Tag: Russia Ukraine conflict

‘It’s they who have started the war and we are using force to end it,’ Mr Putin said in a speech broadcast by all Russian state TV channels.

The Pink Floyd man “condemned” the invasion of the country and the “provocateurs” who he claims led to the Russian invasion.

“No matter how heavily they shell us we keep running"

Andrei Piontkovsky said the Ukrainian army and the nation as a whole has the "motivation, determination and courage" to see it through.

"We’re seeing a kind of a reduced tempo already of the conflict", Avril Haines said.

“It’s kind of like when I play the piano. The notes individually sound perfectly OK, but they’re not in the right order, or occurring at the right time", he said.

"Had we been a member of the European Union in February we would not have been able to set a framework to allow Ukraine to be so successful."

“For the first time in many months, I wasn’t scared to come into the city", one jubilant resident said after Ukrainian forces moved back in.

Ukrainian officials have warned for weeks that any announcement of a Russian retreat should be treated sceptically.