In shattered Chernihiv, Russian siege leaves a city asking, ‘Why?’
This city endured weeks of Russian siege, but just barely.
Officials here, 90 miles north of Kyiv, buried hundreds of civilians in makeshift coffins and hastily dug trenches. Families held mass funerals, fearing they could be killed if they lingered in the cemetery. Water and electricity were almost entirely cut off, and no aid could come in.
More than half of the city’s prewar population of 300,000 fled. Those who stayed behind spent much of the last five weeks huddled underground as Russian forces pounded residential neighborhoods with missiles and mortar fire. The civilian death toll remains unclear, but Mayor Vladyslav Atroshenko said at times the city buried up to 100 people in a single day.
“They were not fighting the army here,” he said in an interview from his office in the city’s historic center, which was damaged when two missiles struck nearby on Feb. 27. “They were bombing civilians.”
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This city endured weeks of Russian siege, but just barely.
Officials here, 90 miles north of Kyiv, buried hundreds of civilians in makeshift coffins and hastily dug trenches. Families held mass funerals, fearing they could be killed if they lingered in the cemetery. Water and electricity were almost entirely cut off, and no aid could come in.
More than half of the city’s prewar population of 300,000 fled. Those who stayed behind spent much of the last five weeks huddled underground as Russian forces pounded residential neighborhoods with missiles and mortar fire. The civilian death toll remains unclear, but Mayor Vladyslav Atroshenko said at times the city buried up to 100 people in a single day.
“They were not fighting the army here,” he said in an interview from his office in the city’s historic center, which was damaged when two missiles struck nearby on Feb. 27. “They were bombing civilians.”
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Here is the latest on Ukraine's key battlegrounds and retaken cities.
Mariupol: Bombardment continued Tuesday, with more than 100,000 people still trapped here, said the mayor. Nearly 1,500 made it out Tuesday, a deputy prime minister said, but a Red Cross convoy has not been able to gain access to the city after days of trying. Britain’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday that as many as 160,000 are stranded without electricity, food, water, medicine or heat.
Borodyanka: President Zelensky warned the death toll here may be even higher than that of Bucha. Ukraine’s forces have retaken the city, and photos from local media show widespread destruction.
Bucha: Ukrainian citizens and soldiers continue to survey the damage in this Kyiv suburb. A Post photographer who returned there Tuesday saw bodies of residents and their pets lying in gardens and backyards. A site said to have been used by Russian troops for torture was spotted with bloodstains and bullet holes.
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Mariupol: Bombardment continued Tuesday, with more than 100,000 people still trapped here, said the mayor. Nearly 1,500 made it out Tuesday, a deputy prime minister said, but a Red Cross convoy has not been able to gain access to the city after days of trying. Britain’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday that as many as 160,000 are stranded without electricity, food, water, medicine or heat.
Borodyanka: President Zelensky warned the death toll here may be even higher than that of Bucha. Ukraine’s forces have retaken the city, and photos from local media show widespread destruction.
Bucha: Ukrainian citizens and soldiers continue to survey the damage in this Kyiv suburb. A Post photographer who returned there Tuesday saw bodies of residents and their pets lying in gardens and backyards. A site said to have been used by Russian troops for torture was spotted with bloodstains and bullet holes.
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Here is the latest from Ukraine.
- NATO foreign ministers will gather in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss how to support Ukraine amid rising pressure from President Zelensky to do more and internal tensions over the extent to which Russia poses a direct threat to the alliance.
- In response to possible war crimes, the Biden administration on Wednesday will announce a ban on new investments in Russia and more sanctions on Russian enterprises and government officials. The European Commission is proposing a ban on Russian coal as part of a new package of sanctions.
- The Biden administration also approved on Tuesday sending $100 million worth of Javelin antitank missile systems to Ukraine, the sixth such drawdown of equipment from the Pentagon’s inventories since August.
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- NATO foreign ministers will gather in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss how to support Ukraine amid rising pressure from President Zelensky to do more and internal tensions over the extent to which Russia poses a direct threat to the alliance.
- In response to possible war crimes, the Biden administration on Wednesday will announce a ban on new investments in Russia and more sanctions on Russian enterprises and government officials. The European Commission is proposing a ban on Russian coal as part of a new package of sanctions.
- The Biden administration also approved on Tuesday sending $100 million worth of Javelin antitank missile systems to Ukraine, the sixth such drawdown of equipment from the Pentagon’s inventories since August.
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Some European countries begin sending diplomats back to Ukraine
Foreign diplomats began leaving Ukraine in droves in February, as Russian troops prepared to invade the country. Now, as the war enters its 42nd day, at least three European countries are sending diplomats back.
The moves to return envoys to Ukraine, or in some cases to reopen diplomatic outposts, coincide with a withdrawal of Russian troops from northern Ukraine, particularly areas around the capital, Kyiv, which military experts say could be a sign that Moscow is refocusing its efforts on the east of the country.
On Tuesday, Estonia’s foreign minister, Eva-Maria Liimets, said her country’s ambassador to Ukraine, Kaimo Kuusk, who left on March 6, was “making preparations” to return to Kyiv within days, Estonia’s public broadcaster said.
Liimets’s remarks came on the same day that Estonia announced it would shut two Russian consular outposts and expel 14 diplomats and consular staffers.
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Foreign diplomats began leaving Ukraine in droves in February, as Russian troops prepared to invade the country. Now, as the war enters its 42nd day, at least three European countries are sending diplomats back.
The moves to return envoys to Ukraine, or in some cases to reopen diplomatic outposts, coincide with a withdrawal of Russian troops from northern Ukraine, particularly areas around the capital, Kyiv, which military experts say could be a sign that Moscow is refocusing its efforts on the east of the country.
On Tuesday, Estonia’s foreign minister, Eva-Maria Liimets, said her country’s ambassador to Ukraine, Kaimo Kuusk, who left on March 6, was “making preparations” to return to Kyiv within days, Estonia’s public broadcaster said.
Liimets’s remarks came on the same day that Estonia announced it would shut two Russian consular outposts and expel 14 diplomats and consular staffers.
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As Ukraine war drags on, Pentagon makes long-term plans for Europe
The open-ended war in Ukraine has thrown the Pentagon’s long-term planning into question, with senior U.S. defense officials expected to revamp how they deploy military forces in Eastern Europe and the Baltics amid deepening anxiety over Russia’s broader ambitions.
Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday that he favors creating permanent bases for U.S. troops in the region but to deploy personnel there rotationally, “so you get the effect of permanence” at a lesser cost because expenses such as family housing and schools are not involved.
“I believe a lot of our allies, especially those such as the Baltics or Poland or Romania, they are very willing to establish permanent bases,” Milley said in testimony before the House Armed Services Committee. “They will build them and pay for them.”
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The open-ended war in Ukraine has thrown the Pentagon’s long-term planning into question, with senior U.S. defense officials expected to revamp how they deploy military forces in Eastern Europe and the Baltics amid deepening anxiety over Russia’s broader ambitions.
Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday that he favors creating permanent bases for U.S. troops in the region but to deploy personnel there rotationally, “so you get the effect of permanence” at a lesser cost because expenses such as family housing and schools are not involved.
“I believe a lot of our allies, especially those such as the Baltics or Poland or Romania, they are very willing to establish permanent bases,” Milley said in testimony before the House Armed Services Committee. “They will build them and pay for them.”
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Right-wing Azov Battalion emerges as a controversial defender of Ukraine
Inside a warehouse, in a bustling section of this capital, the incessant cracking sound of gunfire echoed off walls. Men in olive-colored camouflage were training for war. Most wore helmets and bulletproof jackets. Some wore high-top sneakers. All clutched AK-47 rifles and waited for their turn to shoot at a round target 50 yards away.
It was centered with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s face — and peppered with bullet holes.
Invisible, yet palpable, was the shadow cast over this new regiment, like every unit of the Azov Battalion. Alexi Suliyma knew about its ugly past, but he joined anyway. Two friends were in the force, and he felt the Azov would best train him to defend his motherland.
“These are guys who simply love their country and Ukrainian people,” said Suliyma, 23, a former construction worker. “I never knew them to be Nazis or fascists, never heard them make calls for the Third Reich.”
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Inside a warehouse, in a bustling section of this capital, the incessant cracking sound of gunfire echoed off walls. Men in olive-colored camouflage were training for war. Most wore helmets and bulletproof jackets. Some wore high-top sneakers. All clutched AK-47 rifles and waited for their turn to shoot at a round target 50 yards away.
It was centered with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s face — and peppered with bullet holes.
Invisible, yet palpable, was the shadow cast over this new regiment, like every unit of the Azov Battalion. Alexi Suliyma knew about its ugly past, but he joined anyway. Two friends were in the force, and he felt the Azov would best train him to defend his motherland.
“These are guys who simply love their country and Ukrainian people,” said Suliyma, 23, a former construction worker. “I never knew them to be Nazis or fascists, never heard them make calls for the Third Reich.”
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Ukrainian villagers describe cruel and brutal Russian occupation
The city of Mykolaiv has been defended fiercely by Ukrainian forces blocking Russia’s attempts to advance toward the strategically key Black Sea port of Odessa, about 70 miles to the southwest. When Russian forces couldn’t go through Mykolaiv last month, they tried to go around it, storming into an area of small, rural towns north of the city.
Russians arrived in columns of armored vehicles and occupied these hamlets for about 10 days before Ukrainian military forces ejected them. In interviews with The Post in recent days, residents recounted how they were terrorized by their new Russian overlords. Their stories offer a glimpse of abuse and violence against unarmed civilians that could be used as evidence in potential war crimes cases against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military.
Similar stories have been emerging in recent days from areas around Kyiv that were under Russian control until recently.
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The city of Mykolaiv has been defended fiercely by Ukrainian forces blocking Russia’s attempts to advance toward the strategically key Black Sea port of Odessa, about 70 miles to the southwest. When Russian forces couldn’t go through Mykolaiv last month, they tried to go around it, storming into an area of small, rural towns north of the city.
Russians arrived in columns of armored vehicles and occupied these hamlets for about 10 days before Ukrainian military forces ejected them. In interviews with The Post in recent days, residents recounted how they were terrorized by their new Russian overlords. Their stories offer a glimpse of abuse and violence against unarmed civilians that could be used as evidence in potential war crimes cases against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military.
Similar stories have been emerging in recent days from areas around Kyiv that were under Russian control until recently.
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Here is the latest from Ukraine.
- The U.S. Justice Department has indicted Konstantin Malofeyev, the first criminal charges against an oligarch since the invasion of Ukraine began.
- The Red Cross said it was “impossible to enter” the southern port of Mariupol after its team tried over five days to reach thousands of people trapped in the devastated city.
- Greece and Norway said Wednesday that they would expel Russian diplomats, and Moscow vowed to retaliate — the latest sign of a tit-for-tat downgrading of diplomatic relations between Russia and its European neighbors.
- The Kremlin described the withdrawal of troops from around Kyiv as “a gesture of goodwill” for negotiations, while its forces shifted to eastern Ukraine, where officials reported intensifying attacks.
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- The U.S. Justice Department has indicted Konstantin Malofeyev, the first criminal charges against an oligarch since the invasion of Ukraine began.
- The Red Cross said it was “impossible to enter” the southern port of Mariupol after its team tried over five days to reach thousands of people trapped in the devastated city.
- Greece and Norway said Wednesday that they would expel Russian diplomats, and Moscow vowed to retaliate — the latest sign of a tit-for-tat downgrading of diplomatic relations between Russia and its European neighbors.
- The Kremlin described the withdrawal of troops from around Kyiv as “a gesture of goodwill” for negotiations, while its forces shifted to eastern Ukraine, where officials reported intensifying attacks.
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Here is the latest on Ukraine’s key battlegrounds and retaken cities.
Mariupol: At least 5,000 residents of this city have died in the war, including 210 children, the mayor said Wednesday, adding that more than 100,000 people are trapped. The International Committee of the Red Cross suspended its efforts in the area after days of unsuccessful attempts to evacuate residents because of security conditions.
Kharkiv region: The Ukrainian deputy prime minister and local officials said Wednesday that residents are in danger and should consider evacuating as Ukrainian leaders brace for new assaults in the country's east.
Chernihiv: The largest city besieged by Russian troops and retaken by Ukrainians, more than half of Chernihiv’s 300,000 residents have fled and hundreds more have been killed, the mayor said. The total toll remains unclear, but survivors describe atrocities echoing those that have emerged from other cities Russia has occupied.
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Mariupol: At least 5,000 residents of this city have died in the war, including 210 children, the mayor said Wednesday, adding that more than 100,000 people are trapped. The International Committee of the Red Cross suspended its efforts in the area after days of unsuccessful attempts to evacuate residents because of security conditions.
Kharkiv region: The Ukrainian deputy prime minister and local officials said Wednesday that residents are in danger and should consider evacuating as Ukrainian leaders brace for new assaults in the country's east.
Chernihiv: The largest city besieged by Russian troops and retaken by Ukrainians, more than half of Chernihiv’s 300,000 residents have fled and hundreds more have been killed, the mayor said. The total toll remains unclear, but survivors describe atrocities echoing those that have emerged from other cities Russia has occupied.
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Here is the latest from Ukraine.
- Russia faces further estrangement from the international community as NATO foreign ministers head into their second day of meetings Thursday, and as European leaders weigh a ban on Russian coal imports. And amid the growing revelations over the killings in the Ukrainian city of Bucha, the United Nations could vote to expel Russia from its Human Rights Council.
- The Biden administration on Wednesday issued additional sanctions against Russia, with targets including two of the country’s biggest banks and President Putin’s adult daughters.
- Ukrainian officials called Wednesday for evacuations in three provinces near the Russian border amid new signs that Russian troops are escalating their assault there.
- Russia has fully withdrawn its troops from Kyiv and the city of Chernihiv, according to the Pentagon.
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- Russia faces further estrangement from the international community as NATO foreign ministers head into their second day of meetings Thursday, and as European leaders weigh a ban on Russian coal imports. And amid the growing revelations over the killings in the Ukrainian city of Bucha, the United Nations could vote to expel Russia from its Human Rights Council.
- The Biden administration on Wednesday issued additional sanctions against Russia, with targets including two of the country’s biggest banks and President Putin’s adult daughters.
- Ukrainian officials called Wednesday for evacuations in three provinces near the Russian border amid new signs that Russian troops are escalating their assault there.
- Russia has fully withdrawn its troops from Kyiv and the city of Chernihiv, according to the Pentagon.
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Russia should be expelled from G-20, Yellen says
Russia should be expelled from the Group of 20 for its actions in Ukraine, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said Wednesday.
Washington will boycott “a number” of G-20 meetings if Moscow attends, Yellen said. Russia’s ambassador to Indonesia said last month that Russian President Vladimir Putin “wants to” attend a G-20 leaders summit in the Southeast Asian nation in November, but that his presence will “depend on many, many things, including the covid situation.”
President Biden has asked that Russia be removed from the G-20, an assembly of the world’s largest economies, Yellen testified to the House Financial Services Committee. Biden last month joined several other Western leaders in expressing support for expelling Russia from the group.
Yellen said Russia’s actions in Ukraine, including its brutal killings in Bucha, were “reprehensible” and “represent an unacceptable affront to the rules-based global order.”
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Russia should be expelled from the Group of 20 for its actions in Ukraine, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said Wednesday.
Washington will boycott “a number” of G-20 meetings if Moscow attends, Yellen said. Russia’s ambassador to Indonesia said last month that Russian President Vladimir Putin “wants to” attend a G-20 leaders summit in the Southeast Asian nation in November, but that his presence will “depend on many, many things, including the covid situation.”
President Biden has asked that Russia be removed from the G-20, an assembly of the world’s largest economies, Yellen testified to the House Financial Services Committee. Biden last month joined several other Western leaders in expressing support for expelling Russia from the group.
Yellen said Russia’s actions in Ukraine, including its brutal killings in Bucha, were “reprehensible” and “represent an unacceptable affront to the rules-based global order.”
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Ukraine presses NATO for more aid: ‘Weapons, weapons, weapons’
Ukraine’s top diplomat made a pointed appeal to NATO on Thursday to drop reservations about providing additional arms to Ukrainian forces — weapons that he said are urgently needed to prevent further Russian atrocities against civilians.
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba traveled to Brussels to address a gathering of his counterparts from across the Western alliance, saying he had a threefold agenda: “weapons, weapons, weapons.”
he had a threefold agenda: “weapons, weapons, weapons.”
“The more weapons we get, and the sooner they arrive in Ukraine, the more human lives will be saved,” Kuleba said ahead of the meeting. “The more cities and villages will not be destructed. And there will be no more Buchas,” he said.
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Ukraine’s top diplomat made a pointed appeal to NATO on Thursday to drop reservations about providing additional arms to Ukrainian forces — weapons that he said are urgently needed to prevent further Russian atrocities against civilians.
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba traveled to Brussels to address a gathering of his counterparts from across the Western alliance, saying he had a threefold agenda: “weapons, weapons, weapons.”
he had a threefold agenda: “weapons, weapons, weapons.”
“The more weapons we get, and the sooner they arrive in Ukraine, the more human lives will be saved,” Kuleba said ahead of the meeting. “The more cities and villages will not be destructed. And there will be no more Buchas,” he said.
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Germany intercepts Russian talk of indiscriminate killings in Ukraine
Germany’s foreign intelligence service claims to have intercepted radio communications in which Russian soldiers discuss carrying out indiscriminate killings in Ukraine.
In two separate communications, Russian soldiers described questioning Ukrainian soldiers as well as civilians and then shooting them, according to an intelligence official familiar with the findings who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity.
The findings, first reported by the German magazine Der Spiegel and confirmed by three people briefed on the information, further undermine Russia’s denials of involvement in the carnage. Russia has claimed variously that atrocities are being carried out only after its soldiers leave occupied areas or that scenes of massacres of civilians are “staged.”
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Germany’s foreign intelligence service claims to have intercepted radio communications in which Russian soldiers discuss carrying out indiscriminate killings in Ukraine.
In two separate communications, Russian soldiers described questioning Ukrainian soldiers as well as civilians and then shooting them, according to an intelligence official familiar with the findings who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity.
The findings, first reported by the German magazine Der Spiegel and confirmed by three people briefed on the information, further undermine Russia’s denials of involvement in the carnage. Russia has claimed variously that atrocities are being carried out only after its soldiers leave occupied areas or that scenes of massacres of civilians are “staged.”
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Russia suspended from U.N. Human Rights Council amid global outrage over Ukraine
The U.N. General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council amid mounting concerns that Moscow’s troops are committing grave war crimes in Ukraine.
The vote came as global outrage over the killings of civilians in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha intensified. Bodies were found strewn in the streets — and in some cases showed signs of torture — after Russian troops retreated.
World leaders have responded with tougher sanctions and promises to send Ukraine more weapons — measures that Ukrainian officials have welcomed but say aren’t enough to help prevent future atrocities.
Thousands of people are fleeing eastern Ukraine, bracing for an intensified Russian assault in the eastern part of the country.
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The U.N. General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council amid mounting concerns that Moscow’s troops are committing grave war crimes in Ukraine.
The vote came as global outrage over the killings of civilians in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha intensified. Bodies were found strewn in the streets — and in some cases showed signs of torture — after Russian troops retreated.
World leaders have responded with tougher sanctions and promises to send Ukraine more weapons — measures that Ukrainian officials have welcomed but say aren’t enough to help prevent future atrocities.
Thousands of people are fleeing eastern Ukraine, bracing for an intensified Russian assault in the eastern part of the country.
More live updates here.
In Bucha, the scope of Russian barbarity is coming into focus
BUCHA, Ukraine — The name of this city is already synonymous with the month-long carnage that Russian soldiers perpetrated here.
But the scale of the killings and the depravity with which they were committed are only just becoming apparent as police, local officials and regular citizens start the grim task of clearing Bucha of the hundreds of corpses decomposing on streets and in parks, apartment buildings and other locations.
As a team from the district prosecutor’s office moved slowly through Bucha on Wednesday, investigators uncovered evidence of torture before death, beheading and dismemberment, and the intentional burning of corpses.
Some of the cruelest violence took place at a glass factory on the edge of town.
On the gravel near a loading dock lay the body of Dmytro Chaplyhin, 21, whose abdomen was bruised black and blue, his hands marked with what looked like cigarette burns.
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BUCHA, Ukraine — The name of this city is already synonymous with the month-long carnage that Russian soldiers perpetrated here.
But the scale of the killings and the depravity with which they were committed are only just becoming apparent as police, local officials and regular citizens start the grim task of clearing Bucha of the hundreds of corpses decomposing on streets and in parks, apartment buildings and other locations.
As a team from the district prosecutor’s office moved slowly through Bucha on Wednesday, investigators uncovered evidence of torture before death, beheading and dismemberment, and the intentional burning of corpses.
Some of the cruelest violence took place at a glass factory on the edge of town.
On the gravel near a loading dock lay the body of Dmytro Chaplyhin, 21, whose abdomen was bruised black and blue, his hands marked with what looked like cigarette burns.
Read the full story here.
Here is the latest from Ukraine.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of a looming onslaught in eastern Ukraine, where Russia refocused its troops after withdrawing from Kyiv’s suburbs and the northern Chernihiv region. He urged European countries to impose an embargo on Russian oil.
- The Senate on Thursday cleared a months-long partisan impasse over how to respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, sending multiple bills aimed at punishing Russia and aiding Ukraine to the House for final action.
- Ukraine’s top diplomat made a pointed appeal to NATO leaders to expedite arms supplies to Ukrainian forces — weaponry he said is urgently needed before Russia launches an expected offensive in the country’s east.
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- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of a looming onslaught in eastern Ukraine, where Russia refocused its troops after withdrawing from Kyiv’s suburbs and the northern Chernihiv region. He urged European countries to impose an embargo on Russian oil.
- The Senate on Thursday cleared a months-long partisan impasse over how to respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, sending multiple bills aimed at punishing Russia and aiding Ukraine to the House for final action.
- Ukraine’s top diplomat made a pointed appeal to NATO leaders to expedite arms supplies to Ukrainian forces — weaponry he said is urgently needed before Russia launches an expected offensive in the country’s east.
More live updates here.
Here’s the latest on Ukraine’s key battlegrounds and retaken cities.
Luhansk region: All medical institutions and hospitals here were destroyed by Russian forces, the governor said Thursday, sharing photos of battered buildings and gutted hallways. Shelling in the area has devastated high-rises and blocked evacuation trains.
Kyiv: President Zelensky touted diplomats’ return to the capital in his address Thursday, as Russian forces have retreated from the area. Since the withdrawal, German intelligence has shown the involvement of Russian troops in the slaying of citizens in Bucha.
Borodyanka: When Ukrainian authorities returned to this newly liberated community, they discovered decimated buildings, rattled survivors and a growing number of bodies. During a search of two apartment buildings, 26 bodies were found under the rubble, said Ukraine’s prosecutor general, calling Borodyanka “the most destroyed city in the Kyiv region.”
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Luhansk region: All medical institutions and hospitals here were destroyed by Russian forces, the governor said Thursday, sharing photos of battered buildings and gutted hallways. Shelling in the area has devastated high-rises and blocked evacuation trains.
Kyiv: President Zelensky touted diplomats’ return to the capital in his address Thursday, as Russian forces have retreated from the area. Since the withdrawal, German intelligence has shown the involvement of Russian troops in the slaying of citizens in Bucha.
Borodyanka: When Ukrainian authorities returned to this newly liberated community, they discovered decimated buildings, rattled survivors and a growing number of bodies. During a search of two apartment buildings, 26 bodies were found under the rubble, said Ukraine’s prosecutor general, calling Borodyanka “the most destroyed city in the Kyiv region.”
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