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Winter Paralympics 2026: Ukraine urged not to boycott opening ceremony by IPC president
4+ hour, 45+ min ago (501+ words) Ukraine sent a team of athletes to the 2022 Paralympics opening ceremony but plan to sit out the occasion in protest this year Ukraine's athletes have been encouraged not to go ahead with a planned boycott of the Winter Paralympics opening…...
Ukrainian students find their home in Scotland
10+ hour, 17+ min ago (1494+ words) Anastasiia Pustovachenko moved from Chernihiv to Scotland when she was 18 When the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, Anastasiia and her family stayed in the city of Chernihiv for almost two weeks until it became "unbearable". Russian forces laid…...
Ukrainian mums who fled war with Russia reflect on life in the UK
15+ hour, 31+ min ago (989+ words) Anastasiia, centre, fled Ukraine with her daughter to move in with her mother, who lived in Hull Two Ukrainian mothers who fled the war with Russia say they are still coming to terms with their new life in the UK…...
Parents unite in grief over their sons who were killed in Ukraine
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (1188+ words) Chris Parry's father Rob (left) said he thought the young men would have got on "like a house on fire" The parents of two Cornish men killed by Russian forces in Ukraine have met for the first time ahead of…...
UK should send non-combat troops to Ukraine now, former PM Boris Johnson tells BBC
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (1521+ words) Watch: The former PM asks if we're planning for boots on the ground after the war, then why not now? Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that the UK and its allies should deploy non-combat troops to Ukraine right now,…...
First day of US-brokered Russia-Ukraine peace talks ends in Geneva
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (987+ words) Ukrainian firefighters search through the rubble after Russian attacks on residential areas of the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy Russian and Ukrainian delegations have ended the first day of US-brokered peace talks in Geneva, a week before the fourth anniversary…...
Russian strike kills 3 Ukrainian toddlers and father, with pregnant mother injured
1+ week, 5+ day ago (662+ words) A soft toy is seen among the wreckage of a house in the north-eastern Ukrainian town of Bohodukhiv after a Russian drone strike An overnight Russian drone strike has killed three toddlers and their father and also injured their pregnant…...
Ukraine war: Elon Musk praised after restricting Russian Starlink use
3+ week, 17+ hour ago (835+ words) Elon Musk's efforts to stop Russia from using Starlink satellites for drone attacks have "delivered real results", a Ukrainian official has said. Praising the SpaceX founder as "a true champion of freedom and a true friend of the Ukrainian people…...
Clinton Nyapara Mogesa: Family of Kenyan killed in Ukraine fighting for Russia seeks answers
3+ week, 1+ day ago (666+ words) Clinton Mogesa was recruited while he was in Qatar A Kenyan family is seeking answers and support to repatriate the body of their 29-year-old relative, who was killed in Ukraine while fighting for Russia. Clinton Nyapara Mogesa, 29, initially left Kenya…...
Ukrainians left cold and in the dark after Russia targets energy infrastructure
3+ week, 6+ day ago (422+ words) Russia has been exploiting Ukraine's harshest winter in years to pummel energy infrastructure across the country. Repeated strikes have crippled the power supply to major Ukrainian cities, leaving millions without heating or light as temperatures hover around -15C (5F) for the third…...