The Ukrainian president was speaking after his military bombarded civilian areas in Donetsk Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to “liberate” the Russian territory of Crimea and the independent republics of Donetsk (DPR) and Lugansk (LPR). He was speaking just hours after reports of the Ukrainian military shelling residential buildings, a marketplace and a maternity…

Andrey Melnik has told German journalists that the country has done too little to make Ukrainian refugees feel welcome Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andrey Melnik has called into question Germany’s ‘welcoming culture’ toward Ukrainian refugees. The diplomat told journalists that many had left the country after not getting the reception they had hoped for.

Vladimir Bandura has appeared in a video, claiming Kiev’s forces had killed monks and set fire to an Orthodox monastery The Kiev-appointed mayor of Sviatogorsk, Vladimir Bandura, has switched his allegiance to the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) following the town’s liberation from Ukrainian forces.