Ukrainians forced to become Russian citizens, US-backed research finds
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsReuters Ukrainians living in Russian-occupied territory are being forced to assume Russian citizenship or face harsh retaliation, including possible deportation or detention, US-backed research published on Wednesday said. Yale University researchers said that as part of a plan by Moscow to assert authority over Ukrainians, residents of the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia […]
Ukrainian volunteers deliver bodies, and closure, to troops’ families
Yampil, UkraineReuters Combing the battlefields of eastern Ukraine, a group of volunteers have made it their mission to search for the bodies of fallen soldiers and return them to their families. Despite the daily horrors of their work, members of the “Black Tulip” organisation say they believe they are performing a good deed by giving […]
Europe’s south offers a warm welcome to energy migrants
Madrid, Spain/Lisbon, PortugalReuters Software developer Victor Varlamov logs in every morning to work on a sunny Spanish island off the coast of Africa after the prospect of steep heating bills and a winter made harsher by the Ukraine war drove him to leave his adoptive home in Poland. He is not alone in pursuing a […]
Ukraine troops greeted with flowers in Kherson after Russian retreat
Klapaya, Ukraine Reuters Villagers holding flowers waited on the road to the southern city of Kherson to greet and kiss Ukrainian soldiers on Saturday as they poured in to secure control of the right bank of the Dnipro River after a stunning Russian retreat. Volleys of incoming and outgoing artillery fire continued to blast around […]
Ukraine conflict: Russians fleeing war call-up face new stresses on arrival in Kazakhstan
OLZHAS AUYEZOV and MARIYA GORDEYEVA, of Reuters, report from Almaty as an influx of hundreds of thousands Russians arrive in the country, spurred on in recent times by Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a partial mobilisation…
In pro-Russian Serbia, a few Russians and Ukrainians unite to oppose war
Belgrade, SerbiaReuters Each week about a dozen Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian expatriates opposed to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine meet local Serbs in a Belgrade cafe to discuss the war and plan protest rallies. Serbia’s open borders to Russia have made the Balkan country a destination for thousands of Russians, including some fleeing sanctions or conscription […]
In shadow of war, Russians and Ukrainians mark Easter in UAE
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates AP Hundreds of Russians and Ukrainians alike crowded into the only Russian Orthodox Church on the Arabian Peninsula on Sunday to celebrate the most important Christian religious festival of the year – far from home and in the shadow of a war that has brought devastation to Ukraine and international isolation […]