Russia Ukraine war highlights

#Russia has done same thing in Ukraine as Nazi Germany in the USSR

#Russia claims to have captured a village near Lysychansk and encircled Ukrainian troops south of the city.

#Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy likens Russia’s invasion of his country on 24 February to Hitler’s surprise attacks on the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941.

#A Ukrainian official supervising the country’s push to join the EU says she is “100 percent sure” that all 27 EU countries will approve Ukraine’s candidacy during a summit this week, possibly on Thursday.

#Around 25 people were killed in the Russian bombing of the Kharkiv region on Tuesday and Wednesday, said the regional governor.