Ukraine war HIGHLIGHTS: Russian missiles hit Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast

Ukraine war HIGHLIGHTS: The war between Russia and Ukraine is continuing for over 10 weeks without any signs of peace so far.

Emergency personnel work near a building damaged after a military strike, in Odesa, Ukraine(via REUTERS)

Russia-Ukraine war HIGHLIGHTS: As the war between Russia and Ukraine continues for over 10 weeks, a US official has said that Russian president Vladimir Putin will not end the Ukraine war with the Donbas campaign and is determined to build a land bridge to the Russia-controlled region in Moldova.  ...Read More

 

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• May 12, 2022 03:15 am IST

  Ukraine football team plays for first time since invasion

  Ukraine's national football team played its first game since the invasion by Russia on Wednesday, beating German club Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-1 in a friendly organised to raise funds for victims of the conflict.

  Thousands of spectators waved Ukrainian flags and joined the players in relaying a message of support to a country that came under attack from Russia on February 24.

  "This match is very important, for our team and for our country," said former Ukraine international Andriy Voronin, who was commentating on the match for German TV channel ProSieben.

  "We feel that we're not alone, the whole world is behind us."

• May 12, 2022 01:35 am IST

  Ukraine to hold first war crimes trial of captured Russian

  Ukraine’s top prosecutor disclosed plans Wednesday for the first war crimes trial of a captured Russian soldier, as fighting raged in the east and south and the Kremlin entertained the possibility of annexing a corner of the country it seized early in the invasion.

  Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said her office charged Sgt. Vadin Shyshimarin, 21, in the killing of an unarmed 62-year-old civilian who was gunned down while riding a bicycle in February, four days into the war.

May 11, 2022 10:26 pm IST
Separatists celebrate in Donetsk
Separatists in Donetsk on Wednesday celebrated the eighth anniversary of self-proclaimed independence from Ukraine.
May 11, 2022 08:48 pm IST
Bolivian president will not attend U.S. summit if other nations excluded
Bolivian President Luis Arce has announced that he will not participate in next month's Summit of the Americas in the United States if Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela are excluded from the gathering.
May 11, 2022 06:53 pm IST
Ukraine halt on Russia gas transit cuts key pipeline's inflow in Germany by 25%: Report
Ukraine halt on Russia gas transit cuts key pipeline's inflow in Germany by 25 per cent, reports news agency AFP.
May 11, 2022 05:31 pm IST
Moscow-occupied Ukraine Region to ask  Putin to Join Russia: Tass
Kremlin-installed occupation authorities in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region plan to ask President Vladimir Putin to become part of Russia, Tass reported Wednesday, the first public sign that he may seek to annex territory taken in the invasion.
May 11, 2022 01:48 pm IST
Russian missiles hit Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast
According to Sloviansk Mayor Vadym Lyakh, Russian missiles have hit two districts of the city on May 11.
May 11, 2022 12:13 pm IST
Russian forces continued their assault on the Azovstal steel plant
Russian forces continued their assault on the Azovstal steel plant where the city's last defenders are holed up. According to reports, at least 100 civilians were still trapped inside.
May 11, 2022 11:18 am IST
Ukraine halts some Russian gas flows
Ukraine has halted Russian gas flows through a key transit point, while Kyiv claimed battlefield gains over invading Russian forces.
May 11, 2022 10:14 am IST
Czech Republic replaces Russia on UN human rights council
The United Nations General Assembly elected the Czech Republic to the Human Rights Council on May 10 to replace Russia.
May 11, 2022 08:55 am IST
Russia downed satellite internet in Ukraine
Russia was behind a massive cyberattack against a satellite internet network that took tens of thousands of modems offline at the onset of Russia-Ukraine war.
May 11, 2022 07:58 am IST
US house passes $40 billion more aid for Ukraine
The US House of Representatives approved more than $40 billion more aid for Ukraine.
May 11, 2022 07:02 am IST
UN Security Council to hold meeting on humanitarian situation in Ukraine on May 12
The UN Security Council will hold a meeting on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine on May 12, says reports.
May 11, 2022 06:11 am IST
Ukraine pushes back Russian troops in counter-offensive in Kharkiv
Ukraine said its forces had recaptured villages from Russian troops north and northeast of the city of Kharkiv, pressing a counter-offensive.