Borodianka razed: Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says situation ‘more dreadful’ than Bucha
Borodianka, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday the situation in the town of Borodianka was “significantly more dreadful” than in nearby Bucha, where Russian forces’ suspected killing of civilians has been broadly condemned. In Borodianka, about 60 kilometres north-west of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, families looking for relatives watched diggers search through […]
Russia laments “significant losses” as Ukraine braces for major offensive
Lviv, Ukraine Reuters Russia on Thursday appeared to give the most damning assessment so far of its invasion, describing the “tragedy” of mounting troop losses and the economic hit as Ukrainians were evacuated from eastern cities before an anticipated major offensive. Moscow’s six-week long incursion has seen more than four million people flee abroad, killed […]
Pope Francis kisses Ukrainian flag from “martyred” Bucha
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis on Wednesday kissed a battered Ukrainian flag that he said was brought to him from the “martyred” Ukrainian city of Bucha as he denounced the “massacre” there and called again for an end to the war. Francis held the flag as he welcomed a half-dozen Ukrainian refugee children up to the stage of the […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy demands world hold Russia accountable for “war crimes”
United Nations/Lviv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that Russia must be held accountable over allegations of war atrocities as the West prepared to expand sanctions to include a ban on all new investments in Russia. Six weeks into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States and its allies […]
US, Europe plan Russia sanctions as Ukraine warns of more civilian deaths
Lviv, Ukraine Reuters The United States and Europe were planning new sanctions on Tuesday to punish Moscow over civilian killings in Ukraine, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned more deaths were likely to be uncovered in areas seized from Russian invaders. Russian forces withdrew from towns north of the capital Kyiv last week as it turns […]
Biden urges Putin war crimes trial after Bucha killings
Washington DC, US Reuters US President Joe Biden on Monday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of war crimes and called for a trial, adding to the global outcry over civilian killings in the Ukrainian town of Bucha as more graphic images of their deaths emerged. “You saw what happened in Bucha,” Biden told reporters after […]
Civilian killings at Bucha raise outcry as Russian attacks shift east
Bucha, UkraineReuters International outrage spread on Monday over civilian killings in northern Ukraine, where a mass grave and tied bodies of people shot at close range were found in a town taken back from Russian forces, as Moscow shifted the focus of the fighting elsewhere. The deaths in Bucha, outside Kyiv, drew pledges of further […]
Updated: Ukraine accuses Russia of war crimes after bodies found bound, shot
Updated: 12.15pm (AEST)Bucha, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian authorities were investigating possible war crimes by Russia after finding hundreds of bodies, some bound and shot at close range, strewn around towns near Kyiv after Kremlin forces withdrew to refocus their attacks in other parts of the country. In the town of Bucha, 37 kilometres north-west of Kyiv’s city […]
Russian retreat leaves trail of slain civilians in town near Kyiv
Bucha, UkraineReuters Dead civilians still lay scattered over the streets of the Ukrainian country town of Bucha on Saturday, three days after the invading Russian army pulled back from its abortive advance on Kyiv to the south-east. The smell of explosives still hung in the cold, dank air, mingling with the stench of death. A […]
Bodies and tanks mark path as Russia moves troops from Kyiv
Dmytivka, UkraineReuters Ukraine recaptured more territory around Kyiv from Russian soldiers who left shattered villages and their own abandoned tanks as they moved away from the capital, while a disputed cross-border strike in Russia complicated peace talks on Friday. In the hamlet of Dmytrivka to the west of the capital, smoke was still rising from […]