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Ukraine official makes plea for EU candidate status

Thursday, 9 June 2022, 07:43 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament made a vibrant plea Wednesday for his country to be named a candidate for European Union membership, a move that would bring the war-torn...

Live updates: Ukraine says Russia pounding Sievierodonetsk

Thursday, 9 June 2022, 07:40 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office says Russian troops have changed their tactics in the battle for Sievierodonetsk. Oleksiy Arestovych said Wednesday that...

More bodies found in Mariupol as global food crisis looms

Thursday, 9 June 2022, 07:38 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Workers pulled scores of bodies from smashed buildings in an “endless caravan of death” inside the devastated city of Mariupol, authorities said Wednesday, while fears of a global food...

No, you're not going crazy - package sizes are shrinking

Wednesday, 8 June 2022, 10:37 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

It’s the inflation you’re not supposed to see. From toilet paper to yogurt and coffee to corn chips, manufacturers are quietly shrinking package sizes without lowering prices....

Live updates: Russia returns 210 dead Mariupol defenders

Wednesday, 8 June 2022, 06:43 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Ukraine’s military intelligence agency says Russia has so far turned over the bodies of 210 Ukrainian fighters killed in the battle for Mariupol. It says most of them were among the last...

Russia draws closer to capture of Ukraine's Donbas region

Wednesday, 8 June 2022, 06:37 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Russia drew closer to its goal of fully capturing Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories as the Kremlin claimed to have taken control of 97% of one of the two provinces...

Live updates: Kyiv theater reopens with soldout performance

Tuesday, 7 June 2022, 07:19 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

A theater in Ukraine’s capital has reopened for the first time since Russian forces invaded the country, and tickets sold out for Sunday's performance. Theater on Podil was the latest...

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