The bodies of two Britons killed while trying to help people evacuate from fierce fighting in Ukraine have been recovered in a prisoner swap, Kyiv officials said on Saturday.

Chris Parry, 28, and Andrew Bagshaw, 47, were undertaking voluntary work in Soledar, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, when their vehicle was reportedly hit by a shell.

The two

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The European Union and Kyiv on Friday backed plans to set up a global prosecution office in The Hague to help investigate Russia for the criminal activity of aggression in Ukraine. The move-- revealed in a joint declaration at an EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv-- is viewed as an interim step before the production of an unique tribunal efficient in prosecuting the
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‘I Couldn&t Stay Silent&: Anti-War ‘Flower Protests& Spread to 60 Cities Across Russia‘I Couldn&t Stay Silent&: Anti-War ‘Flower Protests& Spread to 60 Cities Across Russia‘I Couldn&t Stay Silent&: Anti-War ‘Flower Protests& Spread to 60 Cities Across Russia‘I Couldn&t Stay Silent&: Anti-War ‘Flower Protests& Spread to 60 Cities Across Russia‘I Couldn&t Stay Silent&: Anti-War ‘Flower Protests& Spread to 60 Cities Across Russia‘I Couldn&t Stay Silent&: Anti-War ‘Flower Protests& Spread to 60 Cities Across Russia
‘I Couldn&t Stay Silent&: Anti-War ‘Flower Protests& Spread to 60 Cities Across Russia‘I Couldn&t Stay Silent&: Anti-War ‘Flower Protests& Spread to 60 Cities Across Russia‘I Couldn&t Stay Silent&: Anti-War ‘Flower Protests& Spread to 60 Cities Across Russia

Russians continue to memorialize the dozens of Ukrainians killed in last month’s Russian missile strike on the city of Dnipro — one of the deadliest single incidents of Moscow’s invasion — in what has evolved into a new nationwide form of anti-war protest. 

Makeshift displays of flowers, stuffed toys and handwritten notes have sprung up in at least

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A Moscow court has sentenced the head of a prominent Islamic publishing house to 17 years in prison on charges of financing a terrorist organization, Russia’s Investigative Committee said Friday. 

Aslambek Ezhaev, 60, was found guilty of transferring more than 34 million rubles ($483,200) to people connected with the Islamic State terrorist group,

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Russian authorities this week ordered the member of the family of the prominent environment and anti-war activist Arshak Makichyan to leave the country. Makichyan was stripped of Russian citizenship-- the only one he holds-- together with his dad and a sibling in October, a move that the activist and his legal representatives identified as a deliberate attempt to silence Kre
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Russia on Friday said it will nationalize foreign assets in annexed Crimea-- including those with Ukraine-linked ownership-- and funnel a few of the funds to support individuals combating in Ukraine. Deputies of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea adopted a resolution on the nationalization of home of foreign residents and states that dedicate
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