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Russia Ukraine War News LIVE Updates | Putin expressed concern for the lives of Russian troops in deciding against sending them in to clear out the ...

Putin’s comments came as satellite image provider Maxar Technologies released photos showing more than 200 of what it called new mass graves in a town where Ukrainian officials say the Russians have been burying Mariupol residents killed in the fighting. In a statement, Maxar said a review of previous images indicates that the new graves were dug in late March and expanded over the past couple of weeks. Boychenko labeled Russian actions in the city as “the new Babi Yar,” a reference to the site of multiple Nazi massacres in which nearly 34,000 Ukrainian Jews were killed in 1941.

Russia: A senior Russian military official said Russia's territorial goals extend well beyond the eastern Donbas region, saying Moscow seeks to control all of ...

Romania’s cybersecurity agency has noticed a significant increase in scanning for cybersecurity flaws on the infrastructure it monitors, which includes critical infrastructure and other types of organizations, said Dan Cimpean, the agency’s director. The type of malware, known as HermeticWiper, can delete data on a machine. The Polish prime minister’s office introduced an elevated alert level for cyberattacks that is still in place.

New evidence of a potential mass grave emerged from Mariupol, as Russian forces sealed off the last Ukrainian stronghold at the Azovstal steel plant.

Rylov stood on stage with medalists from other Olympic sports at the event last month and wore a jacket with a “Z” on the chest. “Despite Russia’s renewed focus they are still suffering from losses sustained earlier in the conflict. Hope that life will overcome death.” The last pocket of Ukrainian resistance continues to hold out in the strategically vital port city despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to declare a victory there. “Hope for peace. Sparks now fly as the third-generation metalworker’s laser machines slice plates for bulletproof vests from Swedish or German steel, make dog tags to dangle from young soldiers’ necks and build metal braces for limbs broken in battle. We here in Ukraine don’t need de-Nazification,” he said. Ukrainian authorities have estimated that 1,000 civilians are inside the plant along with the fighters. “Because we are here in a free country, free religion.” "The enemy is trying to advance in the area of Rubizhne, and defensive battles with the enemy continue in the direction of the settlements of Novtoshkivske and Popasna,” he said in a Telegram post. LVIV, Ukraine — He once sold pots, cookie cutters and pizza pans. Major Gen. Rustam Minnekayev said the aim was to create a land bridge from Russia to Crimea and another exit to the unrecognized breakaway republic of Transnistria in Moldova to Ukraine's southwest.

A senior Russian military officer said Moscow aimed to seize control of eastern and southern Ukraine, including critical Black Sea ports, while German ...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov agreed to meet him in Moscow ...

"And now Putin is destroying Ukrainians. He has already killed tens of thousands of civilians in Mariupol. And this requires a strong reaction from the entire civilized world. The site in the village of Mangush could hold 3,000 to 9,000 — and 70 bodies have been found so far, the city council. It has been the site of the heaviest shelling since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began, cut off from electricity, water and food for nearly two months. Russian forces have been stationed in Transnistria since the 1990s, and Kyiv has warned that Moscow could stage false flag operations there to justify an invasion. In early April he was photographed holding a Ukrainian flag from the town of Bucha, which he said had been "martyred" after evidence emerged of Russian atrocities committed against civilians there. More than a dozen House members wrote Friday to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin asking for the U.S. to fill gaps in Ukraine's medical infrastructure. They called on the Kremlin to "release Vladimir and all those detained for fighting on behalf of a better future for their country." A corridor had initially been agreed to evacuate 6,000 civilians on 90 buses from the heavily bombarded city of Mariupol, where an estimated 120,000 civilians are still trapped. And to do it in a way that's smart," he said. He was detained on April 12, shortly after CNN published a video in which the dissident described Putin's power apparatus as "a regime of murderers." "It may have peaked, but look: Inflation has been high and I think the shocks emanating from this unjustified attack on Ukraine will prolong inflationary pressure," Yellen said. Human Rights Watch leader Hugh Williamson decried the "fake news" law as being "part of Russia's ruthless effort to suppress all dissent."

Experts say fertilizer needs, diplomatic tradition, President Bolsonaro's election concerns affect stance on conflict. Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro. Brazil's ...

“Russia is resuscitating the BRICS out of necessity, in an effort to have some allies … to save itself from isolation,” said Lazarou. Wheat globally also rose sharply – and Brazil imports a lot of wheat,” Lima added. Inflation in Brazil was already high before the war, with growing hunger and poverty presenting problems for Bolsonaro’s October re-election. “For us, the fertilizer issue is sacred,” he said days after the Russian invasion began on February 24. But potential logistics bottlenecks and payment problems have raised fears of supply shortages and subsequent hikes to already high prices for the second half of the year when Brazil will plant its 2022-2023 crop. Brazil is the world’s largest producer and exporter of soybeans, mostly used for animal feed.

Russian president plays down prospect of a meeting with Ukraine's Zelenskyy during talks with top European official.

During the pair’s talks Putin also accused Kyiv of refusing to allow Ukrainian troops holed up in Mariupol’s sprawling Azovstal steel plant to surrender, the Kremlin said. Michel said he had stressed the EU’s “condemnation” of Russia’s invasion during his talks with Putin and laid out the sanctions the bloc is imposing on Moscow in response. Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Kyiv of being “inconsistent” in talks with Moscow over ending the war in Ukraine and played down the prospect of any immediate meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed his troops were victorious in the battle for Mariupol, a Russian military official laid out wider aims ...

The drones have abilities to the Switchblade kamikaze drones, which are single-use, armed drones that fit in a backpack. The howitzers will outfit five Ukrainian artillery battalions specifically for fighting in the Donbas, Kirby said. Biden said not all the U.S. assistance is being advertised. Russia has ceaselessly bombarded the city for almost two months and appears to control most of the city. Capturing Mariupol is seen as central to the new phase, but thousands of Ukrainian troops and civilians remain in the giant Azovstal steel mill complex. Also included are 121 Phoenix Ghost drones developed by the U.S. Air Force specifically for the Ukrainians, Kirby said. More than 92% of those were recorded in Ukrainian government-controlled territory, it added. The Russian-controlled news source said the Ukrainian service members aimed to "sabotage in the territories liberated by the Russian army." So they continue to fight for that city," Kirby told CNN on Friday. “There’s no evidence yet that Mariupol has completely fallen.” Ukrainian officials also said about 1,000 civilians are also trapped there. NEW PHASE OF WAR: What a new phase of war means for Ukrainians in the east

As Friday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day: A top Russian military commander said Russia wants to take "full ...

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Zelenskiy warns Russia's invasion of Ukraine just the 'beginning' as the Kremlin will push to capture other countries.

The MoD said it would take Russia some time to change tactics and improve operations and therefore in the interim there is “likely to be continued reliance on bombardment as a means of trying to suppress Ukrainian opposition”. The United Nations chief, António Guterres, will meet Putin in Moscow next week, seeking an end to the bloodshed. Another mass grave has been found outside of Mariupol, the Associated Press has reported, citing the city council and an adviser to the mayor. Fears continue to grow for hundreds of civilians holed up in the Azovstal steel factory in the besieged port city of Mariupol, with the last remaining, outgunned contingent of Ukrainian fighters. But according to Petro Andryushchenko, an adviser to Mariupol’s mayor, Russian forces are continuing to drop bombs on the plant. And who will come next?” Zelenskiy said in a video address late on Friday.

Kyiv has previously warned of Russian expansionism, but there are now signs the Kremlin could cut a path through Ukraine to a Moldovan breakaway region.

The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. Ukrainian officials say about 50,000 people a day are going back, despite warnings from Kyiv’s mayor to stay put and continued airstrikes around the city. LVIV, Ukraine — Train 750L was running nearly an hour behind schedule when it rumbled into the western Ukrainian hub of Lviv one recent afternoon. Kyiv region: A majority of cities around the capital — where residents who fled are now returning — suffered massive destruction of civilian infrastructure, the United Nations confirmed Friday with satellite imagery. A small pocket of resistance, about 1,000 Ukrainian fighters and citizens who remain holed up in a steel plant, are surrounded. In a Facebook post, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk told residents of the devastated port city to “be patient, please hold on." “The Izyum direction, Donbas, Pryazovia, Mariupol, Kherson region are the places where the fate of this war and the future of our state is being decided,” he said. They drew swift condemnation from Moldova, where residents have worried since the beginning of the war they could be next in the Kremlin’s crosshairs. “He’s not going into this meeting on Tuesday with a preset list of things that we have to drive to,” Kirby said. Talks between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators in Turkey last month — during which Kyiv detailed its peace proposal and Moscow agreed to reduce its military operations near two key Ukrainian cities — allowed for a rare moment of optimism. A flurry of diplomatic endeavors to peacefully resolve the war continues, even as Russia claims that talks with Ukraine have stalled. Ukraine said it was planning a humanitarian corridor to evacuate residents on Saturday, after an attempt to help some of the roughly 100,000 trapped civilians flee failed the previous day.