Children laughed as they climbed on the Vimto sculpture in the university's northern campus while their parents learned about the city's iconic drink. It's a far cry away from the horrors their nation has seen over recent months.
Russian troops storm Mariupol steel plant with hundreds of Ukrainians trapped inside
03.05.2022 - 17:53 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Russian forces have reportedly stormed a Mariupol steel plant that was being used to house for hundreds of wounded and Ukrainian civilians seeking shelter, forces defending the metal works claim.
The Azovstal Iron and Steel Works was the last remaining stronghold under the control of Ukrainian troops in the southern port city.
The area has been under siege from Russian soldiers for weeks and remained even as the rest of the city was toppled by Putin's forces.
Videos taken in the underground warren underneath the plant showed a dire situation with several people injured, including some victims whose wounds were turning gangrenous.
Hundreds of innocent lives were said to be trapped beneath the metal works as Ukrainian forces tried to hold off the Russian invaders, the Mirror reports.
On top of that, there were growing fears of starvation as they began to run low on supplies.
Despite repeated efforts to secure safe evacuation routes for those trapped inside, they were largely unsuccessful.
However, in the last few days, the first civilians were able to be evacuated from the plant.
On Tuesday, the UN, in corodination with The International Committee of the Red Cross, confirmed 101 people were successfully evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant.
A U.N. humanitarian official said most of the evacuees were in Zaporizhzhia, where they are receiving humanitarian assistance.
"Thanks to the operation, 101 women, men, children, and older persons could finally leave the bunkers below the Azovstal steelworks and see the daylight after two months," Osnat Lubrani, U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine, said in a statement sent to journalists.
The International Committee of the Red Cross, which was also involved in the safe passage
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nme.com
16.05.2022 / 16:23
Pro-Russian hackers attempted to interfere with Eurovision votes
Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, according to Italian officials.Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra beat UK entrant Sam Ryder to win the 2022 contest, picking up a massive 631 points – largely from the public vote – to overhaul the UK, who were winning after the jury votes.According to Reuters, the Italian government’s cybersecurity department blocked attempts from the ‘Killnet’ and ‘Legion’ groups to hack the competition’s voting systems.A further report in Forbes says ‘Killnet’ had threatened prior to the contest to “send 10 billion requests” to the competition’s online voting platform and “add votes to some other country” instead of Ukraine.In a statement to MailOnline, a Eurovision spokesperson said that the “voting system has a wide range of security measures in place to protect the audience participation from outside influences.”In Ukraine meanwhile, the win has brought “incredible happiness” to a country under invasion by Russia.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Instagram that the courage of Ukraine “impresses the world” and congratulated Kalush Orchestra on their win.He then went on to promise to host Eurovision in the future in a “free, peaceful and rebuilt” Mariupol, a city currently largely under Russian control.At the end of their performance at the show’s finale, Kalush Orchestra said: “I ask all of you, please help Ukraine, help Mariupol, help Azovstal right now.”Speaking to NME this week, frontman Oleh Psiuk explained how their taking part was a “huge responsibility”, given the ongoing war with Russia.“To represent Ukraine in the international arena is always a responsibility, but to represent it during the war is just the highest responsibility possible,” he said.“The song [‘Stefania’] was composed
variety.com
12.05.2022 / 20:03
Mantas Kvedaravičius’ Ukraine War Doc to Debut at Cannes After Director Killed in Russian Invasion
Zack Sharf The Cannes Film Festival has announced the final movie from Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravičius will be screened during the upcoming 2022 edition. Kvedaravičius was filming a Ukraine-set documentary on location in the city of Mariupol when he was killed in early April amid Russia’s invasion of the country.