Katya Adler Europe editor @BBCkatyaadleron Twitter Russia-Ukraine war Five weeks into Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, imagine for a moment what it’s like to live there now. Bombs, bloodshed, trauma. No school for your children, no healthcare for your parents, no safe roof over your head in many parts of the country. Would […]
Russia-Ukraine war Private jets owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch have been detained indefinitely by the British government. The two jets belonging to billionaire oil tycoon Eugene Shvidler had been under investigation at Farnborough and Biggin Hill airports for three weeks. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said [Russian President Vladimir] “Putin’s friends” should not “enjoy […]
By Jeremy Bowen BBC News, Irpin, Ukraine Russia-Ukraine war Smoke as heavy as a winter fog hung over the last mile or so of the road into Irpin, just a 20-minute drive north-west of Kyiv. Trees and undergrowth in the pine forest on either side were burning, set alight by shelling. The road was […]
Russia-Ukraine war Russia says it will focus its invasion of Ukraine on “liberating” the east, signaling a possible shift in its strategy. The defence ministry said that the initial aims of the war were complete, and that Russia had reduced the combat capacity of Ukraine. Russia’s invasion appeared aimed at swiftly capturing major cities […]
Russia-Ukraine war Nato is set to approve big increases in the forces deployed on its eastern flank, its secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg has said. Mr Stoltenberg was speaking at a news conference on the eve of an emergency summit on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He pledged more troops for Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania. […]
By Stephen Walker BBC News NI Political Correspondent Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has criticised plans for a US-style visa waiver for non-Irish EU citizens crossing the Irish border. He said the move, which is part of new British Immigration laws, was concerning. The bill, which is being considered at Westminster, examines the […]
Russia’s most prominent opposition figure Alexei Navalny has been given nine years in a “strict regime penal colony” in a fraud case rejected by supporters as fabricated. Navalny was detained when he returned to Russia last year, after surviving a poisoning he blamed on the Kremlin. He is already serving three and a half years […]
By Andrew Harding BBC News, Mykolaiv Russia-Ukraine war Scores of Ukrainian soldiers are feared to have been killed after an attack on a military barracks on Friday. About 200 soldiers were sleeping in the barracks when three Russian missiles hit the base on the northern edge of Mykolaiv, a source told the BBC. Some 57 […]
By Hugo Bachega BBC News, Lviv, Ukraine Russia-Ukraine war Efforts to rescue hundreds of people trapped in the basement of a bombed theatre in the besieged city of Mariupol are being hampered by intense battles in the area, the mayor says. Vadym Boychenko told the BBC teams were only able to clear the rubble […]
By Andrew Harding BBC News, Mykolaiv Russia-Ukraine war Scores of Ukrainian soldiers are feared to have been killed after an attack on a military barracks on Friday. About 200 soldiers were sleeping in the barracks when three Russian missiles hit the base on the northern edge of Mykolaiv, a source told the BBC. Some 57 […]
