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Ukraine's last soldiers in the port city of Mariupol face a brutal final showdown Sunday with besieging Russian forces, who are hoping to deliver a critical ...

Russia did not immediately confirm the incident. "The conflict in Ukraine is taking a heavy toll on some of Russia's most capable units and most advanced capabilities," UK Defence Intelligence said. In Lugansk, Ukrainian officials said Friday that Russian forces had almost encircled Severodonetsk -- the easternmost city still held by Kyiv -- and were trying to storm it. Zelensky on Saturday said a Russian missile has struck a museum in the Kharkiv region, announcing that the "Russian army destroyed or damaged nearly 200 cultural heritage sites already." The complex -- the final pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the devastated port city -- has taken on a symbolic value in the war as hundreds of civilians and soldiers hole up in its sprawling underground. Earlier, Kyiv's defence ministry said Russian forces had resumed their assault on the site, despite talk of a truce to allow trapped civilians to flee.

Russia-Ukraine war highlights: The fighting between the two countries entered its 74th day with no signs of peace. Thousands of people have been killed in ...

- Trump then goes on to criticise Biden for rising gas prices and inflation. It said that the king, 86, was admitted to King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the Saudi port city of Jiddah. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy issued a video to mark Ukraine’s Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation, Bloomberg reported. US first lady Jill Biden spent Mother's Day in Slovakia, meeting with Ukrainian mothers who have been displaced by Russia's war and assuring them that the “hearts of the American people” are behind them. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, U.S. President Joe Biden and leaders from other Group of Seven countries are expected to hold online talks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday to discuss the further support. All women and children were evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in the besieged Mariupol port city, Kyiv said on Saturday.

Odesa hit by missiles but Ukraine launches counter-offensive in north; Kyiv claims drone sinks another Russian ship in Black Sea.

And the coming weeks are going to be the telltale of where this is going.” And the proof of this is called “Werewolf”. This is Hitler’s former headquarters and bunker near Vinnytsia. And all that is left of it is a few stones. “Sixty people were likely to have died under the rubble of buildings.” Try telling Ukraine that” and draws comparisons between Ukraine battle against Russia to the second world war fight against fascism. They remember the Nazi-destroyed Warsaw. And they see what was done to Mariupol. The Greeks, who survived massacres and executions throughout the territory, the blockade and the Great Famine, have not forgotten. And in the photos there were those who once went through the hell of war. The city of Borodyanka is one of the many victims of this crime! They stabbed a knife in the heart and, looking into the eyes, said: “It’s not us!” Tortured with the words “not everything is so unambiguous.” Killed “Never again”, saying: “We can repeat.” They fought for the future of children, for the life that was here until February 24. “Sixty people were likely to have died under the rubble of buildings.” ISW will likely be unable to report any discrete changes in control of terrain until Russian forces capture the plant as a whole due to the poor information environment in Mariupol.

An adviser to the Ukrainian president said Moscow seeks to seize the last part of Mariupol by Monday, Russia's annual Victory Day. Civilians who managed to ...

By Alessandra Prentice ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) -As many as 60 people were feared to have been killed in the Russian bombing of a village school in ...

The Luhansk governor said Ukrainian forces had retreated from the city of Popasna, which has been the focus of intense fighting. Russia's efforts have been stymied by logistical and equipment problems and high casualties in the face of fierce resistance. The Azovstal plant is a last hold-out for Ukrainian forces in a city now largely controlled by Russia, and many civilians had also taken refuges in its underground shelters. Those who wished to go to areas controlled by Ukraine were handed over to U.N. and ICRC representatives, they said. Sixty people were likely to have died under the rubble of buildings." Other Ukrainian sources have cited different figures.

Russia's less-than-truthful tales and outright fabrications about Ukraine highlight how propaganda has been used throughout history to justify war.

The report noted that Russia has a team of paid internet trolls who go onto online chat rooms, discussion forums and comments sections of news and other websites to attack or undermine views or information that run counter to Russian themes. The recruits – men and women trained by the government – got their name by delivering their message in theaters during the four-minute breaks needed to change movie reels. President Woodrow Wilson’s administration created the first true U.S. propaganda agency, the Committee on Public Information, to influence public opinion in support of the war. But what’s different is that they’ve gone out of their way to cut off possible competing voices by closing down access to external social media, by passing incredibly restrictive laws.” Another shows a woman putting a gun in Putin’s mouth. One of the most iconic images from the era was James Montgomery Flagg's recruitment poster that showed Uncle Sam pointing his finger at the viewer and declaring: “I Want You For U.S. Army.” Britain even circulated a fake Nazi map that purported to show Germany’s plans to conquer South America. The committee recruited volunteers known as Four Minute Men to give pro-war speeches in movie theaters, churches, synagogues and other public spaces. They’ve been accusing Ukraine’s government of being fascists or Nazis for many years. “State-controlled media is still spewing the same kinds of false baloney that they have been for quite a while,” he said. An Australian flier pictured an ape-like monster wearing a German spiked helmet and grasping a globe with bloody hands. Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, accused Russia of spreading anti-Semitic tropes.

A Ukrainian commander trapped at the Mariupol steel plant under Russian fire described life there as “some hellish reality show.”

Kharkiv: Ukraine accused Russian forces Saturday of blowing up three bridges northeast of Kharkiv to thwart counterattacks. Ukrainian officials have raised concerns that Russian President Vladimir Putin will use the occasion to declare a formal war with Ukraine. Mariupol: All women, children and elderly people have been evacuated from Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Saturday. A regional police official told The Post that three Ukrainian troops were killed during the civilian evacuation. Klitschko said that although nothing is guaranteed, it is probably safer to return after Monday’s Victory Day. About 90 people were hiding in the basement of a school in the eastern Ukrainian village of Bilohorivka when Russian forces attacked. Authorities battled for nearly four hours to extinguish the blaze, he said. I can tell you this on and off air,” said Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the Russian parliament, in comments Thursday to Russian radio. Several top Russian officials have sought to quash the rumors. Analysts see mobilization as Russia’s best hope to turn the tide and defeat Ukraine, by reinforcing demoralized forces and plowing them back into the war. Skovoroda spent his last years in the building that became the museum, and he is buried there. About 90 people were sheltering in the basement when Russian forces attacked, Serhiy Haidai, the governor of the eastern Luhansk region, said on Sunday. Two bodies were found and 30 people were rescued, he said. Museum of the philosopher and poet who lived in the 18th century.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russian forces will likely intensify their attacks before Moscow marks its Victory Day holiday.

This has resulted in a force that is slow to respond to setbacks and unable to alter its approach on the battlefield,” it said. He said that two people had been confirmed dead. “Flawed planning assumptions and failures in sustainment continue to undermine Russian progress.” Among the 30 people who were evacuated, seven were injured, he added. He said that two people had been confirmed dead. At least 60 people are feared dead after a Russian airstrike on a school where people were sheltering in the village of Bilohorivka in eastern Ukraine, the regional governor of Luhansk said Sunday.

The school was sheltering about 90 people in the village of Bilohorivka. At least two bodies have been found.

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Rescue attempts impossible due to constant shelling in Bilohorivka, says Luhansk governor.

He said: “Around a week ago we tried to evacuate around 300 people from Bilohorivka. We’d already settled this, and sent a few buses. “We are witnesses of Russian crimes,” he said. Not just the village, but also a highway is under shelling.” Illya Samoilenko, a lieutenant in the Azov regiment in Mariupol, said his fellow soldiers would be executed if captured by the Russians and that surrender would be a “gift” to the enemy. But we had no idea that our generation would witness the desecration of the words, which, as it turned out, are not the truth for everyone. “Unfortunately, they are probably dead,” he said.

Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has brought shame on Russia and the sacrifices its people made to defeat Nazi Germany in the second world war, ...

Talks between diplomats in Brussels continued on Sunday to try to secure EU wide unanimity on a timetable for a phaseout of Russian energy, but the discussions were described as hard going. Bas is the most senior German politician to visit the capital. Johnson “agreed with G7 leaders that the world must intensify economic pressure on Putin in any way possible, and said the west must not allow the war to turn into a stalemate that only magnified suffering”, a Downing Street spokesperson said. In the joint statement the G7 leaders said they would collectively end their dependence on Russian energy “in a timely and orderly way”, but no precise timetable was set, reflecting the continued divisions in Europe about the speed with which such a phaseout can be achieved. Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has brought shame on Russia and the sacrifices its people made to defeat Nazi Germany in the second world war, leaders of the G7 group of leading western economies have said in a statement marking the 77th anniversary of the end of the global conflict. The leaders also accused him of “an attack on feeding the world” if he did not comply with international law and end the blockade on Ukrainian food exports.

Dozens of Ukrainians were feared dead after a Russian bomb flattened a school sheltering about 90 people in its basement, while Ukrainian fighters held out ...

Lt. Illya Samoilenko, another member of the Azov Regiment, said there were a couple of hundred wounded soldiers at the plant but declined to reveal how many abled-body fighters remained. An international treaty bans the use of such explosives, but neither Russia nor Ukraine has signed the agreement. A satellite image by Planet Labs showed smoke rising from two sites on the island. The sprawling seaside steel mill where an estimated 2,000 Ukrainian fighters made what appeared to be their last stand was the only part of the city not under Russian control. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that attacks would only worsen in the lead-up to Victory Day, and some cities declared curfews or otherwise cautioned people about gathering in public. Russian shelling also killed two boys, ages 11 and 14, in the nearby town of Pryvillia, he said.

G7 leaders have committed to phasing out dependency on Russian energy, including by banning imports of Russian oil.

“This is not a full block. In its remarks, the G7 said that President Putin’s actions in Ukraine “bring shame on Russia and the historic sacrifices of its people”. “We will ensure that we do so in a timely and orderly fashion, and in ways that provide time for the world to secure alternative supplies,” a G7 joint statement said.

In an emotional address as Europe marks the surrender of Nazi Germany in World War II, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says "evil has returned" to ...

Nazi leader Adolf Hitler spent the last days of his life in a bunker in Berlin. "This evening, 8th of May, shots will ring out in the Ukraine sky, but you'll be free at last. Mariupol has endured the most destructive fighting of the 10-week-old war. They included some 40 people who had been holed up for weeks alongside Ukrainian forces under heavy bombardment in Azovstal's vast network of underground shelters. By Bridget Judd He also pressed for continued commitment by the G-7 grouping to help poor countries at risk of a food crisis. But Hungary’s objections last week to proposed sanctions on Russian oil have complicated European Union efforts. His office shared details of the call in a Sunday evening statement. By Bridget Judd By Bridget Judd By Bridget Judd By Bridget Judd

The Ukrainian government said that "all women, children and elderly" were evacuated from Mariupol's Azovstal plant as Zelensky and G7 leaders are set to ...

The US, according to the senior official, has decided to continue to permit the seeking of “due process,” but that the government will continue to re-evaluate this “every day” and that they are waiting to see what happens following this initial service ban. In Luhansk, the general staff said that "the enemy is preparing to storm Severodonetsk and Lysychansk," two towns that the Russians have been shelling for weeks. UK foreign secretary “horrified” by Luhansk deadly school bombing: UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Sunday she was “horrified” by Russia’s bombing of a school in Luhansk, Ukraine, “resulting in the deaths of innocent people sheltering from Russian bombardment.” Truss tweeted: “Deliberate targeting of civilians & civilian infrastructure amounts to war crimes. Correction: A previous version of this post said that the three television networks being sanctioned by the US today received more than $300 billion in advertising revenue from Western countries last year. We will continue to support Ukraine in increasing its economic and energy security," the statement reads. Ukrainian authorities in Luhansk said on Sunday that 60 people were “most likely dead” after a Russian aircraft dropped a bomb on the school where civilians were sheltering on Saturday. “This is already a failure for Putin, and we're going to continue to honor the brave fighting that's taking place by Ukraine's people and listen to President Zelensky and recommit to staying the course,” the senior official told reporters ahead of the President's meeting. The Russians are attacking with “artillery, tanks, mortars, infantry and snipers,” according to the soldiers. The timing and location of the visit and meeting was not made available. The US embassy in the Ukrainian capital was shuttered in mid-February as concerns grew of Russian military action. In an apparent indication of the Russian switch of focus, the Ukrainians said: "The occupiers are no longer conducting an active offensive in the Kharkiv direction." "In the regions, the restoration of peaceful life begins — a lot of work.

Japan commits to a ban on Russian crude oil imports 'in principle' as outrage grows over bombing of a Ukraine school.

Another crime of the occupiers,” he said. It was a targeted blow to the school. But G7 coordination is most important at a time like now,” Kishida said, according to a statement released by the Japanese government. “Today, I want to award those Ukrainian heroes who are already clearing our land of mines. “Russia has forgotten everything that was important to the victors of World War II,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly address. “We believe that the solution in Ukraine is political and that political negotiations between Russia and Ukraine must lead to an end to the war,” he added.

Around 60 people sheltering in a school near Luhansk killed in Russian bombing; more than 170 civilians evacuated from Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol.

The UShas unveiled a new layer of sanctions on Russia, targeting services, Russia’s propaganda machine and its defence industry. Wallace will say Putin and his inner circle should share the same fate as the Nazis, who ended up defeated and facing the Nuremberg trials for their atrocities. The visit was timed to commemorate Victory in Europe Day. Members of Ukraine’s Azov battalion trapped inside the Azovstal steel plant meanwhile saidthey fear they will be killed if captured by Russian forces, as they pleaded with Ukrainian authorities to help arrange their extraction. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy confirmed that 60 people who were sheltering in a school in Bilohorivka, near the eastern city of Luhansk,were killedwhen Russian forces bombed it this weekend. “This year we say ‘Never again’ differently.