Fears over escalating crisis at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant; Russian airbase deep behind frontline in Crimea damaged; anger over Amnesty report
has drawn criticism from western diplomats, including the British and US ambassadors to Ukraine, as the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, attacked its findings,The report accused the Ukrainian military of putting civilians at risk by positioning themselves in residential areas, saying soldiers should not be basing themselves in empty schools or repurposing civilian buildings in urban areas as it meant the Russians would target them and civilians would be caught up in the crossfire.
Amnesty International stood by its assertion that Ukraine breached international humanitarian law and said its findings were based on evidence gathered during extensive investigations. While stressing that it condemns Russia’s invasion, it said it would report Ukrainian violations when it observed them.running over a dilemma with her daughter
as they sit in their temporary new home in Budapest. “Every day we think: should we go back or not? There’s a battle in our souls,” Kompaniets, a 51-year-old who left the town of Obukhiv outside Kyiv in early March, tellsIn the coming months, life is likely to get more difficult for many Ukrainian refugees, as the initial outpouring of goodwill across
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