U.S. President Joe Biden returns home after a one day visit to Israel derailed by the destruction at a Gaza hospital claiming the lives of hundreds of civilians and prompting protests across the Middle East. Humanitarian aid access to Gaza still uncertain. Russian missiles continue to strike Ukrainian populated areas
Read MoreIsrael says its aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip is one of the largest it has conducted on the besieged territory. US assesses munitions needs for Israel; says it won’t deprive Ukraine. Voting starts today for 2 seats at UN Human Rights Council, with Russia campaigning
Read MoreRussia and Ukraine have traded accusations of shelling in southern Ukraine as four Ukrainian territories partially occupied by Russian forces continued to vote in so-called referendums on joining the Russian Federation. Moscow continued to use Iranian-made kamikaze drones to strike Ukraine
Read MoreA second day of so-called referendums on joining the Russian Federation is being held in four Ukrainian regions partially occupied by Moscow -- votes dismissed as a sham by Ukraine, the West, and the United Nations because they are illegal under international law.
Read MoreUkrainians have reported armed soldiers going door-to-door in occupied parts of the country to collect votes for self-styled "referendums" on joining Russia. A UN panel of experts said it found evidence of war crimes committed during Russia's invasion, including cases of rape and torture of children
Read MorePresident Putin announces military reservists are to be sent to Ukraine as part of a partial mobilisation of Russian forces. In a televised address to the nation, he said this was a necessary step to ensure Russian territorial integrity. He accused the West of "nuclear blackmail" and said a threat to retaliate was "not a bluff.” At the UNGA, one western leader after another blasted Russia. Expect new sanctions and restrictions
Read MoreOn several occasions today during live coverage of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, her background role in providing guidance to western leaders and policy makers on the war in Ukraine was mentioned. Russia has reportedly fired dangerously close to another nuclear power plant in Ukraine
Read MoreUkrainian officials accused Russian forces of a growing list of war crimes in liberated parts of the Kharkiv region, as they continued to exhume bodies from a mass burial site discovered in Izyum and said they had found what they described as torture chambers in the area. Meanwhile, U.S. President Joe Biden issues a stern warning to Vladimir Putin against the use of tactical nuclear or biological weapons
Read MoreUkrainian President Zelensky is pleading for more weaponry from European leaders. And in his first meeting with President Putin since the invasion, Chinese President Xi Xinping stops short of voicing public support for Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine
Read MoreAs Ukraine continues to make significant gains on the battlefield, Russia makes long range missile strikes. Widespread evidence of Russian war crimes are found as new areas are liberated
Read MoreThe Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has confirmed that its forces have entered the strategically important town of Kupyansk in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region. President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that Ukraine had now liberated 2,000 sq km from Russia since beginning a renewed counter-offensive earlier this month.
Read MoreUkrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky paid tribute to the Queen after the announcement of her death. Shelling on Tuesday damaged a backup power line at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The Ukrainian military says its forces have been able to advance 50 kilometers (about 31 miles) in the Kharkiv region, liberating 20 settlements in their counter-offensive.
Read MoreA team from the UN atomic energy watchdog is said to be on its way to the nuclear power plant near Zaporyzhzhia, Ukraine. However it’s not clear how much access they’ll be given once they arrive to the Russian-controlled facility. New images purportedly from the plant suggest shockingly close strikes near the reactor units.
Read MoreIAEA inspectors are expected to arrive at the Zaporyzhzhia nuclear power plant shortly, but reportedly without mission members from the U.S. or UK. Miami residents are being urged to give up their guns so that they can be sent to Ukraine
Read MoreAs the U.S. commits more aid and weaponry to Ukraine, the Russian president ups the ante for his own citizens by increasing the number of armed services members
Read MoreFears of increased Russian missile attacks across Ukraine as the country nears Independence Day celebrations on Wednesday. The target of a car bomb in Moscow had said she was proud to be in the western sanctions list.
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 agreement between Ukraine and Russia moved one step closer with the opening of a Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul. However, as I said on global media, that was one of the easier parts of implementation
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