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  Russian artillery bombarded residential districts of Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv on Monday, with Moscow facing increasing international isolation as talks to resolve the conflict failed to make a breakthrough. Ukrainian officials said the Kharkiv attacks had killed civilians, including children. Follow our liveblog for updates. Reports of a Russian air strike on Kyiv. Cars are seen through the damaged window of a vehicle hit by bullets, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 28, 2022 Satellite images show a huge convoy of Russian armour is advancing on Kyiv. Russian artillery bombarded residential districts of Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv on Monday, killing possibly dozens of people, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine’s ambassador to the US said Russia had used a vacuum bomb on Monday in its invasion of Kyiv says 352 civilians have been killed, including 14 children, since the invasion began last Thursday. The first talks aimed at s...

Ukrainian communities in the US and Canada are organising demonstrations, fundraisers after Russian invasion of Ukraine. ​ Los Angeles, California – In response to Russia’s attacks on Ukraine, the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States and Canada is demonstrating, fundraising, organising social media campaigns, and calling on their elected leaders to act. Demonstrations and flash mobs began in the United States in the first hours after the Russian invasion and more are planned in the coming days On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine, bombing cities across the country, including the capital, Kyiv, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at least 137 Ukrainians had been killed on the first day of the attack. Watching the news from New York City, Ukrainian-born Dmytro Shein felt the urge to help. His grandmother had moved from Ukraine to the US in the 1990s, and he and his mother followed in the early 2000s. His father, uncles and aunts still live i...

Soldiers who reportedly stood their ground in the face of Russian naval attack to be honoured, Ukraine president says. Ukraine says it will posthumously honour a group of Ukrainian border guards who were killed defending a tiny island in the Black Sea during a multi-pronged Russian invasion. A Ukrainian official says 13 border guards were killed after a defiant verbal exchange between Ukraine and Russian forces Ukraine lost contact with its forces on Zmiinyi (Snake) Island , a speck of land south of the port of Odesa, on Thursday after Russia conducted strikes from air and sea. A Ukrainian official said 13 soldiers were killed and he circulated an audio clip that he and media outlet Ukrainskaya Pravda said was a verbal exchange between Ukrainian and Russian forces. “This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down your weapons and surrender to avoid bloodshed and unnecessary victims. Otherwise you will be bombed,” audio of the alleged Russian warning said. “Russia...

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky released a self-shot video from central Kyiv on Friday vowing alongside key aides to stay and defend the capital against the Russian invasion. This screen grab taken from a video of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky shows himself speaking on Feb. 25, 2022 “We’re all here. Our military is here. Citizens in society are here. We’re all here defending our independence, our country, and it will stay this way,” Zelensky said standing outside the presidency building. Wearing olive green military-style clothing and standing with his prime minister, chief of staff and other senior aides, Zelensky appeared to be responding to pressure from Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Russian troops clashed briefly with Ukrainian forces for the first time within Kyiv itself on Friday. Larger forces are bearing down on the capital and the city was braced for a possible night of air strikes. Meanwhile, in a televised address from Moscow, Putin branded Z...

Warning comes as Western powers say Russian ‘invasion’ of Ukraine has started with moves in Donbas. Ukraine has urged its citizens to leave Russia and has slapped sanctions on hundreds of Russians as war fears rise. In an advisory note issued on Wednesday, Ukraine’s foreign ministry recommended that nationals “refrain from any trips” to the country and said those who were already there should depart “immediately”. Russia’s recognition of two areas of eastern Ukraine as independent has further inflamed one of Europe’s worst security crises in decades The warning came as Ukraine’s parliament approved imposing sanctions on 351 Russians, including lawmakers who supported President Vladimir Putin’s move to recognise eastern Ukraine’s self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics as independent and deploy troops to the breakaway regions. Ukraine’s parliament votes to give permission for civilians to carry firearms Ukraine’s parliament has voted to approve in the first reading a draf...