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Johnson visits Kyiv on Ukraine’s Independence Day

The outgoing Prime Minister said the UK ‘will continue to stand with our Ukrainian friends’.

The Independent UK

‘I can’t believe this is happening’: Ukraine marks 31 years of independence

As Volodymyr Zelenskiy hopes Ukraine will soon be able to celebrate victory day, public gatherings are banned amid fears Russia plans to step up attacks

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson says Britons must accept higher energy bills as ‘Ukrainians are paying in blood’

The Prime Minister said Britain must ‘stay the course’ in support for Ukraine

Evening Standard

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Young Edinburgh Ukrainian forced to sell all his musical instruments to flee war

The Ukrainian youngster fled to the capital after hiding out in a zoo while bombs hit Kyiv, is now safe in the city and a local music teacher is helping him start again

Edinburgh Live

Five predictions for the next six months in the war in Ukraine

Six months to the day since the start of the Russian invasion, here is what to expect for the next six months

The Guardian - UK

Matthew Chance: ‘Six months into Russia’s invasion, Ukraine’s fate hangs in the balance’

Stalemate is now setting in. Any hope of rapid progress from either side has evaporated

Evening Standard

Six months of war: Ukraine regains initiative, but makes no push

Western allies provided Ukraine enough assistance to deprive Russia of victory but not to defeat it, analysts say.

Al Jazeera

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Biden announces $3 billion Ukraine military aid package on its Independence Day

U.S. President Joe Biden marked Ukraine's Independence Day on Wednesday with $3 billion in security assistance, Washington's largest aid package since Russia's invasion six months ago but one that could take months or even years to arrive in Kyiv.

Reuters

Ukrainian soccer league returns

KYIV -- The new season of the Ukrainian Premier League kicked off in Kyiv on Tuesday, with the first match played in an empty stadium amid looming threats of Russian attacks in the run-up to Ukraine's Independence Day on Wednesday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Just over half of Americans say U.S. should back Ukraine until Russia withdraws - Reuters/Ipsos poll

After half a year of war in Ukraine, a slim majority of Americans agree that the United States should continue to support Kyiv until Russia withdraws all its forces, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Wednesday.

Reuters

Timeline: Six months of Russia’s war in Ukraine

On February 24, Russia launched a full-scale assault on Ukraine. These are the main events of the war over six months.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainians, weary but defiant, mark Independence Day amid fears of new attacks

Ukrainians revelled in a surreal display of burnt-out Russian tanks and armour laid out this week as war trophies in central Kyiv to mark the 31st anniversary of independence, but fears of fresh Russian attacks lurked behind their show of defiance.

Reuters

Ukraine is holding Russia to a bloody stalemate, but winning the information war

Ukraine’s day of independence, 24th August, is being met by apprehension as much as celebration by Ukrainians and their supporters worldwide. The Russian regime has threatened retribution with strikes against civilian targets across the country. US diplomats have been ordered out of Kyiv, just in case.

Evening Standard

Britons must endure ‘short-term pain’ of energy bills so Putin is defeated, minister warns

Armed forces minister James Heappey admitted that a ‘really expensive winter lies ahead’ for many UK families

Evening Standard

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Axios

Ukraine marks six months of war with Russia

Ukraine and its western backers are contemplating how long the fighting could go on.

Reuters

Analysis-Putin bets winter gas chokehold will yield Ukraine peace - on his terms

Cold winters helped Moscow defeat Napoleon and Hitler. President Vladimir Putin is now betting that sky-rocketing energy prices and possible shortages this winter will persuade Europe to strong arm Ukraine into a truce -- on Russia's terms.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine will fight to the end: Zelenskyy’s Independence Day vow

Ukraine celebrates 31 years of independence from the Soviet Union, and also marks six months since start of invasion.

Evening Standard

Tom Tugendhat visits Kyiv on 31st anniversary of Ukraine independence

‘We’re in shelters after being woken by the air raid siren’, the MP said.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Where Ukraine War Stands after 6 Months

When Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 in an unprovoked act of aggression, many expected a quick victory. Six months later, the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II has turned into a grinding war of attrition. The Russian offensive has largely bogged down as…

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Where Ukraine war stands after 6 months

Six months ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in an unprovoked act of aggression, starting the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II

The Independent UK

Ukraine marks Independence Day six months after start of war

Residents of Kyiv have awoken to air raid sirens as Ukraine observes its Independence Day exactly six months since the start of the Russian invasion

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine independence day overshadowed by fear of Russian attacks

Kyiv celebrations cancelled over concerns of ‘Russian provocations’ as US expected to announce further $3bn in aid

The Independent UK

Ukraine Independence Day - live: Boris Johnson says Kyiv ‘can win war’ on surprise visit

National holiday coincides with conflict’s sixth-month mark

Asharq Al-Awsat

Defiant Zelenskiy, on Independence Day, Says Ukraine Will Never Give Up its Freedom

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Ukrainians in an emotional speech marking 31 years of independence on Wednesday that their country had been "reborn" when Russia invaded and that it would never give up its fight for freedom from Moscow's domination. In a recorded speech aired on the six-month anniversary of Russia's…

Evening Standard

80,000 in Putin’s army ‘killed, wounded, captured, gone missing or deserted’ in Ukraine war, says UK

Wednesday marks six months since Putin launched his bloody invasion

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