![The aftermath of a strike at a factory in the city of Soledar at the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas on Tuesday. Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images The aftermath of a strike at a factory in the city of Soledar at the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas on Tuesday. Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4887361.1653420786!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 24, 2022, 20:22
Von der Leyen accuses Russia of ‘hoarding its own food exports as a form of blackmail’
![Ukrainian servicemen sitting in a bus after their surrender to Russian forces and evacuation from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol on May 17th. Photograph: Alessandro Guerra/EPA Ukrainian servicemen sitting in a bus after their surrender to Russian forces and evacuation from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol on May 17th. Photograph: Alessandro Guerra/EPA](/polopoly_fs/1.4887167.1653405712!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 24, 2022, 18:00
Daughter of military nurse recounts her mother's three months in Mariupol's factory-fortress
![Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for ‘maximum’ sanctions on Russia in a video address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Photograph: EPA/Laurent Gillieron Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for ‘maximum’ sanctions on Russia in a video address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Photograph: EPA/Laurent Gillieron](/polopoly_fs/1.4886378.1653340466!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 24, 2022, 02:00
President says up to 100 Ukrainian soldiers dying each day in Donbas amid Russian assault
![Polish president Andrzej Duda and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a press conference following their talks in Kyiv on Sunday.Photograph; Sergei Supinsky/AFP Polish president Andrzej Duda and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a press conference following their talks in Kyiv on Sunday.Photograph; Sergei Supinsky/AFP](/polopoly_fs/1.4885315.1653247275!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 22, 2022, 18:24
Kyiv insists it will not surrender territory to Russia to secure peace deal
![Members of the Kraken Ukrainian special forces prepare to tow a Russian armoured vehicle in the village of Rus’ka Lozova, outside Kharkiv. Photograph: Finbarr O’Reilly/ The New York Times Members of the Kraken Ukrainian special forces prepare to tow a Russian armoured vehicle in the village of Rus’ka Lozova, outside Kharkiv. Photograph: Finbarr O’Reilly/ The New York Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4884216.1653078124!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 20, 2022, 21:08
Moscow set to turn off gas flow to Finland as Nato bid sours relations
![Former British soldier Matthew Robinson oversees training of Ukrainian volunteers in Irpin, outside Kyiv. Former British soldier Matthew Robinson oversees training of Ukrainian volunteers in Irpin, outside Kyiv.](/polopoly_fs/1.4884131.1653070936!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 20, 2022, 19:30
Kyiv’s forces still plagued by lack of equipment in war with Russia’s vast military
![Russian tank commander Vadim Shishimarin (21) during his court hearing in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Russian tank commander Vadim Shishimarin (21) during his court hearing in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4882225.1652904803!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 18, 2022, 21:14
First war crimes trial since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine begins as fighting continues in Donbas
![Ukrainian sapper Oleksandr Humenchak examines a Russian Uragan rocket containing cluster munitions that landed in fields in Kharkiv. Ukrainian sapper Oleksandr Humenchak examines a Russian Uragan rocket containing cluster munitions that landed in fields in Kharkiv.](/polopoly_fs/1.4882064.1652890011!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 18, 2022, 17:00
Sappers have already dealt with 100,000 shells, mines and other explosives left by the war
![Wounded Ukrainian servicemen are evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. Photograph: Russian Defence Ministry Press Service Handout/ EPA Wounded Ukrainian servicemen are evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. Photograph: Russian Defence Ministry Press Service Handout/ EPA](/polopoly_fs/1.4881252.1652810596!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 17, 2022, 19:03
Moscow suggests steelwork defenders be treated as terrorists and subject to death penalty
![The remains of a Russian helicopter lie in a bomb-cratered field to the east of Kharkiv. Photograph: John Moore/Getty The remains of a Russian helicopter lie in a bomb-cratered field to the east of Kharkiv. Photograph: John Moore/Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4880111.1652734127!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 16, 2022, 20:44
Stubborn defence of Azovstal has helped Ukraine tie up Russian troops in Mariupol
![A concert called Music of Resistance in a bunker in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine A concert called Music of Resistance in a bunker in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine](/polopoly_fs/1.4879611.1652723147!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 16, 2022, 12:45
People begin to return to formerly vibrant city disfigured by scarred buildings and shell craters
![A Ukrainian serviceman walks past a destroyed Russian tank near Kutuzivka, north of Kharkiv, in east Ukraine, on Sunday. Photograph: Mstyslav Chernov/AP Photo A Ukrainian serviceman walks past a destroyed Russian tank near Kutuzivka, north of Kharkiv, in east Ukraine, on Sunday. Photograph: Mstyslav Chernov/AP Photo](/polopoly_fs/1.4879069.1652642427!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 15, 2022, 20:20
Zelenskiy urged countries to provide his military with more urgently needed weapons
![Lyubov Leus holds a photo of her with her husband, Serhiy, on their wedding day nearly 40 years ago. Serhiy was shot and badly injured by Russian troops outside their house. He and their son Sasha (32) were shot dead in their car later in the day as they attempted to drive to a nearby hospital. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin Lyubov Leus holds a photo of her with her husband, Serhiy, on their wedding day nearly 40 years ago. Serhiy was shot and badly injured by Russian troops outside their house. He and their son Sasha (32) were shot dead in their car later in the day as they attempted to drive to a nearby hospital. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin](/polopoly_fs/1.4877431.1652435819!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 14, 2022, 06:00
Villager tells how her husband and adult son were gunned down as they drove to hospital
![Serhiy Pohorelov in Kopyliv outside Kyiv. He who was held captive by Russian troops for 10 days in March after they occupied the village. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin Serhiy Pohorelov in Kopyliv outside Kyiv. He who was held captive by Russian troops for 10 days in March after they occupied the village. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin](/polopoly_fs/1.4875516.1652260341!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 11, 2022, 10:12
Prisoner taken into battle and witnesses looting but lives to tell the tale
![Ukrainian servicemen fire shells from a mortar from their position near Kharkiv on May 9th. Photograph: EPA/Stringer Ukrainian servicemen fire shells from a mortar from their position near Kharkiv on May 9th. Photograph: EPA/Stringer](/polopoly_fs/1.4875031.1652215539!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 10, 2022, 21:26
US warns Moscow preparing for ‘prolonged conflict’ with western-allied neighbour
![A Soviet-era T-34 tank at the Victory Day military parade on Red Square in Moscow. Photograph: Yuri Kochetkov/EPA A Soviet-era T-34 tank at the Victory Day military parade on Red Square in Moscow. Photograph: Yuri Kochetkov/EPA](/polopoly_fs/1.4874026.1652132612!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 9, 2022, 21:41
Russian president claims invasion of Ukraine safeguarding motherland from the hostile West
![People at the Stand with Ukraine Peace March at Dublin’s GPO: the group marched to St Stephen’s Green. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw People at the Stand with Ukraine Peace March at Dublin’s GPO: the group marched to St Stephen’s Green. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw](/polopoly_fs/1.4872870.1652039749!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 8, 2022, 20:56
Putin to address Russians and oversee Red Square parade of military might
![The Azovstal plant in Mariupol. ‘We will continue to fight as long as we live, to repel the Russian occupiers,’ Capt Sviatoslav Palamar, a deputy commander of Azov, said on a video call on Sunday. Photograph: Alessandro Guerra/EPA The Azovstal plant in Mariupol. ‘We will continue to fight as long as we live, to repel the Russian occupiers,’ Capt Sviatoslav Palamar, a deputy commander of Azov, said on a video call on Sunday. Photograph: Alessandro Guerra/EPA](/polopoly_fs/1.4872747.1652029806!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 8, 2022, 18:28
‘We are basically dead men’ says commander who has remained in besieged factory
![Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky urged EU states to act together on the latest sanctions against Russia. Photograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/EPA Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky urged EU states to act together on the latest sanctions against Russia. Photograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/EPA](/polopoly_fs/1.4871591.1651865584!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 6, 2022, 20:34
Kyiv and allies to discuss war effort as Kremlin prepares Red Square military parade
![Tatyana Arkhipova meeting son Ilya (9) in Odesa after he was evacuated from Russian-occupied Kherson in southern Ukraine. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin Tatyana Arkhipova meeting son Ilya (9) in Odesa after he was evacuated from Russian-occupied Kherson in southern Ukraine. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin](/polopoly_fs/1.4871481.1651855319!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 6, 2022, 17:50
The journey to Odesa takes two or more days via scores of checkpoints manned by unpredictable Russian troops on backroads that sna(...)
![Tanks of the Donetsk People’s Republic militia in Mariupol, a city that has been devastated by heavy fighting. Photograph: AP Tanks of the Donetsk People’s Republic militia in Mariupol, a city that has been devastated by heavy fighting. Photograph: AP](/polopoly_fs/1.4870699.1651780054!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 5, 2022, 20:48
Kyiv’s besieged troops in Azovstal steelworks hold out despite ‘bloody fighting’
![European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen proposed that Sberbank, Russia’s biggest lender, and two smaller banks be barred from the Swift international payments system. Photograph: Patrick Hertzog/AFP via Getty Images European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen proposed that Sberbank, Russia’s biggest lender, and two smaller banks be barred from the Swift international payments system. Photograph: Patrick Hertzog/AFP via Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4869605.1651694991!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 4, 2022, 21:10
Oil imports, top bank and alleged war crimes perpetrators targeted by new measures
![A woman injured in the fighting arrives from Mariupol at a registration and processing area for internally displaced people in Zaporizhzhia. The UN says 101 civilians have been “successfully evacuated” from Ukraine’s besieged and battered port city of Mariupol in a joint effort with the Red Cross. Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/Getty Images A woman injured in the fighting arrives from Mariupol at a registration and processing area for internally displaced people in Zaporizhzhia. The UN says 101 civilians have been “successfully evacuated” from Ukraine’s besieged and battered port city of Mariupol in a joint effort with the Red Cross. Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4868677.1651606610!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 3, 2022, 20:36
At least 10 Ukrainians killed after factory in frontline city of Avdiivka shelled
![Odesa event planner and volunteer Andrei Bochko at a party for children evacuated from Ukraine’s war zone. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin Odesa event planner and volunteer Andrei Bochko at a party for children evacuated from Ukraine’s war zone. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin](/polopoly_fs/1.4868551.1651613293!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 3, 2022, 16:00
Volunteers, politicians, businessmen and even crime bosses play role in war effort
![A mother comforts her crying son after arriving from Mariupol to the evacuation point in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Photograph: Roman Pilipey/EPA A mother comforts her crying son after arriving from Mariupol to the evacuation point in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Photograph: Roman Pilipey/EPA](/polopoly_fs/1.4867771.1651534561!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 2, 2022, 19:22
First civilians to be evacuated from giant steel plant in Mariupol arrive in Zaporizhzhia
![Evacuees accompanied by Red Cross personnel walk in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Bezimenne, about 20km east of Mariupol, on Saturday. Photograph: AP Evacuees accompanied by Red Cross personnel walk in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Bezimenne, about 20km east of Mariupol, on Saturday. Photograph: AP](/polopoly_fs/1.4867007.1651435338!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- May 2, 2022, 02:00
UN co-ordinates with Ukraine, Russia and Red Cross for ‘safe passage operation’
![Rescuers carry a body from a damaged building following Russian strikes in Kyiv. Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Rescuers carry a body from a damaged building following Russian strikes in Kyiv. Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4865785.1651263362!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 29, 2022, 20:47
Call for powerful international response to attack while Russia takes ‘colossal losses’
![Alla Barsehyan, head doctor of the hospital in Bashtanka in southern Ukraine, which was hit by a Russian missile on April 19th. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin Alla Barsehyan, head doctor of the hospital in Bashtanka in southern Ukraine, which was hit by a Russian missile on April 19th. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin](/polopoly_fs/1.4865427.1651260894!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 29, 2022, 16:00
‘To hell with tanks, we’re from Bashtanka!’ now a rallying cry after battle on southern plains
![Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy and UN secretary general António Guterres during their meeting in Kyiv on Thursday. Photograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy and UN secretary general António Guterres during their meeting in Kyiv on Thursday. Photograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP](/polopoly_fs/1.4864831.1651180457!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 29, 2022, 00:19
US unveils plans for €33bn in military aid to Ukraine despite Kremlin warnings
![Serhiy Rzhavskyi and his family fled Mariupol after weeks of Russian bombing reduced the city to ruins and killed his stepfather. Now he is a volunteer in Odesa, helping other people displaced by Russia’s invasion. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin Serhiy Rzhavskyi and his family fled Mariupol after weeks of Russian bombing reduced the city to ruins and killed his stepfather. Now he is a volunteer in Odesa, helping other people displaced by Russia’s invasion. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin](/polopoly_fs/1.4864257.1651141693!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 28, 2022, 11:30
Serhiy Rzhavskyi and family fled devastated Ukrainian city after weeks of terror
![Welder Ostap Datsenko prepares donated used cars for the Ukrainian military in his workshop in Lviv. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin Welder Ostap Datsenko prepares donated used cars for the Ukrainian military in his workshop in Lviv. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin](/polopoly_fs/1.4862554.1650992748!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 26, 2022, 18:07
Volunteers take used cars donated to Ukraine from abroad and prepare them for the front line
![Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien will tell Cabinet that some 100 buildings of more than 500 included in an initial trawl of potential venues indicate they could be converted into use as housing for refugees within three months. Photograph: Alan Betson Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien will tell Cabinet that some 100 buildings of more than 500 included in an initial trawl of potential venues indicate they could be converted into use as housing for refugees within three months. Photograph: Alan Betson](/polopoly_fs/1.4861777.1650919361!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Politics
- April 26, 2022, 01:00
Government considering plans in light of Ukraine and housing crises
![Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy with US secretary of state Antony Blinken (right) and US defence secretary Lloyd Austin in Kyiv on April 24th, 2022. Photograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via Getty Images Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy with US secretary of state Antony Blinken (right) and US defence secretary Lloyd Austin in Kyiv on April 24th, 2022. Photograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4861733.1650916886!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 25, 2022, 21:01
Kremlin vows West will fail in what it calls bid to split and ‘destroy Russia from within’
![People coming back to Lviv train station from Poland earlier this month. Photograph: Laurel Chor/Sopa Images/LightRocket via Getty Images People coming back to Lviv train station from Poland earlier this month. Photograph: Laurel Chor/Sopa Images/LightRocket via Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4861251.1650883299!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 25, 2022, 11:41
Lviv Letter: Thousands go back as Kyiv holds out and painful, costly burden of exile grows
![Rescuers help a resident to leave a damaged building in Odesa, on Sunday. A Russian strike on a residential building in the city the day before killed eight people, including a baby. Photograph: Oleksandr GImanov/AFP via Getty Images Rescuers help a resident to leave a damaged building in Odesa, on Sunday. A Russian strike on a residential building in the city the day before killed eight people, including a baby. Photograph: Oleksandr GImanov/AFP via Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4860827.1650827564!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Irish News
- April 25, 2022, 01:00
Minister to outline plans to Cabinet addressing acute accommodation pressures
![Viktoria Kolesnichenko and daughter Elizabeth Vykhristiuk with dog Zhadi in Odesa’s central city garden. They saw the aftermath of a Russian missile strike on the Black Sea city on Saturday. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin Viktoria Kolesnichenko and daughter Elizabeth Vykhristiuk with dog Zhadi in Odesa’s central city garden. They saw the aftermath of a Russian missile strike on the Black Sea city on Saturday. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin](/polopoly_fs/1.4860778.1650823213!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 24, 2022, 19:07
‘She never even got to see life,’ Odesa mayor says of three-month--old girl whose mother also died
![People prepare to board an evacuation train to Lviv the day after arriving with a humanitarian convoy from the besieged city of Mariupol. Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty People prepare to board an evacuation train to Lviv the day after arriving with a humanitarian convoy from the besieged city of Mariupol. Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4859703.1650655883!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 22, 2022, 20:32
Commander says Russia wants southern Ukraine and route to Moldovan enclave
![The funeral of Ukrainian soldier Ivan Myno: ‘It was so bad they could not take his body from the battlefield. But my dad knew where to search and asked soldiers to go there.’ Photograph: Yaryna Chuchma The funeral of Ukrainian soldier Ivan Myno: ‘It was so bad they could not take his body from the battlefield. But my dad knew where to search and asked soldiers to go there.’ Photograph: Yaryna Chuchma](/polopoly_fs/1.4859554.1650644440!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 22, 2022, 18:00
Dentist Ivan Myno died in action; factory worker Lapat is recovering from shrapnel
![People fleeing Mariupol meet relatives and friends as they arrive in a small convoy after the opening of a humanitarian corridor. Photograph: Getty People fleeing Mariupol meet relatives and friends as they arrive in a small convoy after the opening of a humanitarian corridor. Photograph: Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4858823.1650582840!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 22, 2022, 01:00
Mariupol dead the victims of war crimes, says Ukraine as US pledges more weapons
![Donetsk People’s Republic militia walk past damaged vehicles during heavy fighting in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol. Photograph: Alexei Alexandrov/AP Donetsk People’s Republic militia walk past damaged vehicles during heavy fighting in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol. Photograph: Alexei Alexandrov/AP](/polopoly_fs/1.4857756.1650489994!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 20, 2022, 21:33
Metalworks is refuge for Ukrainian troops and locals as latest Russian deadline passes
![At least seven people were killed and 11 injured on Monday when several long-range Russian rockets hit warehouses and a car repair garage in Lviv. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty At least seven people were killed and 11 injured on Monday when several long-range Russian rockets hit warehouses and a car repair garage in Lviv. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4855989.1650311934!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 19, 2022, 06:00
Missile strikes claim first civilian lives of war in ‘safe haven’ city of Lviv
![A local resident looks at an apartment building damaged during fighting in Mariupol, Ukraine. File photograph: AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov A local resident looks at an apartment building damaged during fighting in Mariupol, Ukraine. File photograph: AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov](/polopoly_fs/1.4855972.1650314762!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 18, 2022, 19:26
Officials fear over 20,000 residents may have died in six-week siege of Mariupol
![A local resident looks at damage close to the metal works in Mariupol. Ukrainian troops, including marines and members of the Azov regiment, are holding out despite a Russian ultimatum. Photograph: Alexei Alexandrov A local resident looks at damage close to the metal works in Mariupol. Ukrainian troops, including marines and members of the Azov regiment, are holding out despite a Russian ultimatum. Photograph: Alexei Alexandrov](/polopoly_fs/1.4855239.1650222970!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 18, 2022, 01:00
Russia’s threat deadline passes as besieged soldiers resist and Pope urges peace
![An apartment building in flames after a rocket barrage that struck central Kharkiv on Sunday. Photograph: Tyler Hicks/New York Times An apartment building in flames after a rocket barrage that struck central Kharkiv on Sunday. Photograph: Tyler Hicks/New York Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4855247.1650225115!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 17, 2022, 20:52
Artillery attack the latest in series of deadly strikes on city just 35km from Russian border
![A man in a destroyed building in a southwestern suburb of Kyiv on Friday after it was hit by Russian missiles. Photograph: Fadel Senna/AFP A man in a destroyed building in a southwestern suburb of Kyiv on Friday after it was hit by Russian missiles. Photograph: Fadel Senna/AFP](/polopoly_fs/1.4853981.1650093351!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 16, 2022, 01:15
US says ‘nothing will dissuade us’ from helping Ukraine
![Damaged buildings at the Vizar company military-industrial complex, after the site was hit by overnight Russian strikes, in the town of Vyshneve, 2km southwest of Kyiv, on Friday. Photograph: Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images Damaged buildings at the Vizar company military-industrial complex, after the site was hit by overnight Russian strikes, in the town of Vyshneve, 2km southwest of Kyiv, on Friday. Photograph: Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4853954.1650047590!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 15, 2022, 19:41
President Zelenskiy and CIA chief warn of nuclear threat from Kremlin
![Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba (centre) in Kyiv: Ireland is backing calls for an EU oil embargo on Russia as part of ‘a maximalist approach to sanctions’. Photograph: PA Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba (centre) in Kyiv: Ireland is backing calls for an EU oil embargo on Russia as part of ‘a maximalist approach to sanctions’. Photograph: PA](/polopoly_fs/1.4853129.1649974766!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Politics
- April 15, 2022, 00:00
State to continue to provide non-lethal equipment to Ukraine and offer safe haven
![Ukrainian firefighters try to extinguish a fire after a missile strike on a warehouse on the outskirts of Kharkiv. Photograph: Sergey Bobok/AFP Ukrainian firefighters try to extinguish a fire after a missile strike on a warehouse on the outskirts of Kharkiv. Photograph: Sergey Bobok/AFP](/polopoly_fs/1.4853044.1649960443!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 14, 2022, 19:20
Kremlin warns Finland and Sweden of ‘consequences’ if they join Nato
![Russia’s Black Sea flagship Moskva has sank. Photograph: Vasiliy Batanov/ AFP via Getty Images Russia’s Black Sea flagship Moskva has sank. Photograph: Vasiliy Batanov/ AFP via Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4852654.1649969048!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 14, 2022, 06:45
All crew evacuated following what Ukraine says was missile strike by its forces
![Bodies are exhumed from a mass grave at a church in Bucha, Ukraine. Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Bodies are exhumed from a mass grave at a church in Bucha, Ukraine. Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4852011.1649874497!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 13, 2022, 19:30
International court's top prosecutor visits site of alleged Russian crimes near Kyiv
![Russian president Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny cosmodrome: He has repeated unfounded claims Russian speakers in the Donbas region are being subjected to “genocide” by the authorities in Kyiv. Photograph: Yevgeny Biyatov/Sputnik/ AFP Russian president Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny cosmodrome: He has repeated unfounded claims Russian speakers in the Donbas region are being subjected to “genocide” by the authorities in Kyiv. Photograph: Yevgeny Biyatov/Sputnik/ AFP](/polopoly_fs/1.4851209.1649803561!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 12, 2022, 23:48
Biden refers to ‘genocide’ in Ukraine, saying Putin ‘is trying to wipe out the idea of being able to be Ukrainian’
![Russian servicemen speaking with a woman on the Mira avenue in downtown Mariupol, Ukraine. Photograph: EPA/Sergei Ilnitsky Russian servicemen speaking with a woman on the Mira avenue in downtown Mariupol, Ukraine. Photograph: EPA/Sergei Ilnitsky](/polopoly_fs/1.4851226.1649792931!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 12, 2022, 20:42
Civilians in eastern Ukraine told to flee as battle for Donbas looms
![A Russian soldier walking in front of destroyed apartment buildings in Donetsk, Ukraine. Photograph: Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA A Russian soldier walking in front of destroyed apartment buildings in Donetsk, Ukraine. Photograph: Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA](/polopoly_fs/1.4850217.1649718922!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 12, 2022, 01:00
Ukraine bracing for major onslaught by Moscow’s troops in its eastern Donbas region
![A family mourns a relative killed during the war, as dozens of black bags containing more bodies of victims are strewn across the graveyard in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine. Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/ AP Photo A family mourns a relative killed during the war, as dozens of black bags containing more bodies of victims are strewn across the graveyard in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine. Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/ AP Photo](/polopoly_fs/1.4850258.1649706248!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- April 11, 2022, 21:30
Nearly two-thirds of Ukraine's children displaced six weeks after Russian invasion
![Ukrainian refugees sit on a shuttle bus after crossing the Ukrainian border with Poland at the Medyka border crossing, southeastern Poland. Around 90 percent of them are women and children. Photograph: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images Ukrainian refugees sit on a shuttle bus after crossing the Ukrainian border with Poland at the Medyka border crossing, southeastern Poland. Around 90 percent of them are women and children. Photograph: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4839299.1648562330!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 29, 2022, 18:00
Outflow of women and children continues but fighting-age men are stopped at border
![People, mainly women and children, arrive at Przemysl station in Poland after a train journey from war-torn Ukraine. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images People, mainly women and children, arrive at Przemysl station in Poland after a train journey from war-torn Ukraine. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4836043.1648210777!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 25, 2022, 13:00
Unicef says more than half Ukraine's child population displaced during month of fighting
![A guide and member of the volunteer defence force in the village of Havarechchyna, western Ukraine, who uses the nickname ‘Hroza’ (‘Thunder’). He wears the uniform of UPA soldiers who fought for Ukrainian independence in the 1940s and 1950s, and shows hideouts used by guerrillas who were pursued by Soviet and Nazi forces. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin A guide and member of the volunteer defence force in the village of Havarechchyna, western Ukraine, who uses the nickname ‘Hroza’ (‘Thunder’). He wears the uniform of UPA soldiers who fought for Ukrainian independence in the 1940s and 1950s, and shows hideouts used by guerrillas who were pursued by Soviet and Nazi forces. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin](/polopoly_fs/1.4833143.1647949387!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 22, 2022, 11:50
Kremlin evokes crimes of 1940s independence fighters in ‘denazification’ of democratic Ukraine
![A satellite image taken on March 19th but released on Monday shows burning apartment buildings “likely shelled by artillery” in northeastern Mariupol, Ukraine. Photograph: Maxar Technologies/AFP/Getty A satellite image taken on March 19th but released on Monday shows burning apartment buildings “likely shelled by artillery” in northeastern Mariupol, Ukraine. Photograph: Maxar Technologies/AFP/Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4832692.1647908605!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 21, 2022, 22:00
Moscow says Biden comments about Putin put relations ‘on brink of collapse’
![A member of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces stands guard at a checkpoint in Kyiv as Russian forces try to encircle the Ukrainian capital. Photograph: Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images A member of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces stands guard at a checkpoint in Kyiv as Russian forces try to encircle the Ukrainian capital. Photograph: Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4831777.1647821488!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 20, 2022, 21:07
Deputy prime minister rejects Russian call for Mariupol surrender
![Kyiv’s mayor Vitali Klitschko holds people away from a five-storey residential building that partially collapsed after a shelling in the Ukrainian capital on Friday. Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images Kyiv’s mayor Vitali Klitschko holds people away from a five-storey residential building that partially collapsed after a shelling in the Ukrainian capital on Friday. Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4830663.1647690965!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 19, 2022, 01:56
Washington and Beijing discuss war that UN says has displaced nearly 10 million
![Police officer walks at the site of a bombing that damaged residential buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP Photo Police officer walks at the site of a bombing that damaged residential buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP Photo](/polopoly_fs/1.4830385.1647621019!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 18, 2022, 08:05
China’s Xi Jinping tells Joe Biden that conflicts such as Ukraine are in no one’s interests
![Ukrainian officials said at least 21 people were killed and 25 injured when Russia bombed a school and community centre in the northeastern town of Merefa on Thursday. Photograph: State Emergency Service of Ukraine/via Getty Ukrainian officials said at least 21 people were killed and 25 injured when Russia bombed a school and community centre in the northeastern town of Merefa on Thursday. Photograph: State Emergency Service of Ukraine/via Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4829917.1647551463!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 18, 2022, 01:00
US president to urge Chinese leader Xi to distance himself from Kremlin aggression
![Smoke rises after an explosion in Kyiv: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has compared Russia’s invasion to the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbour and the 9/11 attacks on the United States. Photograph: Aris Messinis Smoke rises after an explosion in Kyiv: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has compared Russia’s invasion to the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbour and the 9/11 attacks on the United States. Photograph: Aris Messinis](/polopoly_fs/1.4828994.1647505312!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 16, 2022, 21:36
Kremlin insists invasion on track as US prepares $800m in arms for Ukraine
![Russian president Vladimir Putin: He may be ousted by protests that become armed and violent as poverty and anger grow, or military defeat could lead to his removal. Photograph: Mikhail Klimentyev Russian president Vladimir Putin: He may be ousted by protests that become armed and violent as poverty and anger grow, or military defeat could lead to his removal. Photograph: Mikhail Klimentyev](/polopoly_fs/1.4828936.1647458669!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 16, 2022, 18:00
Fleeing Russian liberals fear national disaster under increasingly isolated president
![Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a residential apartment building after it was hit by a Russian attack in the early hours of the morning in the Sviatoshynskyi District, Kyiv, Ukraine. Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a residential apartment building after it was hit by a Russian attack in the early hours of the morning in the Sviatoshynskyi District, Kyiv, Ukraine. Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4827971.1647388011!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 16, 2022, 05:01
Irish cameraman and Ukrainian journalist killed outside embattled capital
![Soldiers inspect the site of a Russian bombing in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday. Photograph: Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo Soldiers inspect the site of a Russian bombing in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday. Photograph: Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo](/polopoly_fs/1.4826955.1647305152!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 14, 2022, 21:30
Deadlock in Kyiv-Moscow talks as Kremlin vows to achieve invasion goals
![Vitalii (right) and Dmytro Averchuk, father-and-son heart surgeons in Lviv, are prepared for an influx of cardiac and other patients and growing supply problems as Russia’s invasion expands. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin Vitalii (right) and Dmytro Averchuk, father-and-son heart surgeons in Lviv, are prepared for an influx of cardiac and other patients and growing supply problems as Russia’s invasion expands. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin](/polopoly_fs/1.4826352.1647255925!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 14, 2022, 11:15
City’s main hospital faces surge of patients and supply problems amid fears of Russian bombs
![A man wounded at a military complex is assisted by medical staff outside Novoiavorivsk District Hospital: Ukrainian officials say 35 people died and 134 were injured in the attack on the Yavoriv base. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty A man wounded at a military complex is assisted by medical staff outside Novoiavorivsk District Hospital: Ukrainian officials say 35 people died and 134 were injured in the attack on the Yavoriv base. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4825852.1647207135!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 13, 2022, 21:34
Attack targets site used by Nato trainers but Kyiv and Moscow say talks may work
![Firefighters spray water on a destroyed shoe factory following an airstrike on the central city of Dnipro on Friday. Photograph: Emre Caylak/AFP via Getty Firefighters spray water on a destroyed shoe factory following an airstrike on the central city of Dnipro on Friday. Photograph: Emre Caylak/AFP via Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4824727.1647033212!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 11, 2022, 20:59
Ukraine says more than 1,500 civilians killed in Russian siege of Mariupol
![The coffin of senior police sergeant Roman Rushchyshyn, who was killed in the Luhansk region, is lowered during his funeral in the village of Soposhyn, in the outskirts of Lviv, western Ukraine on Thursday. Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP The coffin of senior police sergeant Roman Rushchyshyn, who was killed in the Luhansk region, is lowered during his funeral in the village of Soposhyn, in the outskirts of Lviv, western Ukraine on Thursday. Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP](/polopoly_fs/1.4823906.1646955999!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 10, 2022, 21:23
Kyiv shares US and UK fears Russia may plan chemical attack during invasion
![Ukrainian emergency employees and volunteers carry an injured pregnant woman from the damaged by shelling maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine. Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo Ukrainian emergency employees and volunteers carry an injured pregnant woman from the damaged by shelling maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine. Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo](/polopoly_fs/1.4822899.1646870789!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 9, 2022, 20:50
West seeks to avoid clash with Russia as two weeks of war drive 2.2m Ukrainians abroad
![Emine Dzheppar, a deputy foreign minister of Ukraine who was a journalist and activist in Crimea until 2014. ‘Ukraine is a piece of bread that Russia cannot swallow,’ she says. Photograph: Olena Khudiakova/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images Emine Dzheppar, a deputy foreign minister of Ukraine who was a journalist and activist in Crimea until 2014. ‘Ukraine is a piece of bread that Russia cannot swallow,’ she says. Photograph: Olena Khudiakova/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4822579.1646842876!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 9, 2022, 16:30
Crimean Tatars and ethnic Ukrainians hail unity and denounce Russia’s occupation of peninsula
![A mother sleeps with her children in a temporary shelter hosting Ukrainian refugees near the city of Przemysl, in southern Poland, on Tuesday. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP via Getty Images A mother sleeps with her children in a temporary shelter hosting Ukrainian refugees near the city of Przemysl, in southern Poland, on Tuesday. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP via Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4821790.1646784512!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 9, 2022, 01:00
Kyiv says compromise possible with Moscow but civilians struggle to flee onslaught
![Vitalii Khatiushyn is trapped in Ukraine after Russia invaded and Ukrainian men aged 18-60 were banned from leaving. In their New York home, the software engineer’s wife is expecting their first child in early May. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin Vitalii Khatiushyn is trapped in Ukraine after Russia invaded and Ukrainian men aged 18-60 were banned from leaving. In their New York home, the software engineer’s wife is expecting their first child in early May. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin](/polopoly_fs/1.4821500.1646751802!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 8, 2022, 15:03
Ukrainian men aged 18-60 barred from leaving and expected to join fight against Russia
![Ukrainian soldiers help citizens cross a destroyed bridge as they flee from the frontline town of Irpin, near Kyiv, on Monday. Photograph: Roman Pilipey/EPA Ukrainian soldiers help citizens cross a destroyed bridge as they flee from the frontline town of Irpin, near Kyiv, on Monday. Photograph: Roman Pilipey/EPA](/polopoly_fs/1.4820872.1646688619!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 8, 2022, 01:00
Humanitarian crisis deepens as evacuations fail and EU told to expect five million refugees
![A Ukrainian soldier runs to check on a family after a mortar round landed nearby as civilians tried to flee Irpin. Photograph: Lynsey Addario/The New York Times A Ukrainian soldier runs to check on a family after a mortar round landed nearby as civilians tried to flee Irpin. Photograph: Lynsey Addario/The New York Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4820276.1646658178!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 7, 2022, 06:36
Civilian death toll from hostilities since invasion is at least 364, says United Nations
![The congregation gathers for a Sunday service at the Saint Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv on Sunday. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images The congregation gathers for a Sunday service at the Saint Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv on Sunday. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4820297.1646640229!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 7, 2022, 01:00
Lviv Letter: West Ukrainian hub looks out for Moscow agents amid patriotism and prayers
![Ukrainian families are helped by volunteers as they arrive into Poland at the Medyka border crossing, where thousands of refugees have fled the war in Ukraine. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Ukrainian families are helped by volunteers as they arrive into Poland at the Medyka border crossing, where thousands of refugees have fled the war in Ukraine. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4819981.1646612712!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 6, 2022, 21:00
Ukraine pleads for air support as Russian missiles wreak deadly devastation
![Volunteers solder I-beams to make anti-tank obstacles known as Czech hedgehogs in a workshop in Lviv, western Ukraine. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images Volunteers solder I-beams to make anti-tank obstacles known as Czech hedgehogs in a workshop in Lviv, western Ukraine. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4818584.1646411420!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 4, 2022, 16:34
Volunteers in Lviv support displaced people and sign up to defend cities from Russian troops
![A woman holds her child as she tries to board a free train to Poland at a station in Lviv, western Ukraine, on Thursday. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images A woman holds her child as she tries to board a free train to Poland at a station in Lviv, western Ukraine, on Thursday. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4817898.1646353366!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 3, 2022, 22:01
Battle rages for key port amid reports of fire at one of Europe’s biggest nuclear power plants
![Ukrainian refugees arrive by Polish passenger train at the Warszawa Wschodnia in Warsaw. Photograph: Pawel Supernak/EPA Ukrainian refugees arrive by Polish passenger train at the Warszawa Wschodnia in Warsaw. Photograph: Pawel Supernak/EPA](/polopoly_fs/1.4817505.1646335028!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 3, 2022, 06:35
Zelenskiy calls for meeting with Putin as concerns mount over Russian convoy outside Kyiv
![A woman cries outside a house damaged by a Russian airstrike, according to locals, in Gorenka, outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Wednesday. Photograph: Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo A woman cries outside a house damaged by a Russian airstrike, according to locals, in Gorenka, outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Wednesday. Photograph: Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo](/polopoly_fs/1.4816879.1646266278!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 2, 2022, 22:15
Kyiv and Moscow to talk again amid increasingly bloody invasion
![Passengers board an evacuation train on March 1, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russian forces continued their advance on the Ukrainian capital as the country’s invasion of its western neighbor entered its sixth day. Photo: Pierre Crom/Getty Images Passengers board an evacuation train on March 1, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russian forces continued their advance on the Ukrainian capital as the country’s invasion of its western neighbor entered its sixth day. Photo: Pierre Crom/Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4816547.1646235307!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 2, 2022, 16:01
Fear and uncertainty pursue Ukrainians onto chaotic evacuation trains from their capital
![Ukrainian refugees rest in the school building near the Polish-Ukrainian border in Medyka, Poland on Tuesday. Photograph: Darek Delmanowicz/EPA Ukrainian refugees rest in the school building near the Polish-Ukrainian border in Medyka, Poland on Tuesday. Photograph: Darek Delmanowicz/EPA](/polopoly_fs/1.4815703.1646202590!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 2, 2022, 01:00
Dead civil servants pulled from rubble of attack on regional government building in Kharkiv
![Civilians cross a river on a blown-up bridge on Kyiv’s northern front on Tuesday. Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images Civilians cross a river on a blown-up bridge on Kyiv’s northern front on Tuesday. Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4815725.1646175638!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- March 1, 2022, 07:54
Five civilians killed in a rocket attack on a Kyiv TV tower as Zelenskiy urges EU to prove it sides with country in conflict
![Cars are stopped at a roadblock set by Ukraine’s civil defence in central Kyiv on Monday. Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP Cars are stopped at a roadblock set by Ukraine’s civil defence in central Kyiv on Monday. Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP](/polopoly_fs/1.4814626.1646125292!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- February 28, 2022, 22:00
Talks fail to halt war that has already sent 500,000 Ukrainians fleeing to EU states
![Customers queue outside a pharmacy in Kyiv after a city-wide curfew ended on Monday. Photograph: Erin Trieb/Bloomberg Customers queue outside a pharmacy in Kyiv after a city-wide curfew ended on Monday. Photograph: Erin Trieb/Bloomberg](/polopoly_fs/1.4814394.1646067297!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- February 28, 2022, 17:00
People search for supplies and check on loved ones as barricades go up in Ukraine’s capital
![Ukrainian refugees at the train station in Przemysl, southeast Poland, on Sunday. Photograph: Darek Delmanowicz/EPA Ukrainian refugees at the train station in Przemysl, southeast Poland, on Sunday. Photograph: Darek Delmanowicz/EPA](/polopoly_fs/1.4813666.1645994635!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- February 27, 2022, 20:45
EU to buy arms for Kyiv and aim sanctions at banks, media, air travel and oligarchs
![Khreshchatyk, the main street, of Kyiv empty due to a 5pm-8am curfew imposed by the mayor of the city, Volodymyr Klitschko. Photograph: Efrem Lukatsky/AP Khreshchatyk, the main street, of Kyiv empty due to a 5pm-8am curfew imposed by the mayor of the city, Volodymyr Klitschko. Photograph: Efrem Lukatsky/AP](/polopoly_fs/1.4813483.1645982366!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- February 27, 2022, 17:30
Ukrainian civilians given guns as explosions shatter eerie silence of curfewed capital
![A damaged residential building at Koshytsa Street, a suburb of Kyiv. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty A damaged residential building at Koshytsa Street, a suburb of Kyiv. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4812434.1645831718!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- February 25, 2022, 22:11
Missile strikes shake city as Kremlin urges its troops to oust Zelenskiy
![People take shelter from bombings in an underground station in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday. Photograph: Pierre Crom/Getty Images People take shelter from bombings in an underground station in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday. Photograph: Pierre Crom/Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4812359.1645820003!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- February 25, 2022, 20:14
Civilians given weapons and urged to make petrol bombs as Russian onslaught continues
![People sleep in the Kyiv subway, using it as a bomb shelter on Friday. In Ukraine’s capital, many residents hurried underground for safety overnight Thursday and Friday as Russian forces fired on the city and moved closer. Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP People sleep in the Kyiv subway, using it as a bomb shelter on Friday. In Ukraine’s capital, many residents hurried underground for safety overnight Thursday and Friday as Russian forces fired on the city and moved closer. Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP](/polopoly_fs/1.4812413.1645827527!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- World
- February 25, 2022, 17:10
Ukrainian guards fire warning shots to prevent stampede at railway station
![Some 100,000 Ukrainians had taken to the roads and rails to flee Russia’s invasion of their country. Photograph: AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti Some 100,000 Ukrainians had taken to the roads and rails to flee Russia’s invasion of their country. Photograph: AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti](/polopoly_fs/1.4811939.1645806047!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- February 25, 2022, 10:24
UN estimates some 100,000 Ukrainians fled their homes on first day of Russian onslaught
![People gather in front of a damaged residential building at Koshytsa Street, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where a military shell allegedly hit. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty People gather in front of a damaged residential building at Koshytsa Street, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where a military shell allegedly hit. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty](/polopoly_fs/1.4811906.1645785813!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- February 25, 2022, 06:40
Heavy gunfire and explosions heard as president Zelenskiy vows to defend country
![People stand by the body of a relative stretched out on the ground after Russian bombings on the eastern Ukrainian town of Chuguiv. Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images People stand by the body of a relative stretched out on the ground after Russian bombings on the eastern Ukrainian town of Chuguiv. Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images](/polopoly_fs/1.4811570.1645771242!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- February 25, 2022, 00:01
West aims new sanctions at Moscow as US says Kremlin seeks to ‘re-establish Soviet Union’
![Larisa and daughter Yelena trying to leave Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine on Thursday morning with their cat, Chanel. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin Larisa and daughter Yelena trying to leave Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine on Thursday morning with their cat, Chanel. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin](/polopoly_fs/1.4811057.1645727195!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- February 24, 2022, 11:26
Kharkiv’s 1.4 million people decide whether to stay or go as Russia launches missile strikes
![Vladimir Putin: ‘I want to repeat that Russia’s interests and the security of our people are an indisputable priority.’ Photograph: EPA Vladimir Putin: ‘I want to repeat that Russia’s interests and the security of our people are an indisputable priority.’ Photograph: EPA](/polopoly_fs/1.4810449.1645652299!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- February 24, 2022, 00:00
EU calls emergency summit as US warns that Moscow’s troops are ‘ready’ to attack
![Vladimir Yachin (56) a scientific researcher in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, which is 35km from the Russia border. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin Vladimir Yachin (56) a scientific researcher in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, which is 35km from the Russia border. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin](/polopoly_fs/1.4810376.1645647037!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- February 23, 2022, 19:00
Preparations in strategic city Kharkiv include network of bomb shelters
![Ukrainians protest in front of the Russian embassy in Kyiv: The European Union, United States and Britain have imposed sanctions on a range of Moscow-based deputies, officials, businessmen and banks. Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko Ukrainians protest in front of the Russian embassy in Kyiv: The European Union, United States and Britain have imposed sanctions on a range of Moscow-based deputies, officials, businessmen and banks. Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko](/polopoly_fs/1.4809499.1645566569!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- February 23, 2022, 00:09
Kyiv ‘used by third countries to create threats towards Russia’, Putin says
![People wave Russian national flags in Donetsk to celebrate Russian president Vladimir Putin signing a decree on the sovereignty of the so-called people’s republics of Donetsk and Luhansk. Photograph: Alexei Alexandrov/ AP Photo People wave Russian national flags in Donetsk to celebrate Russian president Vladimir Putin signing a decree on the sovereignty of the so-called people’s republics of Donetsk and Luhansk. Photograph: Alexei Alexandrov/ AP Photo](/polopoly_fs/1.4808566.1645511853!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
- Europe
- February 21, 2022, 22:31
Columns of military vehicles including tanks seen on outskirts of city of Donetsk