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Russian air strikes hit Kyiv, other Ukrainian cities far from front lines

Russian air strikes hit Kyiv, other Ukrainian cities far from front lines

RUSSIA struck at military and infrastructure targets in Ukraine's capital Kyiv and across other parts of the country, including western areas far from the front lines, Ukrainian officials said. Russia's Defence Ministry said for its part that Russian forces had hit and destroyed eight ammunition warehouses across Ukraine in the last 24 hours and repelled Ukrainian attacks in three different directions. Also on Tuesday, local authorities in the Russian-controlled town of Nova Kakhovka in the southern Kherson region said a Ukrainian drone strike killed a woman and wounded four other people. The morning attack on public service facilities was carried…
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Russia hits Kyiv apartment block in drone attacks on Ukraine cities

Russia hits Kyiv apartment block in drone attacks on Ukraine cities

PAVEL POLITYUK RUSSIA attacked Ukrainian cities with drones, killing at least four people in an apartment building in downtown Kyiv during morning rush hour, and targeted infrastructure across the country in the second wave of air strikes in a week. Ukrainian soldiers fired into the air trying to shoot down the drones after blasts rocked central Kyiv. An anti-aircraft rocket could be seen streaking into the morning sky, followed by an explosion and orange flames, as residents raced for shelter. A pregnant woman was among four people killed in the attack on the residential building, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Ukraine's Interior…
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ICC faces “myriad challenges” to prosecute war crimes in Ukraine

ICC faces “myriad challenges” to prosecute war crimes in Ukraine

ANTHONY DEUTSCH and TOBY STERLING IMAGES of cluster bombs and artillery strikes on Ukrainian cities this week have prompted the world's top war crimes prosecutor to launch an investigation, with the support of dozens of nations opposed to Russia's invasion. Karim Khan, a British lawyer named as the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court last year, said the crisis in Ukraine is a chance to demonstrate that those committing war crimes would be held to account. "I think the world is watching. The world expects better," Khan, 51, said on Thursday in his offices in The Hague, announcing he…
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As Russia steps up assault, the fleeing fear for fathers left behind

As Russia steps up assault, the fleeing fear for fathers left behind

KRISZTINA THAN, ALICJA PTAK and JAN LOPATKA THOUSANDS of people fleeing fierce fighting in Ukraine streamed across central European border crossings as Russian troops bombarded Ukrainian cities and looked poised to advance on the embattled capital, Kyiv. Western nations raced to supply humanitarian and military aid while piling pressure on a Russian economy already reeling under sanctions, with U.S. President Joe Biden warning Vladimir Putin that the Russian leader had "no idea what's coming". After initial Russian failures to capture major cities, Western analysts said Moscow appeared to have shifted tactics, including devastating shelling of built-up areas to subdue stubborn…
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