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Kyiv, which says it is acting according to international law, accuses Moscow of ignoring repeated offers for the dead Russian troops to be returned.
Saulo, a former officer of the Military Police of Sao Paulo, packs his bag with "just the essential" to go to Poland in the hopes of joining the international force in Ukraine. He wants to "help the Ukrainian people and avoid a third world war." Saulo is in touch with Leandro Galvao, an ex-military of the Brazilian Army, who is already in Kyiv fighting the Russians alongside the Ukrainian army. Like them, hundreds of Brazilians were inspired by President Zelensky's call and say they are ready to fight and defend a foreign territory, some 11,000 kilometres away from their own.
Ovsyannikova generated headlines in March by appearing on state-funded TV with a placard reading "stop the war, don’t believe the propaganda, they are lying to you here".
In eastern Ukraine, Russia continues its push to control the entire Donbas region. The strategic towns of Sloviansk, Kramatorsk and Bakhmut have all seen intense bombardment in recent days, leaving Ukrainian forces to shore up their lines of defence. Our reporters Luke Shrago, Taline Oundjian and Achraf Abid spent the night with some of those forces near the front, offering a glimpse into the life of a typical Ukrainian soldier at war.
"We will take in as many Ukrainian citizens fleeing the brutal war foisted upon them through no fault of their own as we must. We will not introduce any caps in that regard."
U.S.-led air strikes hit 10 units of Islamic State fighters in Syria in recent days as well as militants with the al Qaeda-linked Khorasan Group. Jillian Kitchener reports.
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