Latest Ukraine updates: Ukrainians awarded EU’s Sakharov Prize

Ukraine news from October 19: Ukrainians win prize in support of their fight against Russia’s invasion.

Resident Yevdokiia Kolos, 82, stands in a bomb shelter, where she lives more than three months, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Lupareve near a front line in Mykolaiv region, Ukraine.
Resident Yevdokiia Kolos, 82, stands in a bomb shelter where she has lived for more than three months in the village of Lupareve in the Mykolaiv region, Ukraine [Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters]
By Mersiha Gadzo and Edna Mohamed
Published On 19 Oct 2022
  • The European Parliament has awarded the people of Ukraine the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, named after Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov.
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin declares martial law in four “annexed” regions of Ukraine.