Human Rights Watch reports new evidence of Ukrainian use of banned landmines
Washington DC, US Reuters Human Rights Watch said on Friday that it uncovered new evidence of the indiscriminate use by Ukrainian forces of banned anti-personnel landmines against Russian troops who invaded Ukraine in 2022. The group called on Ukraine’s government to follow through with a commitment made earlier this month not to employ such weapons, […]
The man who evacuated 200 people from Mariupol in a battered red van
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters As Russian forces tightened their siege of Mariupol and missiles rained down, Mykhailo Puryshev drove into the city six times last month to evacuate its citizens, somehow surviving despite his red van being all but destroyed. The 36-year-old Ukrainian, who once ran a nightclub in the city, said he evacuated more than […]