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Ukraine: How this woman’s trip from her grandmother’s house changed her life forever Tetiana Sichkar, 20, bravely returned to the site where her mother was shot dead on the edge of a forest in Bucha nine months ago – as she revealed how the Russian occupation has affected her life in the most unimaginable way. By Mark Austin, presenter, and …

Ukraine war: The last resident in his badly-damaged block of flats endures extraordinary hardship and says ‘I have nowhere else to go’ Anatolii Lymarenko, 61, has a face worn by war. It is a hard climb to the seventh-floor place he still calls home. The view from every window is identical buildings with similar scars from missile attacks in the …

Ukrainian amputee soldiers vow to return to battlefield One soldier tells Sky News: “There is not a single day, not a single minute that I regret volunteering to serve. Yes, it was dangerous, but I will never regret my decision.” For him, his country is like his family, and he wants to join the fighting forces as soon as he …

Fans in their thousands queue to see hero Pele’s coffin – ahead of its unusual final resting place Many had waited for hours overnight and come from all over the world, to file past the open casket of the footballing icon who was brought to his spiritual home of Santos for one final time. By Jacquie Beltrão, Sky News presenter, …

War in Ukraine: A Captured Azovstal Defender’s Mother waits for news ‘He is coming back’: Mother of Mariupol defender speaks to Sky News By Gillian Joseph, Sky News presenter, and Nick Stylianou, Sky News producer, in Kyiv. On the outskirts of Kyiv, Alla Samoilenko has no power or water today. She lives next to the road Russian tanks charged down …

Ukraine war: Defying the Russian missile bombardment to care for 600 dogs and 100 cats Hundreds of missiles landed around the animal shelter near Kyiv but Maxim and Asya stayed open and gave local animals much-needed refuge. By Mark Austin, presenter, and Nick Stylianou, producer, in Hostomel, Ukraine Caught between an advancing Russian army and the Ukrainian military valiantly defending …

Ukraine war: Husband vows to continue killed wife’s rescue work in ‘this pointless war’ Oleg and Yulia Koval were helping people flee Ukraine’s second-largest city when a Russian missile exploded near their car. By Mark Austin, presenter, and Nick Stylianou, producer, in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine. From the most dangerous areas around Kharkiv there is an almost constant exodus of people …

Ukraine war: The children living, learning and growing up in Kharkiv’s underground metro station SSky News gets a glimpse of the harrowing impact the war is having on children who have barely seen the sky for months. By Mark Austin, presenter, and Nick Stylianou, producer, in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine Hundreds of children survive underground in Kharkiv, where they have been …

Ukraine war: Putin is ‘Satan in human form’, says priest, as firefighters losing battle to save Kharkiv and patients treated in corridors In the local hospital, medics treat victims in the corridors, partly because they are so busy but mainly because they want to keep them away from the windows in case it is hit. By Mark Austin, presenter, and …

Ukraine war: An extraordinary moment of kindness in Kharkiv after eight weeks of bombardment In Saltivka, a northeastern Kharkiv suburb of bombed-out apartment blocks, shocked survivors survey their wrecked lives. It is no place at all for anyone to live, but a few still do. By Mark Austin, presenter, and Nick Stylianou, producer, in Saltivka, Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine The first …