The contractions started after she learnt her husband, a Ukrainian border guard, had been killed by a Russian sniper. Viktoria Nazarenko, 34, gave birth to twin boys the next day. Joy overwhelmed by grief at the loss of Sergeant Bogdan Nazarenko, their father. “It’s all I have left from him – my babies and my
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Russia is attempting to “empty” the Donbas of people and peace talks are in danger of collapsing, Ukraine’s president has claimed. Speaking in his nightly address, Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Moscow of carrying out “constant brutal bombardments” on buildings and residential areas of the eastern region of his country. He compared the barrage of attacks as
Two British aid workers who have reportedly been captured by Russian forces in Ukraine have been named. UK non-profit organisation Presidium Network said Paul Urey and Dylan Healey were captured on Monday. They are understood to have been captured at a checkpoint south of the city of Zaporizhzhia in south-eastern Ukraine. Mr Urey has been
Three days of alleged attacks in a contested area of Moldova are raising fears the conflict in Ukraine may be spreading over the border. There have been reports of explosions and shots fired in Transnistria, a Russian-backed breakaway territory in Moldova. The incidents are said to have happened in Tiraspol, Maiac, Parcani and Cobasna. No
The Israeli leader has called on the world to stop comparing the Holocaust to other events in history. Naftali Bennett, the prime minister, ushered in Holocaust memorial day in Jerusalem at Yad Vashem, the official memorial to victims, as his country came to a standstill in an annual ritual commemorating the six million Jews murdered
There’s absolutely nowhere here that’s been spared. Street after street it’s the same – shattered buildings and bomb craters. The frontline Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk is a key target for Russian forces. And it’s been under attack since day one of this invasion. Russia hits ‘hangar full of European/US weapons’ – live updates The people