An IAEA mission currently in Zaporyzhzhia aims to establish a permanent presence at the occupied nuclear power plant near the city. Turkey’s president has told his Russian counterpart that Ankara is willing to play a mediating role in the crisis
Read MoreRussian leader Vladimir Putin has said UN officials will be granted permission to visit and inspect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex. Washington has unveiled a new $775m (£655m) package of defence equipment for Ukraine.
Read MoreTrilateral talks Thursday in Lviv between Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations ended with no major takeaways - amid fears that the situation at the Russian occupied nuclear power plant near Zaporyzhzhia is spiraling out of control. Kharkiv comes under heavy Russian missile attack
Read MoreUkraine was behind three explosions that rocked the Russian-annexed province of Crimea this past week,including an explosion at a Russian air base in Crimea's west coast that wrecked several airplanes, according to a Ukrainian government report circulated internally and shared with CNN by a Ukrainian official
Read MoreThe UN Secretary General will meet with the presidents of Turkey and Ukraine in Lviv on Thursday. Fresh blasts have rocked Russian-occupied Crimea, raising speculation pro-Ukrainian entities are activists in the illegally-annexed peninsula.
Read MoreAmnesty International and the Ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs clash. A US Olympic athlete gets snared in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.
Read MoreUkraine President Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise visit to Odesa Oblast today, with G7 ambassadors in tow, to supervise what appeared to be the loading of grain onto a Turkish flagged cargo ship. The movement was a result of an agreement brokered by the UN and Turkey to get desperately needed Ukraine grain to world markets
Read MoreJust hours after signing an agreement with Ukraine to unblock grain from Black Sea ports, Russia fires on the port city of Odesa. The aggression is widely condemned by the UN and Ukraine.
Read MoreAn agreement has been signed in Istanbul that could free up the movement of Ukraine grain to world markets. However much depends on the compliance of Russia and many other factors. Meanwhile, Ukrainian parliamentarians give themselves a salary hike as other - such a teachers - struggle on abysmal salaries.
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