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Ukraine latest: Ukraine says Donbas region completely destroyed, US supports Nordic push to join NATO

Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Russian forces of attempting to kill as many Ukrainians and do as much damage as possible, repeating his charge that Russia was carrying out a genocide.

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‘It is hell there’: Ukraine’s Donbas ‘completely destroyed’ by relentless bombardment, Zelensky says

President accuses Moscow of carrying out ‘senseless bombardment’ in east of country

The Independent UK

Russian soldier in Ukraine war crime trial pleads for forgiveness from victim’s widow

Twnety-one-year-old pleads guilty to shooting pensioner in head several times

The Independent UK

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Siege ends at Ukraine's Mariupol steelworks, Russia seeks control of Donbas

The last Ukrainian forces holed up in Mariupol's smashed Azovstal steelworks surrendered on Friday, Russia's defense ministry said, ending the most destructive siege of the war as Moscow fought to cement control over the Donbas region.

Reuters

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says Donbas region has been completely destroyed

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday said Russian forces had "completely destroyed" the industrial Donbas region and accused Moscow of carrying out senseless bombardments as it intensified its offensive.

Reuters

Sri Lanka defaults on debt as economic crisis deepens

Sri Lanka has defaulted on its international debt obligations, after the government confirmed it had not been able to make some $87 million in interest payments. It further deepens the country's economic crisis, which has sparked mass protests and left the country struggling with fuel shortages. Also in the show:…

France 24

Moscow says hundreds of Ukrainian troops in custody; US Senate approves $40 billion in new aid

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia said Thursday that more than 1,700 Ukrainian fighters had surrendered at a steel plant in the conquered city of Mariupol, even as Ukraine claimed battlefield gains elsewhere, continued its first war crimes trial against a Russian soldier and prepared to launch a second.

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EU exploring using oligarchs' frozen assets to rebuild Ukraine -von der Leyen

The European Union is looking into ways of using the frozen assets of Russian oligarchs to fund the reconstruction of Ukraine after the war, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday.

Reuters

Internal displacement at all-time high, with five million IDPs in Ethiopia alone

Nearly 60 million people are internally displaced worldwide. The war in Ukraine is one reason for the spike but other conflicts, severe food insecurity and drought in sub-Saharan Africa are also factors. Also, as healthcare workers in Zimbabwe leave in droves for better paid jobs overseas, our reporters look at…

France 24

Ukraine latest updates: Moscow says Azovstal now ‘liberated’

Ukraine news from May 20: Azovstal steelworks plant was last stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol.

Al Jazeera

Grim reflections in the mirror of Ukraine crisis

I read with interest the article of colleagues from Australia, Canada, the EU, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, the UK and the US published in the Bangkok Post on May 12, 2022.

Bangkok Post

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 19)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

WEKU

Factbox-The big items in Washington's $40 billion Ukraine aid package

The U.S. Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would provide some $40 billion in additional military, economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine following Russia's invasion as the Biden administration predicts a prolonged conflict.

Reuters

What might happen to Ukraine’s Azovstal prisoners of war?

Attention now is turning to how the Mariupol POWs might be treated and what rights they have as prisoners of Russia.

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Escort website says men can pursue 'war fantasies' during sex with Ukraine refugees

An anti-trafficking expert has warned that sex work in Ireland is already seeing more demand for women and girls who have fled the conflict in Ukraine amid a troubling 600% rise in internet searches

Sports Illustrated

Brittney Griner Time Line: What Has Happened Since She Was Detained

The basketball star has been held in Russia since February after officials said they discovered vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage.

France 24

No, this Azov fighter's wife is not a neo-Nazi sympathiser

Following several interviews pleading for help from the West, photos of the wife of an Azov regiment fighter in Ukraine's Mariupol are linking her to neo-Nazi ideology, but a reverse image search gives different results. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake with Vedika Bahl.

The Conversation

Ukraine recap: why Turkey wants to block Sweden and Finland joining Nato

Over the last week, further details emerged of Finland and Sweden’s intention to join Nato, until on Tuesday the nations formally submitted the paperwork. Nato’s secretary general Jens Stoltenberg called it “a historic moment” and it certainly marks a momentous shift away from neutrality for those two countries.

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Senate OKs $40 billion Ukraine aid bill for Biden’s signature

WASHINGTON — A $40.1 billion aid package to help arm the Ukrainian military and provide economic and humanitarian relief is on its way to President Joe Biden’s desk roughly three weeks after he asked Congress for another emergency cash infusion.

The Guardian - US

Putin ‘had to keep explaining things to Trump’, ex-White House aide says

Fiona Hill, a former national security council official, said Russian leader grew frustrated with Trump: ‘Putin doesn’t like to do that’

Chicago Sun-Times

In Ukraine, limbs lost and lives devastated in an instant; every day, ‘some new type of pain’

When Olena Viter learned the blast that took her left leg killed her 14-year-old son, she wondered: ‘Why did God leave me alive?’ And she begged a neighbor to get his rifle and shoot her.

ABC News

Volunteers transform Ukraine's Odesa catacombs into liveable bomb shelter to protect civilians from Russian attacks

Facing an increase in missile strikes in recent weeks, the Ukrainian city of Odesa is utilising its expansive underground labyrinth, turning one of the largest catacomb networks in the world into a liveable modern-day bomb shelter.

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Is Honeywell International a Good Dividend Stock to Buy Now?

Industrial company Honeywell International (HON) has an impressive dividend growth record. However, the Russia-Ukraine war could negatively impact its business trajectory. So, will it be wise to invest in the stock now? Read on to find out.

France 24

Whatever it takes? Europe forced to speed up its energy transition

It took the invasion of Ukraine for Europeans to realise that decades of short-sighted energy policy have caught up with them. As Germany strips its former chancellor of parliamentary privileges over his refusal to sever ties with Gazprom, Gerhard Schröder's downfall is a reminder that it's all of Germany and…

Reuters

Blinken authorizes $100 million in additional U.S. arms and supplies for Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday he has authorized $100 million in additional U.S. arms, equipment, and supplies for Ukraine for its defense against Russia's invasion.

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