A surprise cabinet shuffle in the UK that brings an unelected former PM to lead the Foreign Office. Gaza Strip’s hospitals “must be protected,” President Biden said. Turkey joins other countries in mass deportations of Afghan refugees.
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Pitched battles continue in the east, where Moscow's offensive has centered on the cities of Bakhmut and Avdiyivka in Donetsk, Ukraine's General Staff reports, as a regional official reported that Russians are leveling a famous theater to the ground in the southern city of Mariupol.
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A wave of Russian drones attacked Kyiv overnight and into the early hours of Monday morning, triggering air raid sirens twice. In all, Ukraine’s air defence managed to shoot down 30 out of 35 incoming drones.
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Strikes on Russian targets continue as Ukraine recovers from a fresh wave of Russian missile attacks. The deficit in the energy system remains at the level of 19% of the projected consumption.
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Ukrainian repair crews continue to scramble to return power to millions of homes following devastating Russian missile attacks this week on infrastructure facilities, while Kyiv said near-constant Russian bombing was affecting a handful of population centers in the east. In a rare public spat involving Ukrainian leaders, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy criticized the mayor of Kyiv for doing what he said was a poor job setting up emergency shelters to help those without power and heat after Russian attacks.
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Evidence of massive horrific Russian war crimes is emerging in Izium as advancing forces liberated territory and found mass graves containing mostly civilians but also soldiers. According to reports from journalists and officials in the scene, some bodies show signs of torture or have their hands bound. At least 400 bodies are believed to be in the mass graves next to a cemetery.
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Ukrainian forces appear to be making major gains in the south of the country. Russian missile strikes hit Kyiv and Chernihiv oblasts
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As the war in Ukraine enters its 50th day, I argue on my latest opinion piece that no area of Ukraine will be safe until Kyiv can protect all of its skies from long-range Russian missiles. But it cannot achieve this alone.
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