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Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 100 of the invasion (The Guardian)

Russian forces now occupy about 20% of Ukraine's territory as Zelenskiy notes 'some success' in battles at Sievierodonetsk.

“Pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings is carried out by investigators of … the national police of Ukraine,” Ukraine’s prosecutor general said in a statement on Thursday. Pro-Russian officials in the occupied Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine said a decree had been issued to “nationalise” state assets in the south-eastern region. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has said it is in the EU’s strategic interest but also “our moral duty” to make it possible forUkraineto join the 30-nation bloc. Many cities are facing a powerful Russian attack,” he said in his latest nationaladdress. Oleksandr Zaika, head of the Lysychansk City military-civil administration, said 20,000 people were left in the city, down from a pre-war population of 97,000. Russian forces currently occupy about 20% of Ukraine’s territory, Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video address to the Luxembourg parliament.

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Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Ukraine marks 100 days of war ... (The Washington Post)

Ukraine's Zelensky called areas under Russian control a "zone of total catastrophe" and said the military situation in Severodonetsk was dire.

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 fight: A slowly regenerating Russian army is making incremental gains in eastern Ukraine against valiant but underequipped Ukrainian forces. No one believed it was going to impact the world the way it did.” Severodonetsk: Zelensky said Thursday night that the Ukrainian military had “some success” fighting against Russian troops for control of this embattled eastern city, which appears to be mainly in Moscow’s hands. The Russian navy effectively controls all traffic in the northern third of the Black Sea, according to U.S. intelligence assessments. Chernihiv and Kharkiv regions: “Absolutely senseless shelling” persists near Ukraine’s northern border regions, Zelensky said, adding that some strikes were coming from Russian territory. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that Ukraine faced a “war of attrition” and that the West needed to make its support sustainable. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the military situation in the city was dire and called the 20 percent of Ukraine under Russian occupation a “zone of total catastrophe.” He also condemned the continued shelling of Ukraine’s northern regions from across the Russian border. Russia would control the Luhansk region if it captures Severodonetsk as well as a city just to its south, according to the latest assessment from the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW). A Kremlin readout of the conversation, however, did not go as far. He also said Ukraine, which laid floating mines to stave off attacks, must demine the Black Sea ports. He described the actions as lawful, but declined to elaborate further, Sky News reported.

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Russia-Ukraine war: 100 days in, Ukraine is more resolved than ... (NBC News)

As Russia's war in Ukraine reaches 100 days, Kyiv is determined to take back the land lost since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion.

“I feel guilty that we didn’t do more earlier on, but now having lived under occupation for just one month, I understand so much better now what they are going through — the exhaustion, the fear.” I will pick up a gun and fight myself if I need to,” she said, as she worked to clean up her house that was damaged when Russian forces occupied the region. Since the war started on Feb. 24, Ukrainian forces have successfully pushed Russia out of territory around the capital city of Kyiv, as well as Kharkiv in the northeast. Zelenskyy has acknowledged that the war will only end through a diplomatic solution rather than a military victory. “We will fight to the end. “If not, then what are we suffering for?”

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Russia-Ukraine war hits 100th day; Moscow starts military drills in ... (CNBC)

It's day 100 of Russia's war in Ukraine, which the Kremlin is still calling its "special military operation."

However, while in theory output will be higher in the future, OPEC+ has been struggling to meet production quotas. Russia is starting military drills in the Pacific involving some 40 ships and 20 aircraft. If we have something concrete to announce, we will do so." It's day 100 of Russia's war in Ukraine, which the Kremlin is still calling its "special military operation." Among those objectives was the aim to seize Kyiv and Ukrainian centers of government. "We've seen a lot of positive statements coming from various capitals," Dujarric said.

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Photos: 100 days of the Russia-Ukraine war (Aljazeera.com)

After months of tension, and despite many believing it simply could not happen, Russian troops invaded Ukraine 100 days ago. The ensuing fighting has caused ...

Despite strong Ukrainian resistance, the war is now believed to have entered a new and deadly phase in the country’s east. As people returned they found little left of what had been their homes. Although Russian President Vladimir Putin expected his “special military operation” to be over in just a few days, attempts to move hard and fast to take major cities such as Kyiv failed. It is impossible to overstate how much the lives of the people Al Jazeera met have changed. In a local children’s hospital, 13-year-old Milena was shot in the neck by Russian troops as she tried to flee the city with her family. Her little body convulsed in pain as medical staff worked to comfort her – one of the many lives changed forever before they barely even began.

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Latest Russia-Ukraine War News: Live Updates (The New York Times)

As Russian troops advance gradually in eastern Ukraine, Africa appeals to President Vladimir V. Putin for relief from the growing food shortages created by ...

In West Africa, one of the most visible effects of the war so far has been on bread prices that were already on the rise. Millions of tons of grain remain stuck in Ukraine; Mr. Putin has suggested that this would change if the West lifted sanctions imposed on Moscow after the invasion. Aid organizations have also warned that diverting aid from African populations in favor of Ukrainian refugees will only make things worse on the continent. “Every new embassy that returns to our capital is a testament to the faith in our victory.” Prominent in those efforts are the vivid presentations that the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has made to other nations’ leaders, and his nightly addresses to his compatriots. The European Parliament has banned lobbyists for Russian companies from its premises, its president Roberta Metsola said in a tweet. At a news conference alongside Mr. Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Mr. Sall also said Western sanctions on Russia had compounded Africa’s lack of access to grain. “Our countries, even if they are far from the theater,” Mr. Sall said, “are victims of this crisis.” On Friday, Chad, a landlocked nation of 17 million people, declared a food emergency and the United Nations has warned that nearly a third of the country’s population would need humanitarian assistance this year. On Friday, fighting continued to rage in Sievierodonetsk, the last major city in the Luhansk region of the Donbas not under Russian control. Capturing the industrial Donbas region could give Mr. Putin a victory to herald to the Russian people and a land bridge to Crimea. That has emboldened Mr. Putin’s negotiating position in any future peace talks and has expanded Russia’s capacity to launch attacks in the country.

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Russia-Ukraine War Live: Russia's Artillery Gaining Ground on ... (The Wall Street Journal)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky released a somber, defiant video asserting that “victory will be ours.” In the Donbas area of Ukraine, Russian forces ...

The United Nations recorded 4,183 confirmed civilian deaths across Ukraine from the time of the Russian invasion through Thursday, according to the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. That official toll omits areas, including those occupied by Russian forces, where counting the number of Ukrainian victims isn’t possible. Most of them were killed by small arms, not during explosions,” Mr. Nebytov said on a national news broadcast, according to online newspaper Ukrainian Pravda. The Kyiv city military administration said separately that 95 civilians, including four children, had been killed by Russian missile strikes on Kyiv since the invasion began on Feb. 24. The bodies of 1,314 civilians have been found so far in the region around the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, regional Police Chief Andriy Nebytov said, according to local reports, as efforts to recover victims of the Russian occupation continued.

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Russia-Ukraine war: 100 days of war, 100 stories from Ukraine (Aljazeera.com)

On February 24, at 5:30am Moscow time (02:30 GMT) Russian state television channels were interrupted to broadcast an address by President Vladimir Putin ...

The building has become a shell - there is no glass in the windows, the brickwork is charred and metal sinews hang from the ceiling. “Here we had our bed, our TV and wardrobe were there. Russian forces infiltrated the northern, eastern and southern fronts of Ukraine with air, land and sea attacks.

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100 days of Russia's Ukraine invasion: A recap (The Indian Express)

Russia Ukraine War Live, Mariupol Fall to Russia: Hundred days ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special operation to “denazify” Ukraine.

Several US companies — most recently the McDonalds and Starbucks — left Russia in the aftermath of the war. Spoke with 🇮🇳 Prime Minister@narendramodi. Informed of the course of 🇺🇦 repulsing 🇷🇺 aggression. An AP report put the official estimate of Russian troops wounded at around 40,000. Overall, around 19,000 Indian students in Ukraine were brought back to India after the war broke out, according to official estimates. Images of highways out of Kyiv jam-packed with cars, tearful goodbyes at railway stations and civilians armed with military-grade weapons filled social media platforms as Russian troops started bombing Ukrainian targets. Urged 🇮🇳 to give us political support in🇺🇳 Security Council. Stop the aggressor together! The initial days of the war coincided with the rise in the global profile of Ukraine’s comedian-turned-president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with the Western media dubbing him “the modern Churchill”. In the information vortex that followed the invasion, Zelenskyy took to Twitter and Instagram videos from landmark sites in Kyiv to assure Ukrainians that he has not left the country and that he is working with the world leaders to rally support in the form of sanctions on Russia, financial aid to Ukraine, and arms and ammunition for its fighters. Zelenskyy spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi two days after the invasion and sought India’s “political support” at the UNSC. India, which has called for a peaceful solution to the Russia-Ukraine crisis has, however, abstained from voting against Russia in the UN Security Council. The PMO’s office said in a statement that PM Modi reiterated his call for “immediate cessation of violence” and return to dialogue, and conveyed “India’s willingness to contribute in any way towards peace efforts.” His body was brought back to India and donated to SS Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre in Davanagere by his family. “Russian troops continued operations to capture Severodonetsk and further operations to capture Lysychansk. Russian military leadership will likely use the capture of these two cities to claim they have “liberated” all of Luhansk Oblast before turning to Donetsk Oblast but Russian forces are unlikely to have the forces necessary to take substantial territory in Donetsk Oblast after suffering further losses around Severodonetsk,” as per a report by the Institue of Study of War. While Russia has said that it has created administrational units in several of its occupied territories, an ISW report, quoting the Ukrainian Resistance Center, observed that several of these units are “‘created [only] on paper’ and are incapable of controlling local populations, enforcing the use of the Russian ruble, or conducting bureaucratic processes.” Russia Ukraine War Live, Mariupol Fall to Russia: Hundred days ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special operation to “denazify” Ukraine. Since then, the war has shown no sign of abating with both Ukrainian and Russian troops claiming victories in various parts of the country.

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Russia may be in Ukraine to stay after 100 days of war (Associated Press)

When Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in late February, the Russian president vowed his forces would not occupy the country. But as the invasion ...

Oleg Kryuchkov, an official in Russia-annexed Crimea, said this week that the two southern regions have switched to Russian internet providers. Kryuchkov also said that both regions are switching to the Russian country code, +7, from the Ukrainian +380. An office of Russia’s migration services opened in Melitopol, taking applications for Russian citizenship from residents of the captured southern regions through a fast-track procedure. Russian forces captured much of Kherson and neighboring Zaporizhzhia early in the war, gaining control over most of Ukraine’s Sea of Azov coast and securing a partial land corridor to the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Russian flags were raised, and Russian state broadcasts that promoted the Kremlin’s version of the invasion supplanted Ukrainian TV channels. Ukrainian officials warned that Russia might stage a referendum in Kherson to declare the region an independent state. “Hundreds of pro-Ukrainian activists, including my friends, are being held in the basements of security services,” Kobernyk said by phone. Initially, at least, annexing more land from Ukraine was not believed to be the main goal of the invasion. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said it will be up to the people living in seized areas to decide their status. U.S. President Joe Biden, meanwhile, said he believes “there’s going to have to be a negotiated settlement” to end the war. Residents there and in Russia-controlled parts of the Zaporizhzhia region are being offered expedited Russian passports. The Kremlin-installed administrations in both regions have talked about plans to become part of Russia.

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At 100 Days, Russia-Ukraine War by the Numbers (Voice of America)

FILE - People survey the destruction amid the smoldering remains of a shopping center in Kyiv, Ukraine, following a shelling by Russian forces on March 21, 2022 ...

The African Development Bank has reported a 45% increase in continental prices for the grain, affecting everything from Mauritanian couscous to the fried donuts sold in Congo. And we know what is needed the most: An end to this war." And the Russian Central Bank said last week that annualized inflation came in at 17.8 percent in April. Zelenskyy accused Russia this week of stealing at least a half-million tons of grain during the invasion. In some places — such as the long-besieged city of Mariupol, potentially the war's biggest killing field — Russian forces are accused of trying to cover up deaths and dumping bodies into mass graves, clouding the overall toll. Developing countries are being squeezed particularly hard by higher costs of food, fuel and financing. It blames a backlog of shipments on Russian blockades or capture of key ports. Evgeny Gontmakher, academic director of European Dialogue, wrote in a paper this week that Russia currently faces over 5,000 targeted sanctions, more than any other country. The official estimated that some 40,000 Russian troops have been wounded. Those images tell just a part of the overall picture of Europe's worst armed conflict in decades. That's down from over 8 million in an earlier count. In Mariupol alone, officials have reported over 21,000 civilian dead.

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