Ukraine rights group tells top UN body that rape used as weapon of war
United NationsReuters The United Nations is increasingly hearing accounts of rape and sexual violence in Ukraine, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Monday, as a Ukrainian human rights group accused Russian troops of using rape as a weapon of war. Kateryna Cherepakha, president of La Strada-Ukraine, said her organisation’s emergency hotlines had received calls […]
Ukraine says tens of thousands killed in Mariupol, accuses Russia of abuses
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine on Monday said tens of thousands of people have likely been killed in Russia’s assault on the south-eastern city of Mariupol while the country’s rights ombudswoman accused Russian forces in the region of torture and executions. Reuters has confirmed widespread destruction in Mariupol but could not verify the alleged crimes or the […]
Russia bombards and US imposes sanctions as Ukraine urges decisive help
Lviv, Ukraine/Dublin, IrelandReuters Russian forces bombarded cities in Ukraine as the United States imposed more sanctions on Wednesday after civilian killings widely condemned as war crimes and Ukraine’s President urged a decisive Western response amid divisions in Europe. Russia’s 42-day-long invasion has forced more than four million people to flee abroad, killed or injured thousands, […]
Russia bombards Kyiv outskirts as it regroups for offensive in east Ukraine
Mala Rohan/near Irpin, UkraineReuters Russian forces bombarded the outskirts of Kyiv and a besieged city in northern Ukraine on Wednesday, a day after promising to scale down operations there in what the West dismissed as a ploy to regroup by invaders suffering heavy losses. Nearly five weeks into an invasion in which Russia has failed […]
Shells hit theatre sheltering Ukraine civilians, Biden calls Putin a war criminal
Kyiv/Lviv, Ukraine Reuters International outrage over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine grew on Thursday as US and Ukrainian officials said civilians waiting in line for bread and sheltering in a theatre had been killed by Russian forces. US President Joe Biden called Russian leader Vladimir Putin a war criminal in comments the Kremlin said were “unforgivable” […]
More than three million have fled fighting in Ukraine
Przemysl, Poland/Palanca, Moldova Reuters Nearly three weeks into the war, the number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad passed three million on Tuesday, the United Nations said, as people escaped fighting and Russian bombardment. Some 3,000,381 people have so far left Ukraine, data from the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, showed. It is basing its aid plans on […]
UN cultural agency moves to protect Ukraine’s heritage sites
Reuters The United Nations’ cultural agency UNESCO said on Tuesday it had bolstered protective measures to preserve Ukraine’s endangered cultural heritage in light of Russia’s invasion of its neighbour. “The first challenge is to mark cultural heritage sites and monuments and recall their special status as protected areas under international law,” UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay […]
Russia warns Kyiv as Ukraine’s cities shelled, armed convoy stalls
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia warned Kyiv residents to flee their homes on Tuesday and rained rockets on the city of Kharkiv as Russian commanders intensified their bombardment of Ukrainian urban areas in a shift of tactics after their six-day assault stalled. A US official said a miles-long armoured column bearing down on the capital Kyiv had […]
Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces – Ukrainian official
Kyiv, UkraineReuters The Chernobyl nuclear power plant has been captured by Russian forces, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office, Mykhailo Podolyak, said on Thursday. “It is impossible to say the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is safe after a totally pointless attack by the Russians,” he said. “This is one of the most serious threats […]
Updated: Russia invades Ukraine in Europe’s ‘darkest hours’ since World War II
Last updated: 10:30pm (AEDT)Kyiv/Outside Maiupol, UkraineReuters Russian forces invaded Ukraine by land, air and sea on Thursday, confirming the worst fears of the West with the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War II Russian missiles rained down on Ukrainian cities. Ukraine reported columns of troops pouring across its borders […]