As Russia pummels Ukraine, cautious allies shift gears to help Kyiv
Germany and the US appear on the cusp of major policy changes, and Ukraine senses its opportunity to secure weapons.
US to send more weapons to Ukraine, Trump says
US president says Ukraine must be able to defend itself and is ‘getting hit very hard’.
Israel outrage at Sergei Lavrov's claim that Hitler was part Jewish
Israel has reacted with fury after Russia's foreign minister claimed that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler "had Jewish blood".
Ukraine war: This is your finest hour, Johnson to tell Ukrainian Parliament
Boris Johnson will describe Ukraine's resistance to the Russian invasion as the country's "finest hour" when he addresses its parliament later.
Ukraine war: Russia 'plans to seize southern Ukraine'
Russia aims to seize southern Ukraine and to open a route to the separatist region of Transnistria in Moldova, a senior Russian general says.
Mariupol: Satellite images suggest mass graves dug near besieged city
A US satellite firm says it has identified a mass burial site containing about 200 graves near Mariupol, a city Russian forces have been trying to wrest control of for weeks.
Mariupol steelworks: 'We have wounded and dead inside the bunkers'
One of the last Ukrainian defenders in Mariupol has told the BBC that the besieged steelworks where they are holed up is largely destroyed above ground and civilians are trapped under collapsed buildings.
Donbas: Why Russia is trying to encircle Ukraine's east
Russia has moved most of the focus of its war to eastern Ukraine, after pulling back its forces from near the capital Kyiv. Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky says the battle for the area known as Donbas has begun and a very large part of Russia's army is taking part.
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