Russian forces expanded their offensive in Ukraine on Friday, striking new areas in the country’s west, while Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the recruitment of “volunteers” from Syria and elsewhere to join the fight.
in Ukraine on Friday as they conducted airstrikes in new areas in the country's west, while Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the recruitment of "volunteers" from Syria and elsewhere to join the fight.downgraded Russian's trade statusThe war has forced more than 2.5 million people to flee Ukraine, while others seek refuge in basements, subway stations and underground shelters.
Russia’s Defense Ministry also said Friday that an offensive, led by fighters from the separatist-held Donetsk region, were further squeezing the southern port city of Mariupol. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said some 1,300 civilians have been killed in Mariupol throughout the siege, but it was not possible to independently verify the figure.
A newborn girl nestled against her mother after Russian airstrikes hit the Mariupol maternity hospital where the woman was to give birth. Mariana Vishegirskaya had her baby, Veronika, via cesarean section in another hospital on the city's outskirts a day after the Wednesday attack at hospital shocked the world.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian government says about 20,000 foreigners have joined the so-called International Legion for the Territorial Defense of Ukraine to fight the Russians. Russia requested a meeting of the U.N. Security Council to discuss its baseless claims that the U.S. was conducting "biological activities" in Ukraine — an allegation that has been denied by both Washington and Kyiv.
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