Russian officials have claimed they are hitting legitimate targets. But the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday expressed his shock at the depth of civilian suffering caused by the bombing, amid broader allegations of abuses.
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Multiple explosions heard across Ukrainian capital Kyiv
Mayor Vitali Klitschko posted on Telegram that ‘one of the capital’s infrastructure facilities has been hit.’
‘Stock up on blankets’: Ukrainians brace for horrific winter
Russian strikes have pummeled Ukraine in an onslaught that has caused widespread blackouts and deprived millions of Ukrainians of electricity, heat and water.
Russia launches missile barrage on Ukraine as first snow falls
Move comes the same day United Nations announce Russia and Ukraine brokered a deal to extend grain agreement ahead of its expiration Saturday.
Biden says ‘unlikely’ missile that hit Poland fired from Russia
If it is confirmed that the missile came from Russia, it would be the first time since the invasion of Ukraine that a Russian weapon came down on a NATO country.
Reports of abuse, torture emerge as Russia retreats from Kherson
Authorities are to start investigating reports from Kherson residents that Russian forces set up at least three alleged torture sites in now-liberated parts of the wider Kherson region.
Biden, Zelensky push G-20 to hold tough on Russia, condemn Ukraine war
A draft declaration by leaders of the Group of 20 major economies under discussion Tuesday echoes the condemnation of Russia’s war on Ukraine by the United Nations, while acknowledging differing views among members.
Banksy unveils mural of gymnast on a destroyed building in Ukraine
The anonymous graffiti artist shared images of a mural depicting a female gymnast balancing on the rubble of a destroyed building on his Instagram page late Friday.
Russia withdrawing, Ukrainian official fears ‘city of death’
A forced pullout from Kherson – the only provincial capital Moscow had captured after invading Ukraine – would mark one of Russia’s worst setbacks of the war.
Russia claims retreat from occupied Kherson, but Ukraine skeptical
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that the Russians were feigning a pullout from Kherson to lure the Ukrainian army into an entrenched battle.