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Ukraine’s Mykolaiv morgue struggles with rising number of corpses as shelling intensifies

The southern city of Mykolaiv has been under Russian fire for days as Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces try to gain control of cities on the border of the Black Sea, including the port of Odesa. But Ukrainian resistance has been fierce, with the death toll rising among soldiers and…

France 24

Invaders ‘cannot conquer us’, Zelenskiy says, as 13,000 flee besieged cities – as it happened

Ukraine’s president says the capital will only fall to Russian troops if it is completely destroyed, while Moscow warns western shipments of arms to Ukraine could be attacked

The Guardian - AU

‘We won’t be welcoming the Russians with roses’: Odesa prepares for attack

The port of Odesa in southwestern Ukraine is a prime target for Russia due to its history and strategic position on the Black Sea. As soldiers and volunteers prepare for an assault on the city, even some local figures linked to the underworld have joined the war effort. FRANCE 24’s…

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As Odesa prepares for war, residents are divided over which side to take

Odesa, a Russian-speaking port city in southwest Ukraine and an important strategic target in the Russian military offensive, is preparing for war. Fighting has not yet started in the city but the war is already creating rifts within families and among friends. FRANCE 24’s Gwendoline Debono report

France 24

Fears rise Russia could open southwestern front against Ukraine as invasion stutters

Exclusive: Officials warn of ‘real threat’ that Putin could turn to Russian troops in Kremlin-controlled Transnistria, an unrecognised breakaway state to the west of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Dispatch from Odesa: Volunteer army prepare courageous defence of the Hero City

Population has rallied with housewives gathering to sew camouflage nets and street workshops springing up to make Molotov cocktails

Evening Standard

Odesa: Ukraine army band play Bobby McFerrin’s hit ‘Don’t Worry be Happy’ at barricades

The video has been liked by thousands of people on Twitter

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Ukrainians pay heavy toll as Russia targets strategic city of Mykolaiv

Mykolaiv, a strategic city close to the southern port of Odesa, has been under intense fire by Russian forces. Some 160 Ukrainian soldiers have been admitted to a local hospital, but most of those wounded and killed are civilians.

France 24

Odesa: The Russian-speaking port defying history to resist Putin’s troops

The city’s ties with Russia stretch back many centuries, to the empress Catherine the Great. But despite these deep-seated connections, the people of Odesa are preparing to meet Putin’s soldiers with fierce resistance

The Independent UK

‘Beyond understanding’: Odesa braced to see if Putin attacks city of such resonance for Russians

Russian warships have been moving ominously in the sea between Odesa and Crimea. Each morning, Odesa’s remaining residents wake up and check their progress

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine was experimenting with local democracy

As I write this, Russian troops are moving north through the Odesa oblast, or region, toward the river Kodyma, along which sits a town called Balta.

Bangkok Post

Russian attacks intensify in Ukraine; Zelenskyy again pleads for no-fly zone

KYIV, Ukraine — With Russian troops besieging cities in Ukraine’s south, spurring a humanitarian catastrophe even as they press their offensive around the capital, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that the strategic coastal city of Odesa would soon be under attack as he again urged Western countries to create a…

Los Angeles Times

Russian attacks intensify in Ukraine; Zelenskyy again pleads for no-fly zone

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine has fastest-growing refugee crisis since second world war, says UN

More than 1.5 million people reportedly crossed into neighbouring countries since Russia invaded

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Al Jazeera

Russia planning to bomb port city of Odesa, claims Zelenskyy

No immediate comment by Russian army after Ukraine’s leader says attack on city of 1 million would be ‘war crime’.

Daily Mirror

Mothers cradle hours-old babies in makeshift bomb shelter beneath Ukraine hospital

The heart-breaking footage shows around 50 mothers and their tiny hours-old infants cowering in a makeshift bomb shelter below a maternity hospital in Odesa, Ukraine

The Guardian - AU

The International Monetary Fund announced it could approve $1.4b emergency funding – as it happened

Biden says US and allies have ‘raised the costs’ on Russia over its aggression, as credit card giants Visa and Mastercard halt Russian business operations

The Guardian - UK

Russian forces push to take key port of Odesa as fighting near Kyiv rages

The shipbuilding city of Mykolaiv seen as next key stepping stone for Russian forces in Ukraine

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The Independent UK

'I love Berlin': Jewish refugee kids reach safety in Germany

More than 100 Jewish refugee children who were evacuated from a foster care home in war-torn Ukraine and made their way across Europe by bus have arrived in Berlin

The Guardian - UK

Kherson: Russian army moves to cut Ukraine’s access to sea

Russian forces claim capture of city and also tighten siege of Mariupol as large amphibious taskforce threatens Odesa

Al Jazeera

Why capturing Ukraine’s Kherson is important for Russia

The strategically located city has become the first major urban centre to be in Russian hands.

Wales Online

Mum and child's 'terrible' journey to flee Ukraine after being woken by bombs

‘We don’t want (Putin) and we don’t want his style,’ Halyna Wright, from Odesa, said of the conflict

The Independent UK

Ukrainian tells of hard journey to border after waking to sound ‘like bombing’

‘We don’t want (Putin) and we don’t want his style,’ Halyna Wright, from Odesa, said of the conflict.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey to Help Citizens Wanting to Leave Ukraine

Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that would provide necessary support and guidance to citizens wishing to leave Ukraine. The ministry also advised Turkish citizens to stay at home or in a safe place and avoid traveling, Reuters reported. Earlier on Thursday, flag carrier Turkish Airlines said it canceled all…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Attacks Ukraine as Defiant Putin Warns US, NATO

Russian troops launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine on Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere would lead to “consequences you have never seen.” Big explosions were heard before dawn in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa as world…

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