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Grief, anger and pride: how war upended the lives of Ukraine’s citizen soldiers

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered seismic changes in the lives of most Ukrainians. Days before Moscow launched its attack, FRANCE 24’s Mehdi Chebil visited a training centre in Kharkiv where civilian reservists prepared for a war many still hoped to avoid. Twelve months later, he returned to the…

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After EU's nod, Ukraine vows to prevail as it battles Russian assaults

With a blessing for its EU ambitions and a pledge of unwavering support from Britain, Ukraine vowed on Saturday to prevail against Moscow as it battled Russian assaults near a key eastern city and multiple locations came under shell and missile attack.

Reuters

Ukraine's president replaces head of Territorial Defence Forces

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has replaced the head of its Territorial Defence Forces nearly three months into the war with Russia without giving a reason.

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NSW woman rescues her mother in Ukraine with help of a network of volunteers — and luck

When war broke out, Australian resident Svetlana Ward's 80-year-old mother refused to leave her village. But when Russian bombs started falling, it took luck, bravery and a stranger's kindness to get Valentina to safety.

ABC News

Polish shooting ranges see rise in new users due to Ukraine war

A Polish firearms training company said it has seen increased interest in learning to shoot since the start of the war in Ukraine, with many people booking shooting lessons for the first time in their lives.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine: The civilians fighting on Kyiv’s front lines

People are swapping suits for army fatigues, volunteering with the Territorial Defence Forces to fight Russian troops.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainian schoolboy, 11, tries to sign up to army to defend his country against Russia

Maxim, 11, walked to a local territorial military base in Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast at night and offered his services to those defending Ukraine from the Russian invaders

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Ukrainian nationalists enlist to defend Kyiv against Russian troops

To justify the invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin claims to be "denazifying" the country. Russian propaganda charges that Ukraine is now ruled by the nationalist groups who have been fighting in Donbas since 2014. FRANCE 24 reporters James André and Jonathan Walsh went to meet the members of one of…

France 24

Ukraine war in pictures: Refugees, protests and resistance as Russian war enters third week

More than 2 million people that have fled the war, in what’s thought to be Europe’s fastest-growing refugee crisis since the Second World War

The Independent UK

Pasha Lee dead: Ukrainian actor's tragic final Instagram post before being killed

Pasha joined the Territorial Defence Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine last week, in a bid to defend his country from the invasion of Russian troops

Daily Mirror

Pasha Lee dead: Hobbit star who quit stardom to defend Ukraine is killed in battle

The 33-year-old actor and TV host joined the Territorial Defence Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a bid to defend his country amid the invasion of Russian troops

Daily Mirror

Klitschko brothers vow to defend Ukraine from Russia ‘aggression’

Former boxing champion turned-Kyiv mayor watches sibling enrol for the Territorial Defence Forces as fears of war rise.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine’s citizen-soldiers train to fight in case of Russian invasion

As tensions continue on the border with Russia, Ukrainian electricians, nurses, lawyers and even priests are volunteering for the country’s Territorial Defence Forces, a civilian reserve intended to support the regular army in case of a Russian invasion. FRANCE 24 met some citizen-soldiers at one of their bases in Kharkiv,…

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