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The terror in the capital began before dawn when people were still asleep. So it was still dark when the residents of a nine-storey apartment block in the Obolon district were shaken awake by a tremendous explosion. Elderly people told us how they stumbled about in the dark, terrified, trying to find a way to

An anti-war protester has interrupted the main news programme on Russia’s foremost state TV station, holding a sign which told viewers: “They are lying to you.” During the live broadcast on Channel One, the woman, who is thought to have worked for the company for years, walked on to the set behind the presenter with

Wladimir cradles his youngest son explaining there is nowhere for him and his family to stay. It’s getting late and night fell quite some time ago. They’ve arrived from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv – Wladimir Zubkov, his wife Dayna and children Semen 14, Olga, nine, and five-year-old Vsevolod. Wladimir is spectacularly calm and stoic for

Roman Abramovich, who last week was hit with sanctions by the UK government over his alleged links to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been seen at an airport in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, according to a report. The Russian-Israeli billionaire, who owns Chelsea football club, was believed to have been spotted in a

Russia’s military forces have kept up their punishing campaign to capture Ukraine’s capital with fighting and artillery fire in Kyiv’s suburbs. Ukrainian officials said Russian forces shelled several suburbs of the capital, on the 19th day of the invasion. A new round of virtual talks due to take place between Russian and Ukrainian officials has

It is bitterly cold on the beach and the wind is howling. But they keep digging. One man holds open a white bag while another fills it up with sand. Then the choir begins to sing. It is a wartime serenade to give the volunteers some push to keep going, because on the beaches of

The United States has hit back at Russian claims after Moscow said it has evidence of a Ukrainian network of 30 biological laboratories which were supported by America in a suspected military programme. The Biden administration accused Russia of using the UN Security Council to promote disinformation. The Russian ambassador to the UN said the

Boris Johnson has said it has been “deeply upsetting” and “absolutely agonising” to refuse President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a no-fly zone over Ukraine. The prime minister, speaking to Sky News’ Beth Rigby Interviews programme, said the pair have had some “very frank conversations” but the UK and NATO cannot cross that line. On Wednesday, Mr Zelenskyy

Boris Johnson has said he fears Vladimir Putin may deploy chemical weapons in Ukraine as that would be “straight out of Russia’s playbook”. Speaking on Sky News’ Beth Rigby Interviews programme, the prime minister said the only way the war in Ukraine can end is if the Russian president realises he has made a “catastrophic

Russia has confirmed it has used thermobaric weapons in Ukraine, according to the UK’s Ministry of Defence. It said its Russian counterpart said the TOS-1A weapon system had been deployed. The UK MoD said the system uses thermobaric rockets, creating incendiary and blast effects. The Russian MoD has confirmed the use of the TOS-1A weapon

Ukraine’s president has told Sky News that his country cannot stop the war against Russia on its own and said nations must act now before it is “too late”. Speaking to Sky News’ Alex Crawford inside the leader’s office in Ukraine’s capital city, Volodymyr Zelenskyy reiterated his call for the West to impose a no-fly

Western officials have warned of their “serious concern” that Vladimir Putin could order chemical weapons to be used on Ukraine’s capital. In an assessment, they say an “utterly horrific” attack on Kyiv could be unleashed as Russian forces attempt to overcome the logistical issues that have apparently plagued the convoy heading for the city. Please

Children have been buried under rubble after a Russian airstrike hit a hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. The president tweeted that children were among people “under the wreckage”, calling the strike an “atrocity”. Mariupol’s city council said the maternity and children’s hospital had been destroyed, adding that it did not know

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is “not hiding” and “not afraid of anyone” as he revealed his location in Kyiv. In a defiant video message from his office on Bankova Street, he said he is staying there “as long as necessary” and his team is with him. Mr Zelenskyy was previously reported to

The Russian military will hold fire and open humanitarian corridors in several Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv and Mariupol, at 10am Moscow time (7am UK) today, according to reports. The corridors, which will also be opened from the cities of Kharkiv and Sumy, are being set up at the personal request of French President Emmanuel Macron, the

The Russian military continued shelling and firing at the only evacuation route for those trapped in Irpin, a satellite town about eight kilometres from the Ukrainian capital. The town has come under increasingly heavy bombardment over the past few days with hundreds streaming out of the town to try to get away from the advancing