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More sanctions on Russia on tap as Zelenskyy warns of new hardships

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces Wednesday carried out punishing strikes against key Ukrainian cities, brushing aside mounting world outrage over the execution-style killings of civilians even as Washington and its Western allies prepared to impose tighter new sanctions against Moscow.

Los Angeles Times

Volodymyr Zelensky silences Irish parliament all the way from Ukraine

Politicians pledged solidarity with the people of Kyiv, Mariupol, Bucha and a host of other war-torn towns.

The Independent UK

Russia hit with new round of U.S. sanctions as Biden decries 'major war crimes'

The United States targeted Russian banks and elites with a new round of sanctions on Wednesday, including banning Americans from investing in Russia, in response to what President Joe Biden condemned as "major war crimes" by Russian forces in Ukraine.

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Germany is in confidential talks over Ukraine guarantees - Scholz

Germany is in confidential discussions with Kyiv about possible security guarantees it could offer Ukraine to ensure its safety after Russia's invasion, Chancellor Olaf Scholz told the Bundestag.

Reuters

'Putin will be gone soon': Exiled Russian dissident Ilya Ponomarev

Exiled Russian dissident Ilya Ponomarev gave an interview to FRANCE 24 from Kyiv. The former Russian lawmaker was the only member of the Douma to vote against the annexation of Crimea back in 2014 and now lives in Ukraine. He predicted that "Putin will be gone soon", arguing that the…

France 24

Kremlin says peace talks with Ukraine not progressing rapidly enough

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv were not progressing as rapidly or energetically as it would like.

Reuters

Ukraine mum wrote contact details on two-year-old daughter’s back as they fled Kyiv

Ms Makoviy recalled the morning she took the photo – as Russian forces made their way over the border

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More Western sanctions to hit Russia after Bucha killings

The United States, United Kingdom and the European Union are set Wednesday to impose new punishing sanctions targeting Russia including a ban on all new investment in the country after evidence of torture and killings emerged in recent days from a town outside of Kyiv

The Independent UK

Sajid Javid raises fears of genocide in Ukraine and warns 'mass murder' must be stopped

Sajid Javid expressed horror at the atrocities uncovered as Russian forces withdrew from towns around Kyiv and compared the scenes to the Srebrenica massacre in 1995

Daily Mirror

How war in Ukraine ends matters, says EU foreign policy chief

The European Union wants the war in Ukraine to end as soon as possible, but how that happens is important too, its chief diplomat said on Wednesday, calling for the bloc to send more arms to Kyiv.

Reuters

Editorial: The carnage in Bucha was evil. Its architect, Vladimir Putin, must be held accountable

The images bring to mind Srebrenica, the Bosnian town where Serb troops tortured and summarily executed thousands of Bosnians, mostly men and boys, in 1995. The international community branded that horrible chapter of the Bosnian war as genocide, and it’s with the specter of Srebrenica that the world now must…

Chicago Tribune

Former Hillsong pastors say they were threatened by Brian Houston to hand over their church and assets

Zhenya and Vera Kasevich, who led the congregations of Hillsong Kyiv and Moscow, accuse Brian Houston and Hillsong's general manager of sending threatening emails during a dispute over the transfer of their church and its assets to Hillsong Australia.

ABC News

Russia's failure to take down Kyiv was a defeat for the ages

Kyiv was a Russian defeat for the ages

The Independent UK

Killing of Ukrainian civilians could bring new sanctions

Police and other investigators are out in the silent streets of ruined towns around Ukraine’s capital

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Bucha isn’t just a graveyard of Ukrainian dead, it’s a cemetery of Russian weapons

BUCHA, Ukraine — The corpses, charred and partially dismembered, lay scattered amid a pile of trash in a lot along the edges of a forest. Tattered remnants of clothing clung to shreds of skin. Who was a man, who was a woman, who was an adult, who a child —…

Bangkok Post

Ukraine update: US to send more javelins; Zelenskiy rebukes UN

The United States and allies are poised to announce new sanctions, including a ban on all new investments in Russia, to punish the Kremlin for alleged atrocities against civilians committed by its forces in Ukraine.

Los Angeles Times

In fiery speech, Ukraine's Zelenskyy implores UN Security Council to hold Russia to account

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in an impassioned address to the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday, likened Russian atrocities in his homeland to Nazi war crimes, calling for Nuremberg-style tribunals to hold Moscow accountable.

Daily Mirror

Putin's troops are on a 'campaign to rape, kill and torture' in Bucha, claims US

As Russian troops have withdrawn from towns around Kyiv, one of them, Bucha, has come under the international spotlight as it unearths the extent of acts committed by Russian troops

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In fiery speech, Zelenskyy implores UN Security Council to hold Russia to account

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in an impassioned address to the United Nations Security Council, on Tuesday likened Russian atrocities in his homeland to Nazi war crimes, calling for Nuremberg-style tribunals to hold Moscow accountable.

The Independent UK

In Bucha, Ukraine, burned, piled bodies among latest horrors

Six charred bodies piled together were being investigated on Tuesday in Bucha, the town where graphic evidence of killings and torture has emerged following the withdrawal of Russian forces

ABC News

What happened in Bucha? Inside Ukrainian city of horrors caught up in Russia's battle for Kyiv

Bucha resident Larysa Savenko spent five weeks hiding in her shed in the freezing cold as Russians occupied her town. Now the horror on her street has become the latest defining image of the war.

Daily Mirror

Red Cross volunteer horrified after seeing corpses inside burnt cars in Ukraine

Valentina Cherkai has spoken to the Daily Mirror through heavy layers of fatigue, audibly eroded by what she has witnessed and the relentless days of caregiving and risk

France 24

Can Moscow ignore the outrage? Russia rejects mounting evidence of Ukraine war crimes

Moscow has so far shrugged off hard evidence of summary executions in the liberated Kyiv suburb of Bucha, evidence which continues to mount. As the West dials up sanctions and arms shipments, as Ukraine's president makes his case to the UN Security Council, we gauge the mood in the room.…

Reuters

Lavrov says West trying to derail Russia-Ukraine talks with 'hysteria' over Bucha

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the West on Tuesday of trying to derail negotiations between Russia and Ukraine by fuelling "hysteria" over Bucha, where Kyiv and the West say there is evidence Russia committed war crimes.

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Ukraine Leader Tells Top UN Body to Make Russia Accountable for 'War Crimes'

Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that "accountability must be inevitable" for Russia as he accused invading Russian troops of committing "the most terrible war crimes" since World War Two. The European Union's executive meanwhile proposed sweeping new sanctions against Russia, including a ban on…

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