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Ukraine wages counteroffensive against Russian forces in east

Ukrainian forces have launched a counteroffensive near the Russian-held town of Izium in eastern Ukraine, a regional governor said on Saturday, in what could prove a serious setback for Moscow's plans to capture the entire Donbas region.

Reuters

Zelenskiy thanks visiting US senators and says Donbas situation is ‘very difficult’ – as it happened

President tells US officials that Donbas situation remains ‘very difficult’; A large convoy of hundreds of cars carrying refugees reaches Zaporizhzhia

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine opens first war crimes trial of captured Russian

Journalists packed a small courtroom in Kyiv for the trial of a captured Russian soldier accused of killing a Ukrainian civilian in the early days of the war

The Independent UK

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Replenishing US arms supplies a matter of ‘urgency’ amid huge shipments to Ukraine

The US is expected to amplify its military assistance to Ukraine in the coming days as the Senate is anticipated to pass a bill giving Kyiv billions of additional weapons and military assistance. But the sheer extent of US arms donations has sharply reduced its own supplies – and analysts…

France 24

'Bodies of tortured and mutilated Ukrainians' found by war crimes investigators

War crime investigators have reportedly uncovered more atrocities in Ukraine with dead bodies showing signs of torture and mutilation in the town of Borodyanka on the outskirts of Kyiv

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian troops thwart Russian river crossing, Turkey could block Finland, Sweden from joining NATO

Russia's military has suffered a heavy blow in Ukraine, where local forces have destroyed a pontoon bridge enemy troops were using to try to cross a river, according to officials in Kyiv and London.

ABC News

Latest Ukraine updates: Russia withdrawing from around Kharkiv

Ukraine news for May 14: Army says Russian troops are withdrawing from Kharkiv after weeks of heavy bombardment.

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Ukrainian servicemen load bodies of Russian soldiers onto refrigerated rail cars

Ukrainian military authorities loaded the bodies of Russian soldiers collected after fighting in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions onto refrigerated rail cars on Friday.

Reuters

War crimes trial — first of many — starts in Ukraine; Russian commanders taking risks under growing pressure

KRAKOW, Poland — The trial of a single Russian sergeant opened in Ukraine in what is expected to start a massive prosecution for war crimes in a monthslong conflict that on Friday saw fighting rage in the east as Russia appeared to suffer new losses when its forces attempted to…

Los Angeles Times

Vladimir Putin sent his 'Butcher of Syria' to tame Ukraine a month ago. Has it brought Russia any closer to victory?

When Vladimir Putin's original plan to take Kyiv fell apart, he brought in a battle-hardened army general to clean up the mess and finish the job. But the brutal tactics that saw him crowned the 'Butcher of Syria' have not played out the same in Ukraine.

ABC News

Ukraine war: Pentagon chief speaks with Russian counterpart

US says Lloyd Austin urged ‘immediate ceasefire’ in first talks with Russia’s defence minister since Ukraine war began.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainian Forces Thwart Russians at River as Fight Shifts to Donbas

Ukrainian forces destroyed parts of a Russian armored column as it tried to cross a river in the Donbas region, video from Ukraine's military showed on Friday, as Moscow appeared to be refocusing its assault in the east after a new pushback by Kyiv. Ukraine has driven Russian troops away…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Trial by fire: Ukraine war becomes gruelling artillery duel

As troops in mazes of trenches pound each other with shells, the terror of war draws closer to the city of Sloviansk

The Guardian - UK

Indian embassy returning to Kyiv

India appointed Harsh Kumar Jain as the new envoy to Ukraine after the embassy was temporarily shifted.

The Hindu

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Russian commanders taking risks under growing pressure, report says; Ukraine puts soldier on trial

KRAKOW, Poland — As fighting rages in eastern Ukraine, Russian commanders are under growing pressure to make battlefield gains even if it means taking risks that can backfire, a British military intelligence assessment said Friday.

Reuters

Ukraine's president reiterates readiness to talk to Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has reiterated an offer to hold direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and said Russia's withdrawal from Ukraine should be the starting point for any discussions.

The Independent UK

Russian soldier on trial in first Ukraine war-crimes case

A Russian soldier has gone on trial in Ukraine for the killing of an unarmed civilian

Liverpool Echo

'It's true' - Carlo Ancelotti confirms two Real Madrid starters and tactic for Liverpool Champions League final

Liverpool take on Real Madrid in the final of the Champions League having faced Los Blancos four years ago in Kyiv

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The Independent UK

Ukraine: Russian soldier goes on trial in first war crimes case

Some 10,700 potential war crimes involving more than 600 suspects are being investigated by Kyiv

Reuters

Ukraine begins first war crimes trial of Russian soldier

A Ukrainian court held a preliminary hearing on Friday in the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's Feb. 24 invasion, after charging a captured Russian soldier with the murder of a 62-year-old civilian.

The Independent UK

Live updates | Russian forces hit targets in eastern Ukraine

Ukraine’s military says that Russian forces have staged assaults on multiple villages in eastern Ukraine as they try to expand control there, but not all were successful

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Joe Biden expresses support for right of Finland and Sweden to join Nato– as it happened

Ukraine president ready to speak to Putin ‘but only to him’; electricity supplier RAO Nordic says decision to suspend Finnish supply is ‘exceptional’

Reuters

Ukraine thwarts Russian forces at river, sees long fight ahead

Ukrainian forces destroyed parts of a Russian armoured column as it tried to cross a river in the Donbas region, video from Ukraine's military showed on Friday, as the Ukrainian defence minister predicted many weeks of grinding fighting ahead.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 79 of the invasion

UK says failed Russian crossing of river shows pressure on troops; first war crimes trial begins in Kyiv

Irish Mirror

Rosanna Davison confirms arrival of her Ukrainian surrogate after 'huge logistical challenge'

"Wes and I first met this incredibly brave, kind woman in Kyiv just before she gave birth to our little girl, Sophia"

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