Browsing: Russian invasion of Ukraine

The west has condemned Russia’s plans to hold urgent referendums in parts of Ukraine that are under Russian control.

The Independent says Moscow’s submarines have retreated from Crimea to Krasnodar in southern Russia amid a local security threat, the British defence ministry said today.

The Guardian says The UN general assembly summit this week will be dominated by a struggle – between the US and its allies on one side and Russia on the other – for global support over the fate of Ukraine.

PM Liz Truss has vowed to match UK spending on military support to Ukraine next year, as politics returns following the Queen’s death.

Alla Pugacheva – one of Russia’s biggest music stars, has condemned the invasion of Ukraine and called on Russian authorities to declare her a “foreign agent”, in solidarity with her anti-war husband Maxim Galkin.

A mass grave has reportedly been found in Izyum, the north eastern city that was recently freed from Russian occupation.

Homes have been flooded following Russian missiles striking a reservoir dam near the southern Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, official say.

The i says Vladimir Putin is under pressure after Ukraine’s lightning counter-offensive in the eastern Kharkiv region led to Kyiv’s forces retaking an area the size of Greater London in 48 hours.

Ukrainian forces have retaken even more territory from Russia as they continue their counter-offensive, according to Ukrainian president Zelensky.

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has blamed Russia for causing power cuts across the east in revenge for a Ukrainian counter-offence.