Ukraine has offered to release Russian prisoners in exchange for the safe evacuation of badly injured fighters trapped inside a steel mill in Mariupol Image: PA Images Ukraine has offered to release Russian prisoners in exchange for the safe evacuation of badly injured fighters trapped inside a steel mill in Mariupol Image: PA Images Updated 26 minutes ago
The prosecutor general’s office said Vadim Shishimarin, a 21-year-old Russian service member, is accused of killing an unarmed 62-year-old civilian as he fled with four other soldiers in a stolen car. The Russian invasion has sparked an exodus of nearly six million civilians, many of whom bear accounts of torture, sexual violence and indiscriminate destruction.Moscow has focused on eastern and southern Ukraine since it failed to take Kyiv in the first weeks of its campaign.Ukraine’s forces were boosted by what Kyiv described as the recapture of four villages around the northeastern city of Kharkiv, close to the border with Russia.
Authorities in Russian regions bordering Ukraine have repeatedly accused Ukrainian forces of launching attacks. French President Emmanuel Macron warned early this week that it would take “decades” for a candidate like Ukraine to join the EU. Related Read 11.05.22 Russia urged to annex Ukraine's Kherson, Moscow claims Kyiv bombed Russian cityIn southern Ukraine, the pro-Kremlin authorities in the city of Kherson urged Putin to annex the region.
In a rare release of battle casualty figures, Ukraine’s National Guard said today that 561 of its members have been killed and nearly 1,700 wounded since the invasion began. The announcement by President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin this morning means Finland is virtually certain to seek Nato membership, though a few steps remain before the application process can begin.