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Ukrainian troops are being trained in the UK for first time

Fighters learning how to operate armoured vehicles being supplied to Volodymyr Zelensky

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2022

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says Russia has rejected proposal for an Easter truce

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday said Russia had rejected a proposal for a truce over the Orthodox Christian Easter period this weekend but added he still harbored hopes for peace.

Reuters · Apr 21, 2022

Putin orders troops not to storm last Mariupol stronghold but declares success

SVIATOHIRSK, Ukraine — Russia claimed victory over the battered southern Ukrainian port of Mariupol on Thursday, with President Vladimir Putin saying he had ordered his forces not to attack the city’s last holdouts sheltering in a vast steelworks but to blockade the compound so tightly that “not even a fly…

Los Angeles Times · Apr 21, 2022

Zelenskiy says Ukraine needs $7 billion per month to make up for losses caused by invasion

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukraine needs $7 billion per month to make up for economic losses caused by Russia's invasion of his country.

Reuters · Apr 21, 2022

Mariupol now: The shape of things to come in Ukraine?

Russia has claimed control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, but President Volodymyr Zelensky says as many as 120,000 civilians remain trapped there, including hundreds in bunkers below the Azovstal steelworks. Is this the shape of things to come in other cities in the Donbas region now targeted by…

France 24 · Apr 21, 2022

Joe Biden announces $800m in new arms supplies to Ukraine

Howitzers, artillery and drones among new deliveries, and president to ask Congress for more funding

The Guardian - US · Apr 21, 2022

EXPLAINER: Why the battle for Mariupol's steel mill matters

Russian President Vladimir Putin is claiming control over Ukraine’s seaside city of Mariupol even as its defenders are holding out inside a massive steel mill near the water

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2022

Boris Johnson’s guilt is beyond doubt. There is no way back from this

The failure to block the motion to refer the prime minister to the Commons privileges committee marks a watershed moment, says the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2022

Ukraine's Zelenskiy urges world to send more heavy weapons

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday his war-ravaged country needed more heavy weapons to defend itself from Russia's invasion that threatened its very survival, and asked Western nations to impose further sanctions.

Reuters · Apr 21, 2022

Biden announces another $800 million in Ukraine defense aid

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that the U.S. will send Ukraine another $800 million in security assistance to help it stave off Russia's renewed offensive in the country's eastern Donbas region.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 21, 2022