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Live updates: EU says Russians have future in their hands

Tuesday, 24 May 2022, 06:17 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — The United States and Britain are accusing Russia of spreading disinformation online and manipulating public opinion about the war in Ukraine and vehemently rejecting Russian...

Live updates: Russian forces shell the Dnipropetrovsk region

Monday, 23 May 2022, 14:20 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose country has objected to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, called on Stockholm on Monday to take “concrete steps” that...

Russian soldier sentenced to life at Kyiv war crimes trial

Monday, 23 May 2022, 12:16 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

A Ukrainian court sentenced a 21-year-old Russian soldier to life in prison on Monday for killing a Ukrainian civilian, in the first war crimes trial held since Russia’s invasion. Sgt....

Russian offensive turns to key Donbas city, heavy shelling

Monday, 23 May 2022, 06:18 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Buoyed by a visit from a neighbor and ally, Ukrainians were digging in to defend the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, which came under heavy bombardment from Russian forces trying to take the...

Australian Labour topples conservatives; PM faces early tests

Sunday, 22 May 2022, 06:16 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Australia’s center-left opposition party toppled the conservative government after almost a decade in power, and Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese in his Saturday election victory speech...

Fate of 2,500 Ukrainian POWs from steel plant stirs concern

Sunday, 22 May 2022, 06:13 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

With Russia claiming to have taken prisoner nearly 2,500 Ukrainian fighters from the besieged Mariupol steel plant, concerns grew about their fate as a Moscow-backed separatist leader vowed...

Australian prime minister concedes election defeat

Saturday, 21 May 2022, 16:31 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Australia’s prime minister conceded defeat after an election Saturday that could deliver a minority government. Scott Morrison acted quickly despite millions of votes yet to be counted...

Live updates: Zelenskyy says Russia should pay for destruction

Saturday, 21 May 2022, 07:22 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine -- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy devoted his nightly video address to Ukraine’s demand that Russia be held financially responsible for the damage its forces are inflicting on...

In biggest victory yet, Russia claims to capture Mariupol

Saturday, 21 May 2022, 07:17 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

 In what would be its biggest victory yet in the war with Ukraine, Russia claimed to have captured Mariupol after a nearly three-month siege that reduced much of the strategic port city...

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