The UN has confirmed it will probe the incident, in which 10 Kremlin troops were killed, and has called on Kyiv to do likewise after field report cites possible war crimes on both sides
Speaking at the NATO assembly in Madrid, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called on Moscow to leave Kyiv ‘in peace’ and said the alliance has been strengthened by the Kremlin’s ‘ill-advised calculations’
Kyiv’s special forces are intensifying amphibious assaults in the Kinburn estuary at the mouth of the Black Sea, a possible diversionary tactic or preparation for a full-scale landing
The Russian Defense Ministry says withdrawal from key port city is ‘in strict accordance with the approved plan’ while NATO heralds ‘another victory for Ukraine’
Experts agree that the prospect of a Russian atomic strike is remote but that the scenario caused by Ukraine’s advances on the ground is the most dangerous in decades
In an interview with EL PAÍS, the Ukrainian president says that negotiation with Moscow is only possible if Putin withdraws all his forces and admits the invasion was a mistake
A group of progressives withdrew a letter to the White House asking for dialog with Moscow and a negotiated solution to the war as Republicans aim to reduce financial backing for Kyiv
The Russian president repeated claims that Ukraine is planning to use a ‘dirty bomb’ while the West insists the Kremlin is using the supposed threat of such an attack as a pretext for a further escalation of the war
France, the UK and the US believe that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s claims of an imminent attack are a ruse to counter Kyiv’s gains in occupied Kherson