When Helga Maria Schmid spoke with DW in Vienna about the end of the OSCE's special monitoring mission to Ukraine, the words she chose were "very unfortunate" and "heartbreaking." Schmid, the secretary general of the Vienna-based Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, or OSCE, had decided to evacuate international staff members and relocate local employees when Russia invaded Ukraine …
Ukraine news from April 23: Russian forces fire at least six cruise missiles at the strategic Black Sea port. 23 Apr 2022 - 14:39 GMT Ukraine accuses Russia of thwarting new evacuation push from Mariupol A new attempt to evacuate Ukrainian civilians from war-torn Mariupol has failed, an aide to the city’s mayor said on his Telegram channel, blaming Russian …
The port city of Kherson in Ukraine's south has reportedly become the first major city in the country to be taken over by Russian forces. Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Kherson was under Russia's "complete control". "We understand the logistic difficulties for them," he said, adding that Belarus guaranteed the safety of the Ukrainian side in Belarus, and …
