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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 ...

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 ...

A Russian aircraft had dropped a bomb on the school in the village of Bilohorivka, which is some seven miles from the frontlines, according to Hayday. Serhiy Hayday, head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, said 30 people sheltering in the school had been rescued, of which seven were injured. The bodies of two people were found in the debris, Hayday said in a Telegram post on Sunday, adding that it is "likely that all of the 60 people left under the building’s wreckage were killed."

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.

Dozens are feared dead after reports that a school in the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine has been hit by Russian shelling.

"Every day of this war, the Russian army does something that is beyond words. "The forward deployment of commanders has exposed them to significant risk, leading to disproportionately high losses of Russian officers in this conflict. Sixty people were likely to have died under the rubble of buildings." Johnson's government has sent anti-tank missiles, air defense systems and other weapons to Ukraine. Preparations are now underway to get the wounded and doctors out of the plant. "I am grateful to the teams of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations Organization, who helped us organize the first phase of the evacuation missions from Azovstal," Zelenskyy said in a video posted to Telegram. The new pledge almost doubles Britain's previous spending commitments on Ukraine and the government said this is the highest rate of spending on a conflict since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, although it did not give details of this calculation. But this is the kind of army that is fighting Ukraine, and "this is what they want to bring to other European countries," he said. This has resulted in a force that is slow to respond to setbacks and unable to alter its approach on the battlefield," it said in a series of tweets. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that everyday of this war, Russian forces does something that is "beyond words," following a strike against a museum in Ukraine. Luhansk is one of the two regions that make up the Donbas — in the east of Ukraine — where Russian troops are now concentrating their efforts. Serhiy Haidai, the governor of the Luhansk region, said Sunday that at least two people had died after the bombing of a school.

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 Zelenskyy also accused Russia of trying to exterminate Ukrainians after Russian missile hit food and grain warehouses, while the United ...

We had no prior knowledge of Ukraine's intention to target the ship.” Ukrainian forces and the remaining few hundred civilians endured weeks of bombardment by Russian forces. “We were not involved in the Ukrainians’ decision to strike the ship or the operation they carried out. Ukrainian and Russian forces engaged in heavy fighting over a steel mill in Mariupol, representing the last holdout of the battered port city. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy also accused Russia of trying to exterminate Ukrainians after Russian missile hit food and grain warehouses, while the United States denies any involvement in the sinking of a Russian fleet. As the United Nations evacuated civilians from the embattled Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, Ukrainian forces attempted to fend off Russian troopsin another week of intense fighting in southeast Ukraine.

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.

The first lady met with the wife of President Volodymyr Zelensky, as Russia's offensive in eastern Ukraine continued. Officials said they feared dozens of ...

The unity of the West is the key to the unity of Europe.” Speaking at an event in Washington sponsored by the Financial Times, Burns said that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is “in a frame of mind that he thinks he cannot afford to lose,” and so the stakes are high. As an alternative, Mr. Putin has offered his Eurasian Union to the likes of Ukraine, but Belarus as model is a hard sell if Berlin and Barcelona are on the table. “And he is utterly contemptuous of the idea that commerce can bring peace to nations.” About 50 civilians were evacuated in a humanitarian convoy on Friday, while about 200 were holed up in the last bastion of Ukrainian resistance in the city. In his nightly address, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that with civilians evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukrainian officials were preparing a “second stage” to evacuate the wounded and medics. A spokeswoman for the Red Cross earlier on Saturday had said efforts to evacuate the remaining civilians were “ongoing.” The regional governor of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, Serhiy Haidai, said on Facebook on Saturday that a Russian bomb hit a school in the village of Bilogorivka where about 90 people had taken shelter. A spokeswoman for the Red Cross said earlier on Saturday that efforts to evacuate the remaining civilians were “ongoing.” Mr. Vershinin, who was at the plant, said via a messaging app on Saturday that a rocket and a grenade were to blame. Most civilians in the region have fled but an estimated 50,000 people are believed to still be trying to survive in towns and villages at the center of the fighting for control of the region. Ukrainian fighters defending a sprawling steel plant in the ruined city of Mariupol said the plant was still under bombardment by Russian forces andvowed never to surrender.

Ukraine's president pledges to continue 'extremely difficult, but essential' efforts to evacuate fighters in Azovstal.

“Of course, if everyone fulfills the agreement. The museum is essentially destroyed.” “A bomb hit the museum. Of course, if there are no lies. The bloc has proposed a complete ban on Russian oil imports by the end of this year. “We managed to save more than 300 people, women and children. Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera’s continuing coverage of the war in Ukraine. “Russian propagandists have joyfully reported that they have already taken it, but this is not quite how it is. In fact, we took all civilians out of the Azovstal plant and are now preparing for the second stage of the evacuation mission to evacuate those who are wounded and medics. “May 6 was a terrible night. “I want to thank the teams of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations for helping us carry out the first phase of the Azovstal plant evacuation mission,” Zelenskyy said in his night time video address. Other European countries may also be cut off within weeks if they reject Russia’s demand.

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.

A Russian bomb destroyed a school sheltering about 90 people in the basement as Moscow's invading forces kept up their barrage.

On the island's southern edge, a fire smoked next to debris. A satellite image taken Sunday morning by Planet Labs PBC showed smoke rising from two sites on the island. Pro-Russian forces broke off the Transnistria section of Moldova in 1992, and Russian troops have been stationed there since, ostensibly as peacekeepers. The Odesa city council said four of the missiles launched Saturday hit a furniture company, with the shock waves and debris badly damaging high-rise apartment buildings. Zelenskyy said in his nightly address that work would also continue Sunday on securing humanitarian corridors for residents of Mariupol and surrounding towns to leave. Russian shelling also killed two boys, ages 11 and 14, in the nearby town of Pryvillia, he 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.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy marked a day of remembrance for the defeat of Nazi Germany, a day before Putin is expected to a address a military ...

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.

Each year, a military parade is held on the day, with leaders watching from the tomb of Vladimir Lenin, and delivering a major address to the people.

"In a different form, under different slogans, but for the same purpose." Again!" Zelenskyy said. "I think what he's going to do is he's going to move from his 'special operation' … and he's been laying the ground for being able to say, 'Look, this is now a war against Nazis and what I need is more people, I need more Russian cannon fodder basically,'" he said. According to Ptak, the symbol represents the "Russia Ukraine War and a country that has completely lost it". This year, Russia watchers have claimed President Vladimir Putin could seize the opportunity to make a formal declaration of war – or a serious escalation of the invasion – on May 9, in an attempt to take advantage of the symbolism of the day. That's because that date is a significant one in the Russian calendar, as it marks the country's Victory Day – a symbolic day celebrating the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945 and the end of World War II in Europe.

Ukrainian fighters holed up in underground bunkers in a vast steel mill in the southeastern city of Mariupol have pledged to continue to fight until the end ...

“Restoration of peaceful life begins in the regions. There’s a lot of work to be done. We are witnesses,” said Ilya Samoilenko, an intelligence officer.

Dozens of people are dead after Russia bombed a school in the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, President Zelenskyy said.

Sixty people were likely to have died under the rubble of buildings." Luhansk is one of the two regions that make up the Donbas, where Russian troops are now concentrating their efforts. The largest parade is held in Moscow and is expected to be presided over by President Vladimir Putin. "We can count that Putin and imperialistic Russia will do everything bad they can possibly try to do. Dozens are feared dead after a school in the Luhansk region in east Ukraine was hit by Russian shelling. But what is remembrance for others today, for our people is, unfortunately, just news, every day." Luhansk is one of the two regions that make up the Donbas — in the east of Ukraine — where Russian troops are now concentrating their efforts. Serhiy Haidai, the governor of the Luhansk region, said Sunday that at least two people had died after the bombing of a school. Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.S. said Sunday that the nation is making preparations ahead of Russia's Victory Day. In a recorded speech to Group of Seven leaders Sunday, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that while May 8 (Victory in Europe Day) "was a key day of remembrance for all the victims of World War II, for the fragility of peace and the inadmissibility of any anti-humanist regimes. He said Russia was imitating "precisely the evil that the Nazis brought to Europe." Russia is set to hold its massive "Victory Day" military parades on Monday, with 28 Russian cities set to hold military marches to mark the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.