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We are not alone against the enemy, our Polish brothers and sisters are with us. From the very first day of the war, it was clear to Ukrainians and Poles that there are no borders between us - physical, historical, personal and human," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski announced yesterday.more

The Russians have different intentions towards different regions of Ukraine. In my opinion, even if they fail to capture Kiev, they want to leave in their hands the southern part of the country, the area between Crimea and Donbas," says Ukrainian historian Roman Kabachiy, who is currently about 40 kilometers from the capital.more

Vladimir Putin is said to be preparing a terrorist attack on the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada reported on its Twitter profile.more

The British government today imposed sanctions on 386 members of the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, who voted in February to recognize the independence of two separatist republics in eastern Ukraine.more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski said in a statement posted on Facebook yesterday that his country had reached a strategic turning point in the war with Russia, but warned that it was impossible to say how long the fighting would continue.more

Boris Johnson has defended the UK's response to the refugee crisis and said an upcoming scheme will allow Britons to take Ukrainians into their homes. more

Russian aircraft fired at a Belarusian town on the border with Ukraine, the Ukrainian air force command said today. This was assessed as a provocation aimed at dragging the armed forces of Belarus into the war against Ukraine.more

Ukrainian forces are continuing to defend themselves and the Russians are concentrating troops around Kiev and Mariupol, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the sixteenth day of Russia's attack on Ukraine. Efforts to organize humanitarian corridors are ongoing.more

According to dpa agency, the first conversation between former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Putin on Ukraine was to take place yesterday. It is not known whether there will be further ones. Schroeder and Putin have been friends for years. Schroeder works for Russian energy companies. Chancellor Scholz declined to comment on the visit.more

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a "paradigm shift" on the scale of the September 11, 2001 attacks, as Russian President Vladimir Putin has "shaken up the architecture" of global security, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announced yesterday.more

Vladimir Putin, in attacking Ukraine, dreamed of returning to the splendor of the Russian empire, but he restored the terror of Joseph Stalin. The West should expose Putin's lies and give him no reason to drag Russia into a bigger war, the "Economist" writes.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated last night that he is concerned that Russian President Vladimir Putin may decide to use chemical weapons in Ukraine because the signals from Moscow are like "taken straight out of the Russian playbook." The Pentagon official acknowledged that there are indications that Russia may use such weapons in Ukraine, while accusing the U.S. of doing so.more

The British government, which has been criticized for its overly restrictive treatment of refugees from Ukraine, announced another convenience yesterday. Starting Tuesday, those with passports and relatives in Britain will be able to apply for visas online.more

An EU summit began yesterday in Versailles near Paris. The EU leaders will discuss the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the prospects of that country joining the EU and European defence. The bone of contention remains the draft conclusions of the summit.more

American astronaut Scott Kelly returned the Russian state decoration "For meritorious service in the conquest of space" in protest against Russia's incursion into Ukraine. He informed about it on Twitter.more

"Russian President Vladimir Putin is acting in desperation and will try to intimidate the Ukrainians and the West. Probably before he loses, things will look even worse," said the former head of Russian diplomacy Andrei Kozyrev in an interview with the American MSNBC station.more

The leader of the democratic opposition in Belarus Sviatlana Cichanouska met Thursday at the Polish Embassy in London with representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Great Britain to discuss the current situation of her country and its future.more

Britain has already issued nearly 1,000 visas to refugees from Ukraine and that number is growing rapidly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson argued to MPs yesterday, fending off accusations that Britain's aid to them is "the slowest and most bureaucratic in Europe".more

Ukraine cannot stop the war with Russia on its own and countries must act now before it is too late, Volodymyr Zelenski told Sky News last night. The Ukrainian president reiterated his call for a no-fly zone.more

Currently, there is no threat to human health and life in Poland, the State Atomic Energy Agency said today. It added that no alarming readings of the measuring apparatus have been noted.more

Nearly 75 percent of Poles have helped or continue to help refugees from Ukraine, writes today's "Super Express," citing the results of a poll they commissioned. Almost 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine have already crossed the Polish border.more

Western officials are "seriously concerned" about the risk of an escalation of the war between Russia and Ukraine, including in particular the possibility of Russia using unconventional weapons, most likely chemical, British media reported last night. A White House spokeswoman outright warned of Russian chemical or biological attacks.more

A 19-year-old British soldier from the ceremonial regiment charged with protecting Queen Elizabeth II has abandoned his unit and traveled to Ukraine to fight against Russian troops, The Sun newspaper revealed yesterday. The deputy defense minister is warning soldiers and veterans against going to Ukraine.more

Ireland could drop its policy of military neutrality after almost a century because of anger over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it was claimed on Monday.more

Russia, by invading Ukraine, has violated fundamental principles of international law, and I do not see how normal relations can now return, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated yesterday, responding to a question about how long Russia should be isolated.more