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Austrian chancellor sets off for Ukraine, to meet Zelenskiy on Saturday

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has set off on a one-day trip to Ukraine during which he will meet President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on Saturday morning, his office said in a statement on Friday.

Reuters · Apr 8, 2022

Chairman of Russian metals company calls for Bucha probe

The board chairman of Russian metals company Rusal has called for an investigation into events in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, where Ukrainian officials say Russian troops killed civilians

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2022

Ukraine Says 50 Killed in Rocket Strike on Rail Evacuation Hub

Ukraine said at least 50 people were killed on Friday and many more wounded in a rocket strike at a railway station packed with civilians fleeing the threat of a major Russian offensive in the country's east. As regional authorities scrambled to evacuate the vulnerable, European Union leaders visited Kyiv…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 8, 2022

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Ukrainian teens' voices from the middle of war: 'You begin to appreciate what was common and boring for you'

A colleague from Kyiv, Ukraine, whom I’ll call N.M., sent me brief essays her students wrote on what they would do when the war ends. As both a scholar and a novelist, I knew that these voices, which expressed a beautifully straightforward and pure yearning for the simplest things that…

The Conversation · Apr 8, 2022

At least 50 civilians killed in Russian strike on train station, Ukraine says

KYIV, Ukraine — Dozens of civilians were killed in a Russian missile strike on a crowded train station Friday, Ukrainian officials said, while also warning that they expect to uncover more evidence of gruesome war crimes in parts of the country previously controlled by Russian troops.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 8, 2022

Life under the bombs in the western Ukrainian town of Zhytomyr

As the war in Ukraine continues, we take you to the western town of Zhytomyr. Although tension has now eased there with the withdrawal of Russian troops from the region, Zhytomyr's inhabitants had to live with the sound of bombings and sirens for weeks on end and are now helplessly…

France 24 · Apr 8, 2022

Zelensky: Borodyanka is "much worse" than Bucha

There are "even more victims of the Russian occupiers" in Borodyanka, Zelensky said in a speech.

Axios · Apr 8, 2022

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Berlin Fashion Week celebrates Ukrainian designer Jean Gritsfeldt

This year’s Berlin Fashion Week, which was held in one of the city’s former electrical factories mid-March, was largely focused on the work of Jean Gritsfeldt. The Ukrainian fashion designer was unable to attend in person as he could not leave Kyiv due to the war. But activist movement Fashion…

France 24 · Apr 8, 2022

Race on to rearm eastern front that may decide Ukraine war

As Russia refocuses its invasion of Ukraine on the east, recognition is growing in Kyiv and allied capitals that the window to prevent the nation’s partition and a long war of attrition may be narrow.

Tribune News Service · Apr 8, 2022

Falkirk Council donate thousands of sandbags to protect Ukraine's historical monuments

More than 3,000 sandbags were recently hauled to Edinburgh Airport to board a flight.

Daily Record · Apr 8, 2022

Dozens of civilians killed in Russian attack on train station, Ukraine says

KYIV, Ukraine — Dozens of civilians were killed in a Russian attack on a train station Friday, Ukrainian officials said, even as the Kremlin acknowledged “significant losses” of its troops in a ferocious war that has ground into a seventh week.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 8, 2022

Dozens of civilians killed in Russian attack on train station, Ukraine says

Los Angeles Times · Apr 8, 2022

Russia's Lavrov says Belarus should become security guarantor for Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Belarus should provide security guarantees for Ukraine in the future, once Kiev affirms its neutral status.

Reuters · Apr 8, 2022

Evening Standard Comment: By importing Russian energy, Europe continues to fund Vladimir Putin’s war

Vladimir Putin’s retreat from Kyiv may be complete, according to the Ministry of Defence, but the horrifying consequences of Russia’s attacks are growing clearer and more appalling by the day. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the destruction of Borodyanka is “more horrific” than what was discovered in Bucha, where…

Evening Standard · Apr 8, 2022

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The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2022

Speaking of history: Soviet-era film archive helps Ukrainians find hope and sense of identity in wartime

Cinema once more shines a light on Ukraine’s struggle for independence, writes Gino Spocchia

Evening Standard · Apr 8, 2022

War criminal Putin is on the brink of genocide

By any objective measure, many of the actions of the Russian armed forces over the last six weeks have clearly amounted to war crimes. Initially there were strong suspicions based on the little information. But now that the Russian army has withdrawn from the Kyiv area, the evidence is damning.…

France 24 · Apr 8, 2022

War in Ukraine: Courage and resilience amid Russian offensive

The war in Ukraine is being waged on many fronts. From Odesa on the Black Sea to Irpin in the north, via Mykolaiv and the capital Kyiv, FRANCE 24's Gwendoline Debono has followed the trail of violence and devastation. Our reporter met fighters joining the war, civilians hiding in underground…

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2022

‘He is a child of war’: Pregnant women endure harrowing ordeal of giving birth amid chaos in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine poses immediate and long-term risks to mothers and newborns

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Reuters · Apr 8, 2022

Ukraine envoy raps Germany over 'shameful' energy dependence on Russia

Ukraine's ambassador to Berlin has accused the German government of half-hearted support for Kyiv and said his country had become a victim of Germany's "shameful" energy dependence on Russia.

Manchester Evening News · Apr 8, 2022

Dozens killed in rocket strike on Ukraine train station where civilians were trying to escape

Russian troops are retreating from northern Ukraine after pulling out of Kyiv and moving into the Donbas region

Daily Record · Apr 8, 2022

Disabled gran lying in bed shot dead through window by escaping Russian troops

Severely disabled Ivankiv grandmother Svetlana Mykolayivna, 77, woke at night on invasion day two as Russian troops blasted her bedroom wall apart with 40mm tracer rounds. She was shot dead

Reuters · Apr 8, 2022

Condemning Bucha cruelty, EU offers speedy start for Ukraine membership

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said the civilian deaths in the Ukrainian town of Bucha showed the "cruel face" of Russia's army and pledged to try to speed Ukraine's bid to become a member of the European Union.

Daily Mirror · Apr 8, 2022

Strictly's Nadiya Bychkova shares heartache as her dad is still stranded in Ukraine

Strictly's Nadiya Bychkova said on This Morning on Thursday her father and grandparents have been unable to leave due to their age

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Apr 8, 2022

Trudy Rubin: The only way to end Putin’s war crimes is to help Ukrainian forces win

The gruesome images of slain civilians in Bucha and other liberated towns near Kyiv have been met with furious rhetoric from Western politicians.

Reuters · Apr 8, 2022

Ukrainian villagers count dead after weeks confined in school basement

The names of the dead are scrawled on the peeling wall of a school basement where residents say more than 300 people were trapped for weeks by Russian occupiers in Yahidne, a village north of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.

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