At least 21 dead in Russian missile attack on Odessa residential buildings
Images of the pre-dawn attack showed the charred remains of buildings in Odessa.
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Russian forces 'flee' Snake Island after relentless Ukrainian attacks
The island came to epitomise the Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion.
Russians fight to encircle Ukraine's last eastern stronghold
Ukrainians believed to be fighting a withdrawal to seek more defensible positions.
'Macho war': Boris Johnson says Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if he were a woman
Boris Johnson says war in Ukraine is 'a perfect example of toxic masculinity'.
Russia working on Taliban ties, Putin says in Tajikistan
Putin wants all ethnic groups to run Afghanistan, he says in first trip abroad since war.
'New war crime': Macron says Russia 'cannot and should not win' after mall attack
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls Putin "terrorist", asks UN to expel Russia.
'He's dead': Expert shares brutal prediction about Putin's future
Former CIA Moscow chief claims the Russian leader's days are numbered.
Russian missile hits mall packed with 1000 people
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the number of victims was 'unimaginable'.
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Russia strikes Kyiv hours after Putin rushed to Kremlin
Rockets hit industrial complex, adjacent city centre apartments, targets across country.
Russia fires missiles across Ukraine, cements gains in east
Moscow-backed separatists are now in full control of chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk.
'Casualties grow every day': Rare defeat as Ukraine forces retreat from key city
After weeks of ferocious fighting, Ukrainian forces will retreat to avoid encirclement.
Russia-Lithuania tensions could cause all out war
Tensions are rising around the Kaliningrad exclave.
Critical showdown looms as Russia gains in Ukraine's east
New York Times: Ukrainian commanders face a grim choice as Russia closes on major cities.
'Everything is on fire': Eastern Ukraine suffers heavy bombardment
Zelenskyy said Russia's Kharkiv region attacks were especially 'cruel and cynical'.
'Impossible' secret and deadly Ukraine rescue missions
Zelenskyy: 'These are absolutely heroic people who knew... it was almost impossible.'
Russia-Ukraine war: Africa 'taken hostage' by invasion
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Wife of WNBA's Brittney Griner says call never happened
WNBA star Brittney Griner's call never made as American embassy not staffed in Russia.
Nobel sold for Ukrainian kids shatters record at US$103.5m
All proceeds will go to Unicef to help children displaced by the Ukraine war.
Ukraine is outgunned in the east
Ukraine authorities say West's much-ballyhooed support for the country is insufficient.
Russia's sick execution plan revealed on TV
A Russian politician has ranted on TV what Putin's men plan to do with POWs.
Ukraine's death workers: 'If you take it all close to heart, you go mad'
New York Times: People toiling in Ukraine's cemeteries and morgues bear a silent burden.
Zelenskyy Father's Day post spotlights family ties amid war
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has praised the parents who "protect and defend the most precious".
'New world order': Putin's 'colossal' threat
The Russian tyrant claims Moscow is entering a new era of dominance.
A Ukrainian family fled to NZ to escape war. Tragedy struck just eight weeks later
Leonid Yurasov's 'most cherished dream' was for his family to be together in safety.
EU Commission backs candidate status for Ukraine
It's the first step on the long road toward membership for the war-torn country.
Ukrainian Navy says it has struck Russian boat in Black Sea
Russian boat was carrying air defence systems to a strategic island in the Black Sea.
On the edge of embattled Ukraine cities, an uncovered mass grave for civilians grows
New York Times: Civilian casualties continue to mount as the war drags on.
I will return to Ukraine, Ron Mark says
'It's hard to describe because it's so bloody heartbreaking': Kiwi sees war's devastation.
West must stop Ukraine having 'gun put to its head' in peace talks
Kyiv has accused European powers of foot-dragging in their support for Ukraine.
French President visits Kyiv suburb, decries 'massacre'
Macron denounces the 'barbarism' of the attacks that devastated Ukraine's capital.