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Russia has claimed a “non-functioning” shopping centre it attacked in Kyiv was being used as a rocket store by Ukrainian forces – as it accused Western media of telling a one-sided version of the conflict. Moscow has also claimed the Ukrainian authorities are using civilian buildings in residential areas of cities as firing positions. It

A deadline for Ukrainians to surrender Mariupol to the Russians has passed, with Ukraine refusing to give up the city. On Sunday, Russia said that Ukrainians could put down their weapons and raise white flags on Monday in exchange for safe passage out. Two corridors would be allowed out of the port city, heading east

Residents in the Ukrainian city of Kherson have been filmed peacefully confronting two military vehicles with Russian markings on – and telling those inside to “go home”. Demonstrators, some waving Ukrainian flags and others with flags draped over their shoulders, were seen in front of the trucks which had Z symbols on the front and

Thousands of Mariupol residents have been “forcibly” taken to Russia, the Ukrainian city’s mayor has claimed. Vadym Boychenko compared the actions of Russian forces to the Nazis capturing and deporting civilians during World War Two. Sky News could not independently verify the claims. Latest updates on Russia’s attack on Ukraine Please use Chrome browser for

Dozens of Ukrainian soldiers are feared to have been killed after a military base was attacked amid Russia’s full-scale invasion. Up to 200 troops were thought to have been inside the barracks in Mykolaiv, in the south of the war-torn country, when they were targeted on Friday. At least 50 bodies have been recovered, a

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for meaningful peace talks with Moscow – but UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has warned Russia could use them as a “smokescreen” for war crimes. In a video address, Mr Zelenskyy said this was Russia’s only chance to limit the damage from its mistakes in the wake of the

Joe Biden has told China’s president of the “implications and consequences” Beijing faces if it gives Russia material support for its war in Ukraine, as Xi Jinping said the conflict needs to end as soon as possible. The pair spoke for almost two hours in a video call as the US sought to deter China

Several missiles have struck and destroyed a building near the airport in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, according to the city’s mayor. Ukraine’s military said the aircraft repair plant was struck by cruise missiles fired from the direction of the Black Sea, which it said were likely Kh-555 weapons launched from heavy strategic bombers.

The death toll from the bombing of a theatre where hundreds of people – including children – are said to have been sheltering is still unknown, Ukraine’s president has said. Foreign ministry officials said civilians were buried under rubble after Wednesday’s attack in Mariupol and shelling was preventing them from assessing the number of casualties.

Rescue workers have been digging survivors out of the rubble of a theatre which was reportedly bombed in a Russian airstrike in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, according to officials. Prior to Wednesday’s attack, up to 1,000 men, women and children were thought to have taken shelter in the Drama Theatre’s basement seeking safety

The strict 35-hour curfew imposed on the Ukrainian capital did nothing to stop the strikes against its residents. They were woken early once again with more missile strikes tearing into the city. This has gone on for days now. CCTV captured the impact of one substantial strike and another less than a minute later against

A faked video of the Ukrainian president telling people to surrender is being shared online. The video shows what appears to be Volodymyr Zelenskyy standing behind a podium saying: “It turned out to be not so easy being the president.” He goes on to declare that he has “decided to return Donbas” in eastern Ukraine

The body of a three-week-old boy has been pictured lying on the floor of a makeshift morgue in the basement of a Mariupol hospital. The newborn was injured in artillery shelling and could not be saved by doctors in the southern Ukrainian port city which is besieged by Russian forces. The body was one of

A powerful earthquake has hit northern Japan, shaking buildings and triggering a tsunami warning. The tremor registered a magnitude of 7.3, according to public broadcaster NHK. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake struck 60km (36 miles) below the sea off the coast of Fukushima. It is the same region which was devastated by a magnitude 9.0

A New Zealand couple who believed they had dug up the world’s largest potato, have had their hopes mashed, after Guinness World Records confirmed it was not a potato after all. The spud looking plant, known as a tuber, was discovered last August at the couple’s farm near Hamilton when Colin Craig-Brown and his wife

Both Russia and Ukraine appear more optimistic ahead of another scheduled round of peace talks – even as Moscow continues its assaults on Kyiv and other major cities. With Moscow’s ground advance on the Ukrainian capital stalled, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said a neutral military status for Ukraine was being “seriously discussed” by the

A theatre in Mariupol where hundreds of people are reported to have been sheltering has been bombed by Russian forces, local officials have said. The city council said the number of casualties was not yet known, but Sky News has verified footage from the attack as showing the Donetsk Regional Drama Theatre. A satellite image

“All the hallmarks of a war crime.” That’s how the UN’s human rights monitor for Myanmar has described a mass killing that Sky News has been investigating. The massacre happened near Mo So in Kayah state on Christmas Eve, leaving at least 37 people dead. It’s an area which has seen heavy fighting between local

Ukraine’s military chief has said his forces would defend the country “until the last drop of blood” as he urged people to calm down about threats of a new Russian invasion. Lieutenant-General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, 48, repeatedly underlined that Ukraine has been at war with Russia since 2014, telling Sky News in an exclusive interview: “It

Denmark’s foreign intelligence chief has been remanded in custody amid allegations he was involved in the leak of “highly classified” information. Lars Findsen, 57, is among four current and former employees of the Danish intelligence services who were detained in December over the alleged leak. Now Findsen is the only suspect to remain in custody