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Russian Military Says it Destroys Western Arms Consignment in Ukraine

The Russian military said on Saturday it had destroyed a major consignment of Western arms in Ukraine's Zhytomyr region, west of Kyiv, using sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles. The defense ministry said in a statement the strike took out "a large batch of weapons and military equipment delivered from the USA…

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Russian military says it destroys Western arms consignment in Ukraine

The Russian military said on Saturday it had destroyed a major consignment of Western arms in Ukraine's Zhytomyr region, west of Kyiv, using sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles.

Reuters

Russia Says Mariupol Battle at End as Ukrainian Defenders Surrender

Russia has declared victory in its months-long operation to capture the strategic port of Mariupol after Ukraine ordered the last of its troops holed up in the city's Azovstal steelworks to lay down their arms. Moscow's flattening of Mariupol has drawn multiple accusations of war crimes, including over a deadly…

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Vadim Shishimarin, Russian soldier facing war crimes trial in Kyiv, says he did not want to kill Ukrainian civilian

A 21-year-old Russian soldier facing the first war crimes trial since the invasion of Ukraine began tells a court he had not wanted to kill an unarmed civilian and he sincerely repented.

ABC News

As Russia intensifies push for Donbas, Ukraine rules out ceasefire

Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or concessions to Moscow on Saturday as Russia intensified an offensive in the eastern Donbas region and stopped providing gas to Finland.

Reuters

Russia declares final victory at steel plant in Mariupol and fights for more territory in eastern Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine — With its grip tightened along Ukraine’s southern coast, including full control of the steel plant that held the world’s attention for months, Russia redoubled its assault Friday on the eastern industrial heartland known as the Donbas.

Los Angeles Times

Families of Azov fighters worry about their fate

Families of Ukrainian fighters who were in the Azovstal steel plant said on Friday they are worried about the fate of their relatives after Kyiv this week ordered its garrison in the plant in Mariupol to stand down.

Reuters

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Deliberations start in Russian soldier's war crimes trial

The lawyer for a Russian soldier who is the first to go on trial for an alleged war crime in Ukraine has asked a Kyiv court to acquit his client

The Independent UK

Berlin to deliver first 15 Gepard tanks to Ukraine in July -defmin

Germany will deliver the first 15 Gepard tanks to Ukraine in July, a defence ministry spokesperson in Berlin said on Friday, confirming a media report.

Reuters

EU enlargement: What are the limits?

The war in Ukraine has forced a major rethink of European security, with further enlargement of both NATO and the EU now on the table. Kyiv has asked for a fast-track procedure for EU membership. Moldova and Georgia have also applied. The EU has made it clear that Ukraine belongs…

France 24

Russian soldier says he will accept punishment for Ukraine war crime

Tank commander Vadim Shysimarin, 21, tells court he was ‘nervous’ and ‘didn’t want to kill’ unarmed civilian

The Guardian - UK

Russian bombardment has turned Ukraine’s Donbas into ‘hell,’ Zelenskyy says

KYIV, Ukraine — With its grip tightened along the southern coast, Russia redoubled its assault on Ukraine’s Donbas region Friday, turning parts of the country’s eastern industrial heartland into “hell,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Los Angeles Times

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz slammed for not visiting Kyiv or sending tanks to Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was slammed on Friday by Ukraine’s ambassador in Berlin for not visiting Kyiv or sending tanks to fight Vladimir Putin’s invasion.

Evening Standard

Russian soldier in Ukraine war crimes trial says he did not want to kill

A 21-year-old Russian soldier told a court on Friday he had not wanted to kill an unarmed civilian and that he sincerely repented, as he delivered his final words at the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's Feb. 24 invasion.

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Ukraine says it gets $530 million in U.S., UK grants from World Bank fund

Ukraine has received roughly $530 million in U.S. and British grants from a fund set up by the World Bank for donations to the Kyiv government in the wake of Russia's invasion, the finance ministry said.

Bangkok Post

Ukraine slams Russian campaign in Donbas 'hell', US readies $40bn in aid

KYIV: The renewed Russian offensive in Ukraine's Donbas has turned the eastern region into "hell", President Volodymyr Zelensky said, as the United States approved a gargantuan US$40-billion aid package for the country.

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Ukraine’s Donbas ‘Destroyed’ as Russian Artillery and Aircraft Step up Strikes

Russian forces have bombarded areas of Ukraine's eastern Donbas from land and air, killing at least 13 civilians, Ukraine's military said on Friday, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the assaults had turned the region into "hell". As the war neared the three-month mark, the Russians were intensifying their efforts to…

The Guardian - AU

Russia ‘takes control of Azovstal steel plant’; gas supply to Finland to be cut – as it happened

Plant was last part of Mariupol in Ukrainian hands; Gazprom will suspend gas sales to Finland from Saturday. This blog is now closed

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The Independent UK

Troops who defended Mariupol steel mill registered as POWs

Amid fear of Russian reprisals, hundreds of Ukrainian fighters who surrendered after enduring the merciless assault on Mariupol’s steel factory have been registered as prisoners of war

ABC News

Ukraine latest: Ukraine says Donbas region completely destroyed, US supports Nordic push to join NATO

Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Russian forces of attempting to kill as many Ukrainians and do as much damage as possible, repeating his charge that Russia was carrying out a genocide.

Reuters

Siege ends at Ukraine's Mariupol steelworks, Russia seeks control of Donbas

The last Ukrainian forces holed up in Mariupol's smashed Azovstal steelworks surrendered on Friday, Russia's defense ministry said, ending the most destructive siege of the war as Moscow fought to cement control over the Donbas region.

Los Angeles Times

Moscow says hundreds of Ukrainian troops in custody; US Senate approves $40 billion in new aid

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia said Thursday that more than 1,700 Ukrainian fighters had surrendered at a steel plant in the conquered city of Mariupol, even as Ukraine claimed battlefield gains elsewhere, continued its first war crimes trial against a Russian soldier and prepared to launch a second.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: Moscow says Azovstal now ‘liberated’

Ukraine news from May 20: Azovstal steelworks plant was last stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol.

Chicago Sun-Times

In Ukraine, limbs lost and lives devastated in an instant; every day, ‘some new type of pain’

When Olena Viter learned the blast that took her left leg killed her 14-year-old son, she wondered: ‘Why did God leave me alive?’ And she begged a neighbor to get his rifle and shoot her.

The Independent UK

British businessman ‘buys warplanes to help Ukraine fight Russia’

Philanthropist Mohammad Zahoor purchased the aircraft after talks with Kyiv

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