Russian troops storm city amid eastern Ukraine bombardments
Ukrainian regional officials reported intense shelling by Moscow’s forces of Sievierodonetsk, a manufacturing centre.
Ukrainian regional officials reported intense shelling by Moscow’s forces of Sievierodonetsk, a manufacturing centre.
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.
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.
The show by leading contemporary artists will be staged at the gallery@oxo in London from June 2.
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.