Monday 27 June, 2022
Russian forces have directed their firepower at the east and south of Ukraine in recent weeks after failing to take Kyiv.
At least 11 civilians were reported killed in the Lugansk region where Severodonetsk is located.
EU leaders have agreed to put sanctions on most Russian oil imports.
In his daily address to Ukrainians, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Russians had “concentrated maximum artillery, maximum reserves in Donbas”.
The trip to Kyiv was announced by the Ceann Comhairle in early May.
Western intelligence has predicted that Moscow’s campaign will stall amid heavy losses and fierce resistance.
NATO Jens Stoltenberg has said Ukraine can win the war against Russia.
Sgt Vadim Shyshimarin, 21, is accused of shooting a 62-year-old Ukrainian man in the head in the north-east village of Chupakhivka.
The U2 band members said they had been invited to perform by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The trip is due to take place next week.
The trip by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin comes as the war enters its third month.
The trip by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin comes as the war enters its third month.
Ukraine has made a plea to the UN to help evacuate citizens from the city, after previous attempts failed.
Coveney visited Bucha and Kyiv last week and will brief his colleagues on what he witnessed.
The Foreign Affairs Minister travelled to Kyiv yesterday protected by armed gardaí from the Emergency Response Unit.
The guided missile cruiser Moskva had been leading Russia’s naval effort against Ukraine in the seven-week conflict.
The Foreign Affairs Minister is to travel to areas directly affected by the Russian invasion.
The Irish MEP documents a visit he and Senator Timmy Dooley made this week to Kyiv, Bucha and Irpin.
In his most recent nightly address, the Ukrainian president accused Russia of trying to evade responsibility for war crimes
Officials in Kyiv have said that Ukraine is preparing for “big battles” against Moscow’s forces in the east of the country.
“The Ukrainian people deserve our solidarity,” the European Commission President said.
Russian forces carried out “acts of unspeakable cruelty and shocking brutality”, according to Amnesty International.
There is confusion over who is responsible for a helicopter attack on a fuel depot in the Russian town of Belgorod.
The announcement has been met with scepticism from the US and other nations.
Family and friends of the cameraman addressed his funeral in Dublin today.
The mayor of Irpin said the suburb had been liberated, while a US official said the town of Trostyanets had also been reclaimed.
The Russian oligarch and two Ukrainian peace negotiators suffered symptoms including red eyes and peeling skin on their faces and hands.
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“Enemy shelling” had caused fires on several floors and set several cars ablaze, emergency services said on Facebook.
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Over the past day, 28,893 civilians fled the fighting through nine humanitarian corridors.
Here are the main developments today on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
This is the first visit by foreign leaders to Ukraine’s besieged capital since the invasion began.
Cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshynova were killed when their car was struck by incoming fire yesterday.
Air raid sirens sounded this morning in several cities, including the capital Kyiv, Odessa, Dnipro and Kharkiv.
The Journal’s Niall O’Connor will be reporting from the Polish border and in the frontier town of Przemysl.
Andrii Kovskyi returned to Ukraine to help get his family out.
It is understood that the newborns are all safe and well.
