As Moscow battles for control of Ukraine’s Donbas region, the residents that have stayed behind live under constant fear. Attacks in the region have intensified with Russian forces capturing several eastern villages.
Underground life.
@AFP Yasuyoshi Chiba photographs internally displaced Ukrainians taking shelter in the bunker of Ostchem factory in Severodonetsk, eastern Ukraine, on April 27 amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Blasting techno, Kharkiv youth brave the bombs to deliver food.
With their red Opel Astra blaring techno music and the boot full to the brim with supplies, three Ukrainian volunteers deliver aid to Kharkiv neighbourhoods targeted by Russian rockets
#BREAKING UN chief Guterres arrives in Borodianka in Kyiv region: AFP
#UPDATE UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived in the town of Borodianka outside Kyiv where Russian forces are accused of having killed civilians.
Guterres is also expected to visit the town of Bucha ahead of talks with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky
#BREAKING UN Secretary-General Guterres urges Russia to 'cooperate with the ICC' on Ukraine
#BREAKING UN representative to Ukraine says preparing for 'hopeful' evacuation of Mariupol
#BREAKING Weapons deliveries by West to Ukraine 'threaten the security' of Europe: Kremlin spokesman
#BREAKING Kyiv has 'right' to strike Russian military targets: Ukraine presidential aide
VIDEO: 🇺🇦 UN Secretary-General Antonio #Guterres, speaking in #Bucha outside Kyiv on Thursday, appeals to Russia to 'cooperate' with the International Criminal Court (ICC) on investigations into possible war crimes carried out during its invasion of Ukraine
#BREAKING Bulgaria PM calls on Europe to be 'stronger', cut back on Russian gas use during Ukraine visit
#BREAKING Ten Russian soldiers being investigated for war crimes in Bucha: Ukraine prosecutors
#UPDATE UN Secretary-General Antonio #Guterres on Thursday visited sites of alleged Russian war crimes in #Ukraine, decrying war as "an absurdity in the 21st century" and urging Russia to cooperate with an international investigation into atrocities ▶️ u.afp.com/wXRm
#BREAKING UN Security Council "failed to do everything in its power to end war": Guterres
#UPDATE The Security Council failed to go far enough in its efforts to "prevent and end" Russia's war in Ukraine, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday while visiting Kyiv
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#BREAKING Romania's constitutional court orders recount of first round of presidential vote: statement
#UPDATE Romania's constitutional court on Thursday ordered a recount of votes cast in the first round of the presidential election, after a rival far-right contender filed a legal challenge ➡️ u.afp.com/597X
#BREAKING TikTok gave 'preferential treatment' to far-right candidate who won Romania election first round: presidency
#UPDATE A referendum on Moldova joining the EU passed with a razor-thin majority on Monday as pro-Brussels President Maia Sandu blamed the outcome on foreign meddling in a veiled reference to Russia, which denied the accusations ➡️ u.afp.com/5zL7
BREAKING France's high-speed train system disrupted by vandalism: operator
#UPDATE Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris #Olympics , France's high-speed rail network has been hit by "malicious acts" including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF says.
"This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network," SNCF told @AFP, adding that many routes will have to be cancelled and the situation would last "at least all weekend while repairs are conducted"
BREAKING The arson attacks on France's high-speed rail network were coordinated acts of "sabotage", a source close to the investigation tells @AFP
#BREAKING 104 police, 30 journalists among injured in Bangladesh clashes: TV
#UPDATE Protesters in Bangladesh set fire to several government buildings during a day of deadly nationwide clashes between students and riot officers, a police statement said.
"The miscreants have already torched, vandalised and carried out destructive activities," on the offices of state broadcaster BTV and the national disaster management agency along with "various" police and government buildings, said the statement, issued after a nationwide internet shutdown
Bangladesh wakes to torched government buildings, internet blackout.
This week's unrest has killed at least 39 people including 32 on Thursday, with the toll expected to rise further after reports of clashes in nearly half of the country's 64 districts
#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco