Yuras Karmanau, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks at a news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 28, 2022. Ukraine’s president has hinted last Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, at the possibility of peace talks with Russia, a shift from his earlier refusal to negotiate with President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

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Zelenskyy open to talks with Russia, on Ukraine’s terms

by Andrew Meldrum Associated Press, and Yuras Karmanau Associated PressNovember 8, 2022

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president has suggested he’s open to peace talks with Russia, softening his refusal to negotiate with Moscow as long as President Vladimir Putin is in power while sticking to Kyiv’s core demands.Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s appeal…

People sit in the Kyiv subway on Wednesday, using it as a bomb shelter.

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Putin adds martial law in Ukraine regions, limits in Russia

by Hanna Arhirova Associated Press, and Yuras Karmanau Associated PressOctober 19, 2022

Workers clear debris at a shopping center that was damaged in a Russian rocket attack in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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Russians encircle Ukraine’s last eastern stronghold

by Francesca Ebel Associated Press, and Yuras Karmanau Associated PressJune 29, 2022

In this image made from video, firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a shopping center burned after a rocket attack in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, Monday.

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Russian missile hits shopping mall in Ukraine

by Yuras Karmanau Associated Press, and Francesca Ebel Associated PressJune 27, 2022

The sculpture of prominent Italian poet Dante Alighieri, is protected by sandbags, on Vladimir's Hill in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, June 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

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Ukrainian army retreating from battered city

by David Keyton Associated Press, John Leicester Associated Press, and Yuras Karmanau Associated PressJune 24, 2022

Police members inspect a crater caused by a Russian rocket attack in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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Russian forces advance in Donbas

by John Leicester Associated Press, and Yuras Karmanau Associated PressJune 15, 2022

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with French soldiers as he arrives at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, near the city of Constanta, Romania, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron is set to hold bilateral talks with officials and meet with French troops who are part of NATO's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. France has around 500 soldiers deployed in Romania and has been a key player in NATO's bolstering of forces on the alliance's eastern flank...

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Russians control 80% of battered Ukraine city

by Yuras Karmanau Associated PressJune 14, 2022

A Ukrainian soldier stands in position during heavy fighting on the front line in Severodonetsk, the Luhansk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Oleksandr Ratushniak)

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Foreign fighters for Ukraine face death in Donetsk; Putin compares self to Peter the Great

by Bernat ArmanguE Associated Press, and Yuras Karmanau Associated PressJune 9, 2022

Yarik plays at a playground in front a building destroyed during attacks in Irpin outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Russians, Ukrainians fight block by block in eastern city

by Yuras Karmanau Associated Press, and Elena Becatoros Associated PressMay 30, 2022

Resident Alexander, 67, checks the flat of his neighbour destroyed by shelling in Kutuzivka, near Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Ukraine fears repeat of Mariupol horrors elsewhere in Donbas

by Yuras Karmanau Associated Press, and Elena Becatoros Associated PressMay 27, 2022