West Ham’s Ukrainian hero
Andriy Yarmolenko was given compassionate leave when his home country of Ukraine was invaded by Russia. Now, he’s led West Ham to an historic European quarter-final.
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Peace talks
Zelensky has proposed a referendum to decide the fate of Crimea and the Donbas. But that doesn’t mean he’s ready to give them up.
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Johnson wants to have his khaki and eat it
The PM hopes to extract political profit from the Russia-Ukraine war in preparation for going to the polls.
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Poland is experiencing an influx of refugees from Ukraine. How much longer can its charities and volunteers cope?
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Peace talks
22 March 2022
- Biden said Putin’s false claim that Ukraine has chemical weapons was a “clear sign” he was considering using them himself (more below).
- Russian shelling killed Boris Romantschenko, a 96-year-old Ukrainian man who survived the Nazi Holocaust, in the eastern city of Kharkiv.
- A Russian court found Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin’s most vocal domestic critic, guilty of fraud charges that could significantly extend his prison sentence.
Twenty-six days into the war, Ukraine’s president has for the first time indicated he would be open to a peace deal in which Ukraine signed away Crimea and the Donbas…
War in Ukraine
All our coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in one place, including daily voicemail updates from people inside the country.
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The propagandist and the protestor
The Kremlin has near total control over the media in Russia, so when one woman protested the Ukraine war live on air, she disrupted the narrative – and sent shockwaves around Russia.
Viktoria, Saturday 19 March 2022
In her first voicemail Viktoria tells us how she was living abroad when her country was invaded and what it is like being separated from her family
An update, Friday 18 March 2022
This is an update on what we know about where people are and what they are doing just over three weeks into the invasion
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Johnson wants to have his khaki and eat it
While staying out of the Ukraine conflict, the PM hopes to extract as much political profit from it as possible – in preparation for going to the polls
Hope for peace – but prepare for the worst in Ukraine
Behind the scenes, Western leaders are preparing for Putin to escalate. Which is why we must redouble the flow of arms to Zelensky
The West is much too smug in its new no-cry zone
Even as we claim to be standing shoulder to shoulder with Ukrainians, we deny them the help they want most
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Disappeared nations and flooded cities: what happens when a country drowns?
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Does Britain really want Ukrainian refugees?
How can the government reconcile its pledge to impose tighter controls on immigration, with the need to respond to the refugee crisis caused by the invasion?
Russia and Ukraine: a return to conventional warfare?
Are Nato forces better prepared than Russia’s military?
Putin: How much opposition is there in Russia?
Is Putin’s nostalgia for the Soviet Union and obsession with Ukraine shared by fellow Russians?
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