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‘A giant crime against all people’: Fear in Kharkiv after Russian shelling

The streets of Kharkiv are empty while many have abandoned their homes and sought safety in subway stations.

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2022

It’s Putin’s tale of two cities – London for his oligarchs, Kyiv for his bombs

Our capital pulls its punches when it comes to penalising Russia’s richest, but Putin shows no such mercy to Ukraine, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2022

Zelensky to EU leaders: "This might be the last time you see me alive"

He has said Russian forces are in Kyiv and hunting for him.

Axios · Feb 25, 2022

Red Cross sets up international aid supply network for Ukraine

The international Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is setting up a logistics hub in Budapest to bring aid supplies to Ukraine following Russia's invasion, and is making preparations for an influx of refugees, the German Red Cross said on Friday.

Reuters · Feb 25, 2022

EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell: ‘Nobody can trust Putin’ after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Russian forces have launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea. This is the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War II. Speaking to FRANCE 24 in an exclusive interview, the EU’s Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell slams Putin as untrustworthy: “After…

France 24 · Feb 25, 2022

Ralf Rangnick responds to Champions League venue change as Man Utd drop Aeroflot

Manchester United have cut ties with Russian-owned airline Aeroflot after it was banned from UK and Russia has been stripped of the Champions League final following Vladimir Putin's attacks on Ukraine

Daily Mirror · Feb 25, 2022

Lush closes Ukraine stores as invasion takes hold

The boss of the cosmetics brand said staff in the country are safe but stores have been closed.

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2022

Elite Russian kill squads sent to Ukraine and ordered to 'hunt' government officials

The Chechens special forces squad is one of the most deadly, renegade units Russia can deploy to the frontline of the Ukraine invasion as Vladymir Putin bids to take Kyiv

Daily Mirror · Feb 25, 2022

‘Pure Orwell’: how Russian state media spins invasion as liberation

State propaganda mobilised to sooth public’s deep unease over incursion into Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2022

War in Ukraine is a severe test of China’s new axis with Russia

Beijing will tread carefully, and weigh up whether its strategic alliance with Moscow is worth the cost of this reckless invasion, says Yu Jie of Chatham House’s Asia-Pacific Programme

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2022