More than 8,000 killed during 2022 Mariupol siege – Human Rights Watch
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters At least 8,000 people were killed by fighting or war-related causes in Russia’s months-long conquest of Mariupol, one of the biggest battles of the nearly two-year war between Russia and Ukraine, according to Human Rights Watch. Mariupol became a byword for horror during a nearly three-month-long Russian siege for control of the […]
UNESCO-listed cathedral among damaged buildings in Odesa
Odesa, Ukraine Reuters More details have emerged about a Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s southern port of Odesa early on Sunday in which an Orthodox cathedral in the city centre, a UNESCO world heritage site, was severely damaged. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said one person was killed and 20 injured, including four children aged 11 to […]
War reporter’s death prompts Russian outrage over Ukraine’s alleged use of cluster bombs; Odesa attacks continue
Reuters A Russian war reporter was killed and three were wounded in Ukraine on Saturday in what the defence ministry said was a Ukrainian attack using cluster munitions, prompting outrage from Moscow. In a separate incident, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle said one of its journalists, Yevgeny Shilko, had been wounded elsewhere in Ukraine in a […]