Russia takes small cities as it aims to widen battle in east Ukraine
The advance of Russian forces raised fears that residents would experience the same horrors as people in the south-eastern port city Mariupol.
The advance of Russian forces raised fears that residents would experience the same horrors as people in the south-eastern port city Mariupol.
His legacy was tarnished by his support for the paedophile founder of an influential religious order.
Separatists backed by Russia have pounded the eastern area.
Leonid Vasyukevich made the comments at a meeting of the Primorsk regional Legislative Assembly.
Moscow’s vast shopping centres have turned into eerie expanses of shut stores once occupied by western retailers.
Russia has claimed full control of the Azovstal steel plant in the city.
The Azovstal steel plant became a symbol of Ukrainian tenacity and its fall delivers Russian President Vladimir Putin a badly wanted victory.
President Vladimir Putin was told by ministers that the Azovstal steelworks have been ‘completely liberated’.
It comes as the battle for the steel plant in Mariupol is winding down.
It comes as a US Senate delegation led by Republican leader Mitch McConnell met with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine’s capital.
Sgt Vadim Shyshimarin, 21, is accused of shooting a 62-year-old Ukrainian man in the head in the north-east village of Chupakhivka.
Sweden is expected to follow suit within days amid fears triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Finland’s president and prime minister said on Thursday that the Nordic country should apply ‘without delay’ for membership in the Western alliance.
He lost the 1994 presidential election to former prime minister Leonid Kuchma.
The national holiday marks Russia’s greatest triumph, over Nazi Germany in 1945.