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Close historic ties with Russia and deep internal divisions are undermining a unified national stance on the conflict.

“The question of a pro-Russian or pro-Western alignment feeds into a longstanding fissure in Montenegrin politics and identity. In 2019, Russia accounted for 26 percent of foreign investment in the Montenegrin economy. So did the alleged Russian-backed coup attempt of 2016 and Montenegro’s entry into NATO the following year. The war in Ukraine has shrunk the room for geopolitical neutrality in Europe, leaving Montenegro in a difficult spot. Montenegrins have demonstrated in support of Ukraine while Serb nationalists in Montenegro have demonstrated in support of Russia,” said Marco Attila Hoare, a historian and associate professor at the Sarajevo School of Science and Technology. “With Montenegro’s population split between supporters of independence who identify as Montenegrin or who belong to ethnic minorities, and those who opposed independence and identify with Serbia, it’s primarily the former that have emerged as the pro-Ukrainian and the latter as the pro-Russian camp.”

As Friday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day: Russia said it completed its takeover of the Ukrainian port city ...

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Last group of Ukrainian soldiers in Azovstal steelworks surrendered, Russia's defence ministry said late Friday.

Dmitry Medvedev, a former president of Russia,warned that Russia would not continue food supplies unless the west eased its sanctionson the Kremlin. The missile hadtargeted “the newly renovated House of Culture” in Lozova,Zelenskiy said in a statement on social media. Erdoğan told reporters he had discussed the issue with the Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte,and that he would also be speaking to Britain tomorrow. Moody’s on Friday cut Ukraine’s debt rating for the second time in three months and lowered the outlook to negative due to the growing risk the Russian invasion will affect the nation’s debt sustainability. Zelenskiy proposed a formal deal with the country’s allies to secure Russian compensation for damage its forces have caused during the war. Russia has taken control of the Azovstal steel plant, the country’s defence ministry said on Friday evening.

Severodonetsk, the easternmost city under Ukraine's control, is set to be the war's next major battlefield, with local officials reporting intense Russian ...

The latest: Severodonetsk, the easternmost city under Ukraine’s control, is set to be the war’s next major battlefield, with local officials reporting intense Russian shelling in recent days. The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. “The ability for players of any nationality to enter tournaments based on merit, and without discrimination, is fundamental to our Tour,” the ATP said in a statement. Kharkiv region: At least seven people were wounded, including an 11-year-old, in a Russian missile strike on a cultural center in Lozova, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, referring to the violence as "absolute evil.” Regional governor Oleg Synegubov said the strike was deliberate. Severodonetsk: Officials in this key city, the easternmost under Ukrainian control, are bracing for a major, drawn-out battle as experts anticipate a Russian bid to take control of it. Last month, Russia halted gas shipments to Poland and Bulgaria, which are both NATO and European Union members that have supported Ukraine in its fight against Russia. The Kremlin warned other European leaders that they may face the same fate. Finland relies heavily on Russia for gas, though that gas only makes up about 5 percent of Finland’s overall energy consumption as it is steadily transitioning to renewables and other alternative fuel sources. Rosneft said Schröder had informed the company that it was “impossible” to continue in the role. And Schröder has become an increasing embarrassment to his party and much of the country as Russia has waged its new offensive in Ukraine. The move is not expected to disrupt the Nordic state’s energy network, as Finland is able to make up the shortfall from elsewhere. Russia on Friday claimed full control of the Azovstal steel plant in the Black Sea port city of Mariupol, and said more than 1,900 Ukrainian fighters from the facility have surrendered — though that figure drastically exceeds other estimates. Severodonetsk, the easternmost city under Ukraine’s control, is set to be the war’s next major battlefield, with local officials reporting intense Russian shelling in recent days.

Russia claims it has taken control of the Azovstal steel plant in the besieged port city of Mariupol. Meanwhile, heavy fighting continues in eastern Ukraine ...

Ukraine has not confirmed this claim, and CNN cannot independently verify the number of Ukrainian forces left inside the plant. Evacuations for civilians began on May 1. "My husband wrote me two days ago.

Get the latest updates here. Fighting. Russia's defence ministry said the last group of Ukrainian forces holed up in Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks had ...

Ukraine did not comment on the figures. - The Institute for the Study of War says Russian forces appear to be “digging in” around Kharkiv and along the southern axis in preparation for Ukrainian counteroffensives and a protracted war. - Russia’s defence ministry said the last group of Ukrainian forces holed up in Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks had surrendered, marking an end to a weeks-long attack that left the city in ruins.

Russia Ukraine war has entered day 87 and intense fighting has been reported around Severodonetsk in the Donbas as the Kremlin moved to change its law to ...

As per reports, a Ukrainian official has claimed that the Russian shelling of a school in Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk region killed at least three adults. Earlier, on March 16, the ICJ made a crucial judgement in these cases, ordering Russia to immediately cease its military activities in Ukraine. The statement further directed that they support the Court's decision and urge the Russian Federation to follow this legally binding decree. The Group of Seven (G7) nations have pledged $19.8 billion to enhance Ukrainian finances as Kyiv continues to tackle Russia's military aggression. Russian troops continue to attack Ukraine's Zhytomyr Region with missiles on Saturday. In the latest brutal aggression on Ukraine, the forces attacked the town of Malyn, resulting in the destruction of more than 100 residential buildings. To help Ukraine fight the Russian forces, Germany has decided to send 15 Gepard tanks to the war-torn country. Indicating that Moscow might be facing a shortage of troops, The Guardian stated that the two members of the ruling United Russia party introduced the law. Republic reports LIVE from the Black Sea port in Ukraine that was blocked by Russia, bringing severe food insecurity to 47 million people worldwide. In a bid to help Ukraine to fight Russian invasion, Canada has recently announced an additional loan of $250 million for the war-torn nation. This is a discussion we are having with our allies," Liz Truss told The Telegraph on Friday. She further stated that NATO members are discussing the prospect of assuring that not just Ukraine but also Moldova have modern weapons. According to the data proferred by the Ukraine Armed forces, at least eight enemy tanks, three artillery systems, ten armoured personnel vehicles, three special armoured vehicles, and six vehicles were destroyed during the attack. Russia has lost 204 aircraft, more than 1,200 tanks, and approximately 28,000 personnel since the war began on February 24, according to the most recent update from Ukraine's Ministry of Defence. According to Luhansk Governor Serhiy Haidai, Russian forces are focusing on the Lysychansk-Bakhmut highway, which he claims is the only road for evacuating people and delivering humanitarian supplies, AP reported.

POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — The West moved to pour billions more in aid into Ukraine on Friday, as Russia shifted troops freed up by the imminent fall of the ...

“There was smoke everywhere.” She grabbed the children and ran toward the home’s entrance, “but the corridor wasn’t there anymore. “The road is extremely important because it’s the only connection to other regions of the country,” he said via email. In the U.S., President Joe Biden was expected to sign a $40 billion package of military and economic aid to Ukraine and its allies. But the effort by Putin’s troops to take more territory there has been slow-going. “There were flashes everywhere,” she said. Roof timbers splintered and windows shattered, sending shards of glass into a wall near three sleeping children. Russian forces shelled a vital highway and kept up attacks on a key city in the Luhansk region, hitting a school among other sites, Ukrainian authorities said. Also remaining at the plant were the bodies of soldiers who defended it while tying down Russian forces. Twelve people were killed in Severodonetsk, Haidai said. Natural gas accounted for just 6% of Finland’s total energy consumption in 2020, Finnish broadcaster YLE said. An undisclosed number of Ukrainian soldiers remained at the Azovstal steel plant. Every inch of this path is deadly.”

Ukraine has not confirmed Moscow's claim that it has full control of the sprawling complex in the port city. The tenacity of Ukrainian forces there has ...

It is one of only a handful like it in the world, including just two in Russia. Then, in the second half, Serhiy is released in a prisoner swap, and everything about his life, including his chic, high-rise apartment and his relationship with his angsty young daughter, takes on a zombified state, enveloped in a dissociative haze even as he tries to repair himself. In Valentyn Vasyanovych’s austere drama “Reflection” (in select theaters), a Ukrainian surgeon, Serhiy, is captured by Russian soldiers and forced to help dispose of the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers who died while being tortured. A number of recent and upcoming films by Ukrainian filmmakers, born of the continuing conflict, try to articulate these tensions, some more directly in conversation with the brutalities of war than others. Maksym Nakonechnyi’s “Butterfly Vision,” premiering at Cannes in the coming days, follows a Ukrainian reconnaissance expert struggling to adjust to normal life after being raped and detained as a prisoner of war. At the same time, some Russian officials have pushed to label one group of the soldiers — members of the Azov battalion — as terrorists, and to try them on war crimes charges. Many of the approximately 900 people who lived there before the Russian invasion fled, and only a few have returned. Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey agreed in a phone call on Friday evening to seek to unlock vital supply routes for Ukrainian grain stocks, as food prices rise across the globe. To the south, if Moscow’s assertion of a definitive victory at the Azovstal complex is confirmed, Russian forces fully control a broad swath of port access and land transit. Finland’s natural gas imports from Russia have been cut off, a spokeswoman for the Finnish state energy provider said on Saturday. The company, Gasum, did not comply with Moscow’s demand to make payments in rubles instead of euros. Russia portrayed the move as a bid to attract recruits with professional degrees and skills, but analysts saw a signal of military depletion. Ukraine has not confirmed Moscow’s claim that it has full control of the sprawling complex in the port city.

After months of heavy fighting, Russia has declared victory over the massive Azovstal steel plant in strategic port city of Mariupol that has been almost ...

"Starting from tomorrow, during the upcoming summer season, Gasum will supply natural gas to its customers from other sources through the Balticconnector pipeline. has been completely liberated," the ministry said in a statement, adding that a total of 2,439 defenders had surrendered in the past few days. "The consular officer found her continuing to do as well as could be expected under these exceedingly challenging circumstances. "It is highly regrettable that natural gas supplies under our supply contract will now be halted. The 30-member alliance will be meeting in Madrid in June. Russia said there were 531 members of the last group that had given up. The new legislation will provide $20 billion in military assistance, ensuring a steady stream of advanced weapons that have been used to blunt Russia's advances. It also comes just two days after Finland formally applied to join NATO. Ukraine has successfully defended Kyiv, and Russia has refocused its offensive on the country's east, but American officials warn of the potential for a prolonged conflict. Canada has already said it would change its laws to enable this. "That would be fair. Biden signed the measure under unusual circumstances.

US President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a bill to provide nearly $40 billion in aid for Ukraine as part of efforts to boost military support over R.

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says the United Kingdom and other NATO members are discussing the possibility of sending modern weaponry to Moldova."I would want to see Moldova equipped to Nato standard. The Ukraine war can only be resolved through "diplomacy", Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday amid a deadlock in negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow. "The end will be through diplomacy," he told a Ukrainian television channel. Our people are dying," the mayor of the southern Ukrainian port city told AFP.

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The brutal Russia-Ukraine war has entered day 85. In a massive move, Sweden and Finland moved ahead with their applications for NATO membership leading ...

Un Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the war in Ukraine and its immediate effects on energy price increases is yet another wake-up call to accelerate the transition to renewable energy. Their bids to join the alliance represent a significant shift in European security and geopolitics. Speaking to students at the presidential library in Ankara on Thursday, the Turkish President stated that "NATO is a security organization and his government cannot accept the presence of terrorist organizations in it." Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated in a speech to the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, on May 19 that "Russia must not win this war." According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, registration of Ukrainian prisoners of war, including wounded fighters, began on Tuesday as part of an agreement between Russia and Ukraine. According to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the European Union must make preparations for rebuilding Ukraine after the war by establishing a solidarity fund to help cover the billions of euros in reconstruction costs. Russian troops have conducted yet another airstrike on Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast shelling a five-story building, a private house and an office building, Pavlo Kyrylenko , head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration said in a Telegram update. A Russian soldier on trial for war crimes in Ukraine apologised to the woman whose husband he killed during the ongoing war. "The Russian people express firm support for the Operation which will continue to go as planned," the delegation said. Russia reaffirmed that nuclear war must never be fought and any military conflict between nuclear powers be avoided as declared by P5. The former accused the West of flaring the Ukraine conflict by supplying weaponry to Ukraine to kill Russian forces. And it's not just in the area of Popasna or Bilohorivka. They are already trying to cut the route near Bakhmut in order to make it impossible to evacuate people and thwart humanitarian deliveries," said the head of the region. UK Prime minister Boris Johnson pledged the British solidarity with the Ukrainian people "particularly for the brave defenders of Mariupol."

Russia's defence ministry says the last group of Ukrainian forces holed up in Mariupol's Azovstal steel works has surrendered. A Russian missile hit a cultural ...

Gepard — German for “cheetah” — is considered highly effective against low-flying aircraft and lightly armoured ground targets. We continue to insist that Russia allow consistent and timely consular access to all US citizen detainees. “What is in the minds of people who choose such targets? “I can confirm that a Consular Officer visited Brittney Griner in detention yesterday on Thursday, May 19th. “But again, our message is a clear and simple one. Zelenskyy said Russia should be made to pay for every home, school, hospital and business it destroys.

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Russian authorities have threatened to investigate some of the steel mill's defenders for war crimes and put them on trial, branding them "Nazis" and criminals. It has found immense reservoirs of national resolve, and support from the West. But whether that will be enough to achieve its objectives is not clear. And Russia will feel the weight of every missile, every bomb, every shell which it has fired at us," he said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed a formal deal with the country's allies to secure Russian compensation for the damage its forces have caused during the war. The unidentified woman tore off her clothes during the film's red carpet procession to reveal the message “Stop raping us” written across her torso next to the blue and yellow colours of the Ukraine flag. “The road is extremely important because it's the only connection to other regions of the country,” he said via email. Last week, Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra rode a wave of popular support to win the Eurovision Song Contest, giving their compatriots a much-needed morale boost. There was no immediate confirmation from Ukraine. (Here’s why the loss of the Mariupol steel plant is significant) Ukraine has successfully defended Kyiv, and Russia has refocused its offensive on the country’s east, but American officials warn of the potential for a prolonged conflict. The scale of the challenge ahead of us shows that we need to create a very significant European financial instrument and bring other international donors on board pic.twitter.com/C00L4tgsHF Russia claimed to have captured Mariupol Friday in what would be its biggest victory yet in its war with Ukraine, after a nearly three-month siege that reduced much of the strategic port city to a smoking ruin, with over 20,000 civilians feared dead. Russia Ukraine War Live, Mariupol Fall to Russia: President Biden on Saturday signed legislation to support Ukraine with another USD 40 billion in U.S. assistance as the Russian invasion approaches its fourth month.

Ukrainian troops in the country's east are fighting on in the face of intense Russian bombardment, under conditions in the Donbas region that President ...

The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. Shishimarin said he was ordered by other soldiers to shoot the man because the man was talking on his phone and they feared he would report their location. The fight: A slowly regenerating Russian army is making incremental gains in eastern Ukraine against valiant but underequipped Ukrainian forces. Kharkiv: Russian forces had sought to encircle this northeastern city, the second-largest in Ukraine, but they have been forced to retreat after Ukrainian troops in recent weeks mounted a successful counteroffensive. Severodonetsk is one of a few Ukrainian strongholds standing in the way of Russia seizing full control of the Donbas region. A court in Kyiv on Thursday approved a request from the prosecutor general’s office to arrest former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych for allegedly smuggling people across the border into Russia in 2014. According to a statement from a court in Kyiv’s Pechersk District, Ukrainian investigators accused Yanukovych and several Ukrainian government employees of illegally transporting at least 20 people into Russia using three Russian military helicopters. This is their contribution to their own security.” The State Department suspended the embassy’s operations to ensure the safety of its staff days before Russian forces invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. “Standing together today, we reject the bloody creed that might makes right, and we declare a more powerful creed, all for one and one for all,” Biden said. “I am grateful to the United States for approving a new $40 billion package of support for Ukraine and democracy in our region,” Zelensky said in a Thursday evening address. The Pentagon said Thursday it had observed “a lot of kinetic activity,” or active fighting, in between the cities of Kherson and Mykolaiv, but that there were no major changes on the battlefield.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Donbas is "completely destroyed" and accused Russia of a "deliberate and criminal attempt to kill as many ...

"The city has been without electricity, internet and communication for almost a week now," he said. The Russians suffered personnel losses and retreated," Hayday said. "The assault on Severodonetsk was unsuccessful.

After the deaths of thousands of Russian soldiers and an avalanche of failures since the invasion of Ukraine began, President Vladimir Putin has narrowed ...

The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. The mistake cost the 74th Motorized Rifle Brigade dearly, according to an analysis from the Institute of the Study of War, with an estimated 485 casualties and the loss of 80 pieces of equipment. The fight: A slowly regenerating Russian army is making incremental gains in eastern Ukraine against valiant but underequipped Ukrainian forces. “You just get this feeling like they’ve abandoned everything they’ve tried to learn over the last 10 years and reverted to an older style that they’re more comfortable with,” Boston said. The latest: Severodonetsk, the easternmost city under Ukraine’s control, is set to be the war’s next major battlefield, with local officials reporting intense Russian shelling in recent days. Still, the trajectory of the conflict perplexes him. A grave mistake, Lee said, was the failure of Russian commanders to send smaller numbers of troops across the river. President Biden on Saturday signed a $40 billion package of new military and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. Among them, according to the British Ministry of Defense, are Lt. Gen. Serhiy Kisel, who presided over the 1st Guards Tank Army’s failed effort to capture the northeastern city of Kharkiv, and Vice Adm. Igor Osipov, who was in charge of Russia’s Black Sea fleet when Ukrainian forces sank its flagship, the Moskva. The humiliating blow to Russia’s navy was carried out using the Neptune anti-ship missiles that Ukraine makes. Scott Boston, a former U.S. Army officer who studies the Ukraine war for Rand Corp., said it appears there are massive morale problems within the Russian military, undermining Moscow’s goals. As the war grinds on and Russia’s battlefield gains remain “uneven” and “incremental,” according to the Pentagon’s latest assessment, several of its high-ranking commanders have been sacked. A Pentagon spokesperson told The Washington Post that the United States had no comment on Russia’s claim.

Russia claims it has taken control of the Azovstal steel plant in the besieged port city of Mariupol. Meanwhile, heavy fighting continues in eastern Ukraine ...

But anyway there are the remnants of chemicals, which are hazardous and highly explosive," he warned. "Fighting is currently taking place on the outskirts of Severodonetsk," Hayday said, asserting that Ukrainian forces had repulsed 11 enemy attacks. At least six people have been killed in Russian attacks on the city of Severodonetsk in Ukraine’s Luhansk region in the past day, the head of the regional military administration said Saturday.

Russia's forces are intensifying efforts to capture Severodonetsk, the final Ukrainian strongpoint in the Luhansk region. Ukraine's President Volodymyr ...

Thanked for the unconditional support for Ukraine on the path to the #EU. “Any concession to the Russian Federation would instantly lead to an escalation of the war. Talked about defensive cooperation, the need to accelerate the 6th package of sanctions and unblock Ukrainian ports. Slutsky did not say the number of Azov fighters Moscow was considering for exchange. That is why we turn to our partners with inquiries regarding the relevant weapons,” he added. One of the ways is a military solution. And they’ll start a new offensive, even more bloody and large scale, taking into account all mistakes,” Podolyak added. It will just be put on pause for some time,” he said. six people died immediately, and, as far as I know, four were injured,” Pushilin said on the Soloviev Live YouTube channel on Saturday. “The situation in Donbas is extremely difficult. He did not state how many foreigners were taken prisoner. “It is unclear who did this, no one is assuming responsibility, but after the main group walked out…

POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Concern mounted Saturday over Ukrainian fighters who became prisoners at the end of Russia's brutal three-month siege of Mariupol, ...

The Associated Press has not been able to independently verify the date, location and conditions of the video. Vadim Boychenko said summer rains threaten to contaminate water sources as he pressed Russian forces to allow residents to safely leave the city. Satellite images in April showed what appeared to be mass graves just outside Mariupol, where local officials accused Russia of concealing the slaughter by burying up to 9,000 civilians. “The situation in Donbas is extremely difficult,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address to the nation. Zelenskyy revealed in an interview published Friday that Ukrainian helicopter pilots braved Russian anti-aircraft fire to ferry in medicine, food and water as well as to retrieve bodies and rescue wounded fighters. Many Russian troops already had been redeployed from Mariupol to elsewhere in the conflict. U.S. President Joe Biden signed off Saturday on a fresh, $40 billion infusion of aid for Ukraine, with half for military assistance. Pushilin said the Ukrainians were sure to face a tribunal. There was no confirmation from the Ukrainian side. Its seizure delivers Russian President Vladimir Putin a badly wanted victory in the war he began in February. He said on Russian state TV that the figure includes some foreign nationals, though he did not provide details. Denis Pushilin, the pro-Kremlin head of an area of eastern Ukraine controlled by Moscow-backed separatists, claimed that 2,439 people were in custody.

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Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan, who has objected to Sweden and Finland joining Nato, held phone calls with the leaders of the two countries on Saturday and discussed his concerns about terrorist organisations. The last discussions between the two sides took place on 22 April, according to Russian news agencies. He said making concessions would backfire on Ukraine because Russia would hit back harder after any break in fighting.