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Russia begins annexation vote, illegal under international law, in occupied Ukraine

Ukrainians are fleeing from Russian-held areas to avoid the sham referendums, which could pave the way for annexation. "It was all staged," said one Ukrainian. "How can you vote when they have guns?"

WEKU

Blast hits market in Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Melitopol

Ukrainian officials say three soldiers killed in the blast, one day before a referendum to join Russia.

Al Jazeera

Blast hits Russian-controlled Ukrainian city of Melitopol on eve of referendums

A blast hit a crowded market in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Melitopol on Thursday, Ukrainian and Russian-installed officials said, on the eve of referendums that could see four regions effectively annexed by Russia.

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Russian shelling, Ukrainian airstrike reflect broadening war

Russian forces are stepping up their battle to seize one of the cities in eastern Ukraine not already under their control while continuing to fire on areas in the country’s north and south

The Independent UK

Ukraine claims it has struck base used by Wagner Group paramilitaries

Kyiv says facility used by Russian group destroyed in ‘precision strike’, with bridge near Melitopol also hit

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 172 of the invasion

Volodymyr Zelenskiy warns Russian troops against shooting from nuclear plant; blasts heard in Melitopol; Ukraine claims to have shot down Russian fighter jet

The Guardian - AU

Ukrainian Forces Take Out Over 100 Russians With American HIMARS In Occupied Melitopol

The images were obtained from the Chernihiv Regional Territorial Center Of Recruitment And Social Support on Monday, August 8.

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Ukrainian resistance grows in Russian-occupied areas

Guerrilla forces loyal to Kyiv are killing pro-Moscow officials in a growing challenge to Russia’s grip on areas it occupies in southeastern Ukraine

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 155 of the invasion

Missiles strike northern regions of Ukraine from Belarus; UK says Ukraine counter-offensive in Kherson gathering momentum

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine hits Russian base in occupied Melitopol, exiled mayor says

Ukrainian forces hit a Russian base with over 30 strikes in the Russian-occupied southern city of Melitopol, the city's exiled Ukrainian mayor said on Sunday.

Reuters

Vladimir Putin sending gangs of Russian looters to steal priceless Ukrainian artefacts

An employee of Melitopol Museum of Local History, Galina Andriivna Kucher, was abducted on April 30 after she refused to give information about the rest of the Scythian collection

Daily Mirror

‘The occupier should never feel safe’: rise in partisan attacks in Ukraine

Underground efforts appearing to spread, say analysts, after reports of explosions and attacks on Russian border guards

The Guardian - UK

‘They are trying to destroy Ukraine’s identity’: Putin’s Russification gathers pace 100 days into the war

Forced to flee to Russia, told to apply for Russian passports, curriculums changed and currency replaced. Moscow is not just seizing Ukrainian land but also ‘forcing Russia’ on the country, reports Bel Trew

The Independent UK

Bomb hits Russian-occupied Ukraine city of Melitopol - Russian, Ukraine officials

A car bomb exploded in the Russia-controlled Ukrainian city of Melitopol city on Monday, injuring several people in what Russia's Investigative Committee and a Ukrainian official said may have been the work of Ukrainians opposed to Russia.

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Russian armoured train blown up in occupied Ukraine -territorial defence

Ukrainian fighters blew up an armoured train carrying Russian troops using an explosive device in the occupied southern city of Melitopol, the Ukrainian territorial defence force said on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Attacks on libraries and theatres are a chilling front in Russia’s war

A nation’s culture is its soul and its voice, it must be amplified

The Independent UK

Russia ‘stealing grain’ in Ukraine sparks fears of ‘famine and deepening food crisis’

‘Chechen soldiers, fighting for Russia, act like criminals in the 1990s,’ says mayor of Melitopol

Bangkok Post

Southern Ukraine shows signs Russia has come to stay

BERDYANSK, Ukraine: A Russian military plane was flying in the skies over Berdyansk, a city in southern Ukraine, but no one took much notice.

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Daily Mirror

Russian soldiers steal £4million Ukrainian farm vehicles - but can't even turn them on

The past few weeks have seen growing numbers of reports of Russian troops stealing farm equipment, grain, and even building materials from cities occupied by Ukraine

Reuters

Ukraine mayor describes 'hard' interrogation by Russian captors

A Ukrainian mayor described hours of "hard" interrogations when held for almost a week by Russian forces last month and said he had appealed to the pope for help to stop a war that had wrecked swathes of his city in southern Ukraine.

ABC News

Ukrainian politicians, including Melitopol mayor, attend Vatican Easter vigil

Pope Francis invokes "gestures of peace in these days marked by the horror of war" in an Easter vigil homily in St Peter's Basilica, attended by the mayor of the occupied city of Melitopol as well as three other Ukrainian politicians.

The Independent UK

Ukrainian mayor and lawmakers attend Vatican Easter vigil

Pope Francis invoked “gestures of peace in these days marked by the horror of war” in an Easter vigil homily in St. Peter’s Basilica attended by the mayor of the occupied Ukrainian city of Melitopol and three Ukrainian lawmakers

Zenger

Cruise Control: Volley Of Russian Cruise Missiles Target Ukrainian Military

Russian Air Force claimed to have shot down two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles near Berdiansk and Melitopol.

The Guardian - UK

‘The Russians are trying to obliterate us. You think that we’d agree to half-measures now?’

Ivan Fedorov, the exiled mayor of occupied Melitopol, says the battle for Donbas is also a fight for global security

The Independent UK

Ukrainian mayor kidnapped by Russian soldiers says he heard other captives being tortured

Ivan Fedorov was kidnapped by Russian troops on 11 March and released five days later

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