By The Visual Journalism Team BBC News Russia-Ukraine war Russian troops have made significant advances, with Ukrainian forces and civilians under heavy bombardment. Here are the latest developments on day 12 of the invasion: Russia’s latest ceasefire proposal for cities including Kyiv has been branded “immoral” by Ukraine Russia said civilians could leave, but mainly on routes […]
By Joel Gunter in Lviv, Ukraine Russia-Ukraine war When Svitlana Maksymenko’s train pulled into the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, about halfway through her 800-mile journey from home to safety, people pushed onto every part of the carriage, she said, grasping for their own escape route west. Some abandoned their luggage. Some begged to get on. […]
Protests against Russian occupation have broken out in the port city of Kherson, Ukraine’s only big city to have been captured in the war so far. About 2,000 people marched through the city centre, waving flags and singing the Ukrainian national anthem. They shouted patriotic slogans including “Russians go home” and “Kherson is Ukraine”. Kherson, […]
Ukraine conflict Russian President Vladimir Putin has described sanctions imposed by Western nations over his invasion of Ukraine as “akin to a declaration of war”. “But thank God it has not come to that,” he added. Mr Putin also warned that any attempt to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine would be seen as […]
Ukraine conflict Ukraine’s president has attacked Nato leaders over their refusal to implement a no-fly zone around the country. In a fiery speech, Volodymyr Zelensky said the West’s reluctance to intervene had given Russia “a green light” to continue bombarding towns and villages. Nato has argued that a no-fly zone will result in confrontation […]
By Joel Gunter in Lviv, Ukraine Russian forces continued to shell the Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Saturday, despite agreeing to a ceasefire just hours earlier – throwing an attempted mass evacuation of civilians into chaos. “I’m right now in Mariupol, I’m on the street, I can hear shelling every three to five minutes,” said […]
By Siobhan Toman＆ Sophie Williams BBC News The BBC is temporarily suspending its journalists’ work in Russia, in response to a new law that threatens to jail anyone Russia deems to have spread “fake” news on the armed forces. BBC Director-General Tim Davie said the legislation “appears to criminalise the process of independent journalism”. The […]
By Joel Gunter in Lviv, Ukraine Ukraine conflict Civilians in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv have described being trapped under relentless shelling as Russia indiscriminately pounds residential neighbourhoods there and in several other cities. “We can hear the sounds right now of air strikes nearby,” Svitlana, 40, told the BBC. She was hiding […]
Ukraine conflict Russia’s huge military convoy, said to be 40-miles (64km) long, near Ukraine’s capital Kyiv has hardly moved in three days, the UK defence ministry says. But US defence officials say Russia still intends to surround and seize the city where some three million people live – by siege tactics if necessary. Recent […]
Russian forces have seized control of a key port city in southern Ukraine, the mayor says. Kherson is the first major city to be taken by Russia, after heavy fighting, since it invaded a week ago. Its mayor, Igor Kolykhaev, said Russian troops had forced their way into the city council building and imposed a […]
