ukraine

It is easy to forget, from the relative safety of Britain, what those first few days of Russia’s full-scale invasion were like. Tanks entered Ukraine a year ago today with the aim of seizing the capital, subjugating its people and installing a pro-Putin, puppet regime in Kyiv. It failed.

The News Lens

How Has the War Changed Ukraine?

Russia's war in Ukraine, began on February 24, 2022, has killed thousands of civilians and displaced millions more. On the anniversary of the war, The News Lens looks back at how it has changed cities and lives across Ukraine.

Evening Standard

‘We will do everything to gain victory’: Zelensky’s message to world on anniversary of Russia’s invasion

“We were not afraid, we did not break down, we did not surrender’, says Ukraine’s president

Radio France Internationale

One year into Russian invasion, concern grows about flow of weapons into Ukraine

Since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the West has stepped in to help support Kyiv's forces to resist Russian soldiers and militia groups. But with more and more Western weapons flowing into Ukraine, concern about what happens to them is also growing.

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Reason

The War in Ukraine Has No End in Sight

After one year, whatever morale boost Biden’s visit provided won’t necessarily have concrete, strategic effects in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Sunak leads minute’s silence marking Ukraine’s resistance to Putin’s invasion

Volodymyr Zelensky has led an extraordinary year-long resistance but hundreds of thousands have been killed and millions displaced.

The Guardian - UK

‘Rail Force One’: how Ukraine railways got Joe Biden safely to Kyiv

Alexander Kamyshin, head of the service, doesn’t get much sleep, but his team coordinated the president’s visit without a single leak

The Guardian - UK

‘Victory inevitable’: Zelenskiy addresses defiant Ukraine on war’s first anniversary

President says start of Russian invasion was ‘longest day of our lives’ and urges allies to ‘respect promises’

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 366 of the invasion

Commemorations staged around world on first anniversary of Russian invasion; Zelenskiy says Ukraine has proved ‘invincible’

Daily Mirror

7 key events in Ukraine war from Russia's massacre at Bucha to Crimea bridge explosion

It has been 12 months since Vladimir Putin told the Russian people that Moscow's troops would be sweeping through neighbouring Ukraine to "denazify" and "demilitarise" Kyiv, to keep it in "Russia's sphere of influence"

Reuters

U.S. targets Russia with sanctions, Moscow says measures won't work

The United States marked the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Friday with $2 billion in weaponry for Kyiv and new sanctions against Russia aimed at undermining Moscow's ability to wage war.

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