Vuhledar,a town Ukrainian forces fought tooth and nail to keep,is the latest urban settlement to fall to the Russians as the war stretches deep into its third year.
The Ukraine-neighbouring country started the process for membership earlier this year. The next step is a referendum. A Russian oligarch has other ideas.
The Freedom Party was founded in the 1950s by Nazi veterans and is one of Europe’s longest-standing parties of the populist right.
The ABC’s Europe correspondent and a camera operator are the subject of a criminal investigation by Russia’s Federal Security Service.
Beijing has repeatedly denied that China or Chinese companies have supplied Russia with weapons for use in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian president said Moscow was committing an international crime and had to “be forced” into peace.
NASA satellites picked up intense heat sources emanating from an area of Russia about 14 square kilometres.
Ukrainians are dismayed that retired Defence Force cargo trucks,troop carriers and inflatable boats are on sale online when they could be sent to the front.
In an emotional account from a wheelchair,a victim says she “cannot remain silent any more”. But everything about the video is made up by a troll army called Storm-1516.
The whole thing was staged.
“It shows how advanced their enrichment capability has become and gives greater credibility to their ability to increasing their nuclear weapons arsenals.”