Sasha Petrova

Ukraine news from May 27: Putin says ac­cu­sa­tions aimed at Rus­sia over dif­fi­cul­ty ship­ping grain world­wide ‘ground­less’.

Ukraine news from May 26: Moscow press­es West to lift sanc­tions against Rus­sia as it tries to shift food cri­sis blame.

De­scrib­ing an ‘ex­treme­ly bad’ sit­u­a­tion as Ukraine bat­tles for Severodonet­sk, FM Kule­ba calls for more weapons.

Ukraine news from May 24: De­fence min­istry says bat­tles be­ing fought in east­ern Ukraine could de­ter­mine coun­try’s fate.

News from May 23: Pros­e­cu­tor gen­er­al says of­fi­cials prob­ing al­leged war crimes com­mit­ted by Russ­ian forces.

Rus­sia strikes Ukraine’s east and south, pound­ing the Don­bas and Myko­laiv re­gions with air at­tacks and ar­tillery fire.

Ukraine news from May 20: Azovstal steel­works plant was last strong­hold of Ukrain­ian re­sis­tance in Mar­i­upol.

Ukraine news from May 19: US Sen­ate ap­proves mil­i­tary and eco­nom­ic aid pack­age by a vote of 86-11.

Pres­i­dent Biden pledges his sup­port and said the US ‘will work’ with the two coun­tries in case of ‘ag­gres­sion’.

Ukraine ac­cus­es Rus­sia of fail­ing to com­pro­mise as Moscow says Kyiv has ‘prac­ti­cal­ly with­drawn’ from talks.