Russia may shift war aims as 300 reported dead in Ukraine theatre
The Donbas is the largely Russian-speaking eastern part of the country where Russian-backed separatists have been fighting Ukraine forces since 2014.
The Donbas is the largely Russian-speaking eastern part of the country where Russian-backed separatists have been fighting Ukraine forces since 2014.
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The Prince of Wales met a mother who has fled Kyiv with her children during a visit to Belfast.
The 15-year-old’s doping case is still ongoing.
The Russian president praised his country’s forces at the rally to mark the eighth anniversary of Russia annexing the Crimea from Ukraine.
The strike against the theatre was part of a furious bombardment of civilian targets in multiple Ukrainian cities over the past day.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow’s demands were becoming ‘more realistic’.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said early on Wednesday that Russia’s demands were becoming ‘more realistic’.
Across the country, thousands of people are thought to have been killed, both civilians and soldiers, in nearly two weeks of fighting.
Judge Peter Smithwick died on Tuesday and is set to be laid to rest following a funeral service in Co Kilkenny on Friday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces continued to pummel cities with rockets, and fierce fighting raged in places.
Some of the evacuation routes would funnel refugees towards Russia or its ally Belarus – unlikely destinations for those fleeing the war.
Russian forces have intensified the shelling of cities in Ukraine, upending attempts to evacuate besieged civilians.
The news dashed hopes of progress in easing, nevertheless ending the war in Ukraine, which is now in its 11 day.
The National Crime Agency said it had obtained two account freezing orders in respect of five accounts held by Graham Bonham-Carter.