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Russian authorities urge residents to leave Kherson ‘immediately’

Call comes as Ukrainian forces are expected to embark on a campaign to recapture the city in southern Ukraine.

Al Jazeera · Oct 22, 2022

Freed British hostages tortured by Russia reunited and honoured at Ukraine Embassy

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky marked Defenders Day by thanking troops, promising victory over Russia’s President Putin, meanwhile the British PoWs were honoured at the embassy in London

Daily Mirror · Oct 22, 2022

Ukraine's Zelenskiy: We can down most Russian missiles, will improve

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Russia had launched strikes on infrastructure on a "very wide" scale and pledged that his military would improve on an already good record of downing missiles with help from its partners.

Reuters · Oct 22, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war live: Russia launches 36 rockets in ‘massive attack’; power outages in central and western Ukraine after shelling – as it happened

Ukrainian president says most missiles fired overnight were shot down; over 1 million people without electricity after attacks on power stations

The Guardian - AU · Oct 22, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 241 of the invasion

36 rockets launched in a ‘massive attack’ on Ukraine, says Zelenskiy; Russia targets energy facilities in western Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2022

Ukraine authorities attempt to track down thousands of ‘social orphans’

After the Russian invasion, almost 100,000 Ukrainian children were forced to leave institutional care. With help from Unicef, the government is still trying to reach about 26,000 of them

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022

Ukrainian MP: 'We are working on a possible international tribunal for Putin's crimes'

Ukrainian MP Maria Mezentseva is part of a working group, created by President Volodymyr Zelensky, tasked with campaigning for a special international tribunal to prosecute the crime of "aggression" in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. She joins FRANCE 24 from Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city.

France 24 · Oct 21, 2022

Ukraine says Russia is delaying passage of 150 grain-carrying ships

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday accused Russia of deliberately delaying the passage of ships carrying grain exports under a U.N. brokered-deal, and said 150 vessels were waiting to be loaded.

Reuters · Oct 21, 2022

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Fresh wave of strikes shatters power infrastructure; Iran deepens support for Russia; how Kyiv’s statues are kept safe

The Guardian - AU · Oct 21, 2022

Thieving Russian soldiers caught leaving house in invaded Ukraine with washing machine

Footage, which was said to be filmed by a Ukrainian drone, shows the two Russian soldiers carrying the washing machine out of the house and across the front lawn

Daily Mirror · Oct 21, 2022