Lucy Clarke-Billings

3 days ago | kritik.com.my | Lucy Clarke-Billings |Jaroslav Lukiv

By Lucy Clarke-Billings & Jaroslav LukivUkraine and Russia have accused each other of breaching a 30-hour "Easter truce" announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, which has now expired. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian troops had violated the ceasefire nearly 3,000 times since the start of Sunday. Russia's defence ministry said it had "repelled" assaults by Ukraine and accused Kyiv of launching hundreds of drones and shells.

4 days ago | bbc.co.uk | Lucy Clarke-Billings

There were mixed reactions about the 30-hour truce from Ukrainians attending Easter morning services in Kyiv and the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk on Sunday. "I do not think this man [Putin] has anything to do with humanity," 45-year-old lawyer Olena Poprych told Reuters news agency. Meanwhile in Donetsk, where much of the city has been under Russian control since 2014, residents expressed similar distrust that Zelensky will stick to the terms of the ceasefire.

4 days ago | flipboard.com | Lucy Clarke-Billings

Zelenskyy says Russia is trying to create an 'impression of a ceasefire' as attacks continueKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia on Sunday of creating a false appearance of honoring an Easter ceasefire, saying Moscow continued to launch attacks after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a unilateral temporary truce. “As of Easter morning, we can …

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Lucy Clarke-Billings

UK couple's death in New Zealand probed as murder-suicideLucy Clarke-BillingsGettyFile photo of Roseneath, a suburb of Wellington, where officers were called to a home on 31 MarchThe deaths of a British couple in New Zealand are being investigated as a murder-suicide, police have said. Police said a man and a woman, who have not been named, were found after officers were asked to conduct a welfare check in Roseneath, a suburb of the capital Wellington, on Monday.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Lucy Clarke-Billings

Two women were gang-raped and a man was killed in an attack near a popular Unesco World Heritage site in southern India, according to police. The two women - an Israeli tourist and an Indian homestay operator - were stargazing with three male tourists near a lake in Hampi, Karnataka, when they were attacked by a group of men on Thursday night, police superintendent Ram Arasiddi told Reuters. Arasiddi said the assailants pushed the men into the Tungabhadra River canal before raping the women.