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Disclaimer: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While WION takes utmost care to accurately report this developing news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos, and videos.

Ukraine's army is doing what exactly Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to prevent

War is made up of more than two sides battling for victory; it also includes hundreds of thousands of refugees fighting for their lives. Ukraine is Europe's fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II.

UN expects 8 million refugees to flee Ukraine this year, doubles its appeal for funds

'We want to see the sun': Heart-breaking video of children holed up in embattled Mariupol emerges. Watch

Russia has designs to capture other countries after Ukraine, says Zelensky

During a television interview, former United States President Donald Trump revealed how he would deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.

'I would say...': Here's how Donald Trump would deal with Vladimir Putin during Russia-Ukraine war

Ukraine war: Russia's 'special military operation' enters third month

On the evening of Dec. 9, 2005, 17 days after Gerhard Schröder left office as chancellor of Germany, he got a call on his cellphone. It was his friend President Vladimir Putin of Russia.

Gerhard Schroeder: The former chancellor who became Putin’s man in Germany

A total of 5,133,747 Ukrainians have fled the country since Russia invaded on February 24, the UN refugee agency said Friday. The figure marks an increase of 48,387 from Thursday's data, UNHCR said.

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Tens of thousands of Ukrainians still fleeing war, says UN

As Russian bombardments devastated their hometown of Mariupol, Yevgen and Tetiana decided they had only one way to escape with their four children: on foot. Talking Friday to AFP in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia as they waited for a train westwards, the family recounted through tears and laughter their miraculous 125-kilometre (80-mile) trek to safety.

Russia-Ukraine crisis: How a Ukrainian family escaped from Mariupol on foot

Russia-Ukraine war: 200 new graves found in Mariupol, claims mayor as satellite pictures emerge

Kremlin on Friday (April 22) said that Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet UN chief Antonio Guterres next week. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state news agency RIA Novosti, "On Tuesday, April 26, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will arrive in Moscow for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet UN chief Guterres

With Russian forces claiming to have taken control of Ukrainian city of Mariupol, there are reports of people being trapped in the city. Several Ukrainian defenders are also reportedly trapped inside Azovstal power plant. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said there are defenders still inside Mariupol. Is this the end of battle in the besieged city?

Mariupol: Is this end of battle? What Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, Joe Biden are saying

Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated China's opposition to unilateral sanctions and "long-arm jurisdiction" in a speech on Thursday, without directly mentioning the West's punitive actions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

Chinese president reiterates opposition to use of economic sanctions

The Ukrainian army has repelled nine attacks by the Russian army in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Ukraine's military spokesman said on Thursday (April 21). A military spokesman for General Staff of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Shtupun, said, one tank, ten armoured units and two vehicles, one artillery system, two special engineering units, an anti-aircraft missile system and an enemy ammunition depot have been destroyed in the past 24 hours.

Ukraine repelled nine Russian attacks in Donetsk and Luhansk: Military spokesman

As a result of the West's punishing sanctions, pharmacies in Russia are running out of crucial medicines. Prices have risen by up to 20% as consumers hurry to stock up on supplies that are running out.

Russia seeks India drug imports as pharmacies run short of medicines amid Ukraine war, sanctions

Russia has been attacking Ukraine's port city of Mariupol for weeks. After Russian forces entered Ukraine on February 24, Mariupol has received a near-constant battering from Russia with strikes destroying large part of the city.

Ukraine Conflict: Why a victory in Mariupol is important to Russia

The last decade looked like a good one for authoritarian regimes and a challenging one for democratic ones. Cybertools, drones, facial recognition technology and social networks seemed to make efficient authoritarians even more efficient and democracies increasingly ungovernable.

China and Russia are giving authoritarianism a bad name

Mila Panchenko found herself on a station platform in southwest Russia after lack of food and water forced her to hand herself over to pro-Russian forces to escape the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol.

Ukrainians deported to Russia from besieged Mariupol dream of home

Russia’s central bank chief warned Monday that the consequences of Western sanctions were only beginning to be felt, and Moscow’s mayor warned that 200,000 jobs were at risk in the Russian capital alone, stark acknowledgments that undermined President Vladimir Putin’s contention that sanctions had failed to destabilize the Russian economy.

Bleak assessments of the Russian economy clash with Putin’s rosy claims

Russia has been accused of genocide in Ukraine, the ultimate war crime. However, genocide has a specific legal definition and to date has only been proven in court a few times.

WION explains: The ultimate, yet hard to prove war crime called 'genocide'

In a small, peaceful village in southern Spain, there exists a white wall with a board that holds the sign "Square of Mariupol". As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine rages on even after fifty days, countries around the world have stood up in solidarity with Kyiv amid aggression by Putin's forces.

From a village renaming itself to Zelensky pillows, amazing methods people used to show support for Ukraine

Watch | Russian state TV says Moscow has entered World War 3 against NATO

A team of 18 French forensic experts has arrived in Kyiv to investigate the killings in the Ukrainian town of Bucha. It aims to help Ukraine with the investigation that Russia committed war crimes in the city.

Ukraine crisis: Team of French forensic experts arrive in Kyiv to investigate Bucha killings

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