Catch up the latest on the war in Ukraine
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Putin's lies and carnage cloud hopes for an end to Ukraine war
Russia insisted for weeks when massing more than 100,000 troops on Ukraine's borders that it had no plans to invade. Then it did. So it's not surprising that deep skepticism greeted its Tuesday announcement of a scaled-back offensive. Source: Latest CNN News
Video shows Russian missile strike on Ukrainian government building
CCTV footage captured the moment a Russian missile struck the regional administration building in Mykolaiv, Ukraine. Source: Latest CNN News
US skeptical of Russian claims it's scaling back the war in Ukraine
President Joe Biden and other American officials voiced extreme caution Tuesday at signals Russia is scaling back its military operations near Kyiv, suggesting they were waiting to see stronger signs of de-escalation before making an assessment of Moscow's intentions. Source: Latest CNN News
Pentagon tells CNN Russia has stopped advancing towards Kyiv
Puck Washington correspondent Julia Ioffe and former US ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor react to reports that Russian forces have pulled back from two Ukrainian cities. Source: Latest CNN News
Development Bank of Seychelles seeks sustainable fisheries businesses and NGOs to apply for 'blue' funding
The Development Bank of Seychelles (DBS) is urging Seychellois who are interested in sustainable fisheries activities to come forward to access funding under the Blue Investment Fund, said a top DBS official. The Blue Investment Fund (BIF) was launched in 2019 to support the expansion of sustainable fisheries in Seychelles. It is open to all [...]
US intel assess 'major' strategy shift by Russia as it moves some forces away from Kyiv
Russia is beginning to withdraw some forces from the area around the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv in what the US assesses as a major strategy shift by Moscow, two senior US officials tell CNN. Source: Latest CNN News
Macron's lead takes fizz out of French election
France's leading TV channel always devotes an entire evening to dissecting the first-round results of the presidential vote. But not this year. Instead, it will cut off early to show a clownish cult comedy from 1993. The decision to rebroadcast the surefire hit "The Visitors" saw TF1 accused of deepening a democratic deficit, but it [...]
Russian strike hits government building in Mykolaiv
A Russian strike battered the regional government building in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, a key port under heavy assault for weeks, the regional governor said on Tuesday. "The regional administration building was hit," governor Vitaly Kim wrote on Facebook. He said that most people inside the building had not been injured but several [...]
Mariupol citizens return to homes devastated by Russian attacks
Citizens of Mariupol, Ukraine, are returning to their homes to see what is left after attacks from Russia devastated their city. Source: Latest CNN News