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Ukraine joining NATO could lead to a third world war, the deputy secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation said.

Stephen Fry has revealed he was rushed to an air raid shelter as Ukraine capital Kyiv was hit by explosions. The comedian and actor, 66, flew to Ukraine earlier this week to co-host a mental health conference alongside Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine. Stephen has been documenting his trip on Instagram and shared how he was woken up at 4.45am on Wednesday morning by hotel staff urging him to get to the bomb shelter in the basement of the building.

Last year’s Ukrainian Eurovision winners have invited the Princess of Wales to tour with them after she played the piano in a surprise appearance during the opening performance of this year’s contest. Kate Middleton played a pre-recorded instrumental piece, created by Joe Price and Kojo Samuel, during the performance by Kalush Orchestra.The hip-hop folk band congratulated the princess on her “impressive” piano skills and thanked her for joining them, saying it highlighted the “depth of support” the UK had for the war-torn country.The band said in a statement: “We want to thank HRH Princess of Wales for joining us for our performance.

Kate Middleton gave a subtle tribute to her late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, during her surprise Eurovision piano performance.The Princess of Wales, 41, delighted royal fans as she made an appearance playing the piano during the opening performance of the Eurovision grand final on Saturday night. Kate played a pre-recorded instrumental piece, created by Joe Price and Kojo Samuel, which was recorded in the Crimson Drawing Room of Windsor Castle earlier this month.

massive Ukrainian counter-attack that has pushed invading Russian troops back almost to their own borders, there has been a noticeable lull in the conflict.But, as the beleaguered country’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told his people to prepare for another massive pushback against the invaders, there’s an even greater victory for Ukrainians to celebrate. McDonald’s is back.Select McDonald's restaurants will reopen this week in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, the company's head of corporate communications for the region has confirmed. READ MORE: Recruits to Putin's secret Wagner Group army told 'don’t have sex with locals or animals' Alesya Mudzhyri, the fast food giant’s head of corporate communications in Ukraine, says that three McDonald’s restaurants in Kyiv from September 20, initially for will open for delivery only.

Ed Sheeran was joined at his Poland gig on Saturday night by Ukrainian band Antytila – watch them give a live debut of their collaborative remix of ‘2step’.Earlier this year Antytila reached out to Sheeran asking if they could perform remotely at the ‘Concert For Ukraine’ fundraiser event in Birmingham. Organisers refused because the event is “only able to focus on the humanitarian situation” and the band are currently fighting the Russians in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, but Sheeran did say he was going to be checking out their music.Following that, they released a collaborative remix of Sheeran’s track ‘2step’ in May, with Antytila sharing screenshots of conversations they’d had with Sheeran.“I’m up for whatever man, just please keep safe,” Sheeran wrote to the group.

Scores of civilians are feared dead or seriously injured after a Russian rocket strike hit a crowded shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, officials have said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Telegram post that the number of victims was “unimaginable”, citing reports that more than 1,000 civilians were inside at the time of the attack.

Glastonbury will play host to several Ukrainian acts this year to bring an anti-war message to the festival amid the Russian invasion of their country. Folk quartet DakhaBrakha, who hail from Ukraine's capital Kyiv, will perform on Sunday afternoon on the Pyramid stage.

Vladimir Putin's Russian army is running out of troops and military equipment in what has been branded the "biggest catastrophe" in modern warfare.It is 100 days since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, but the war has ground to a bloody stalemate despite Putin's aim to bring a swift end to the conflict. At the start of the war it appeared Russia might sweep through Ukraine in a matter of days, but it has now ground to a "state of attrition", according to one expert. Russia expert Anders Aslund told the Sun: "At the 100-day mark, the war is at a stalemate.

A 15-year-old Ukrainian refugee is being denied a visa to come to Scotland – but government officials are allowing her pet guinea pigs in.

Neighbours star Hannah Martin and was involved in several high profile storylines including the death of her mum Julie.The actress was eight years old in 1992 when she first appeared on the show as Hannah Martin, and played the character for seven years until 1999.But since then she has ditched acting and taken a very different path in life.Rebecca tried her hand at being model in the earlies 2000s - which saw her feature in a number of steamy photoshoots, including posing provocatively in a boob-baring suede halter top and a belt-like mini-skirt.She also returned to Neighbours for a brief cameo in 2005 and starred in a few episodes of Coronation Street in 2002 as an Aussie backpacker who lived with Les Battersby. After moving away from acting she had a full-time job as a receptionist at Warner Bros Records.

Ukraine, reporters in the field face a daily tightrope walk between getting the story and potentially getting killed. At least 14 journalists have already died in the conflict, which broke out when Russian troops invaded Ukraine on Feb.

Ed Sheeran has released a reworked version of ‘2Step’ featuring a new verse from Ukrainian band Antytila – check it out below.The video for ‘2Step’ stars Antytila who also directed and produced it.Royalties earned from streams of the official video on YouTube will be donated to Music Saves UA, a non-profit fundraising project created by Ukrainian Association of Music Events to provide immediate humanitarian help to those who need it most right now in Ukraine.Check it out below:Earlier this year, Antytila reached out to the singer, asking if they could perform remotely at the ‘Concert For Ukraine’. Organisers refused because the event is “only able to focus on the humanitarian situation” and the band are currently fighting the Russians in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv but Sheeran did say he was going to be checking out their music.Ahead of the release of their collaboration, Antytile shared screenshots of conversations they’d had with Sheeran.“I’m up for whatever man, just please keep safe,” Sheeran wrote to the group.

Ed Sheeran has released a remix of his song ‘2step’ featuring Lil Baby, with income from the track being donated to the Ukraine relief effort.The video for this new version of the track was filmed in Ukrainian capital Kyiv in December last year, before the Russian invasion began.“I filmed the video for ‘2step’ in the city of Kyiv, Ukraine before the devastating acts of violence started to take place”, says Sheeran. “It was my first time visiting the country and I felt so welcomed during my stay there – everyone from the production crew to the many people I met across my days off”.“Ukraine is a proud and resilient country and I’m grateful to have had the chance to film my video there”, he adds.

Boris Johnson has met President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The Ukrainian embassy in London tweeted a picture of the two leaders meeting face to face.

Ukraine of committing war crimes, including mass rape and murder of civilians, during Putin's invasion of the country. As commander of the 64th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade, he led the occupation of Bucha, a town on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv which was occupied by Kremlin forces until their retreat last week.Grisly images of what are claimed to be civilian massacres allegedly carried out by Russian troops before they withdrew have stirred a global condemnation, reports MailOnline.The Kremlin has denied the allegations, and claimed the images of civilians were "a crude forgery" staged by the Ukrainians themselves.Omurbekov, who is thought to be about 40 and was given a medal for outstanding service in 2014 by Dmitry Bulgakov, the deputy Russian Defence Minister, now stands accused of organising the alleged rape, pillage and murder of hundreds of Ukrainian civilians.

Russian troops in Ukraine have been accused of using Ukrainian children as human shields – even positioning buses full of kids in front of their tanks in a heartless attempt to prevent Ukraine’s defenders from using their anti-tank weaponry. “Cases of using children as cover are recorded in the Sumy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia regions,” said Lyudmila Denisova, Ukraine ’s human rights ombudsman.

Russian troops have reportedly been executing unarmed Ukrainians, some of them children, as Putin’s invasion continues to collapse in disarray.As the Russians retreat from the area around the capital Kyiv, Ukrainian troops say they have found streets “strewn” with the bodies of civilians who had been shot by the Russians for no reason.Ukrainian troops who recaptured the town told The Times they had found the mutilated bodies of 18 people, including women and children as young as 14, in a cellar.International human rights organisation Human Rights Watch interviewed one woman in Bucha, just outside Kyiv, who told them she had seen Russian troops round up five men and shoot at least one of them in the back of the head."We have documented an unmistakable case of summary execution by Russian Federation forces in Bucha on March 4,” a Human Rights Watch spokeswoman said.Another Bucha resident, who declined to give their name for fear of reprisals, also reported seeing Russian troops killing unarmed civilians: “Those people were just walking and they shot them without any reason. Bang”.“In the next neighbourhood, Stekolka, it was even worse,” they added.

Antytila have posted a video with footage they’ve captured from the frontlines during “one day from the war” in Kyiv. Watch the video below.The pop-rock band are currently serving as soldiers in their war-torn country.

Roman Abramovich was not poisoned but hurt when a tear gas canister exploded beside him as he left peace talks, reports in Turkey have claimed.The Chelsea owner was flown to the Turkish capital Ankara to be treated in secret at a public hospital after the incident on March 3 in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the reports said. It was claimed earlier this week Abramovich and two Ukrainian delegates had lost their sight for several hours after the incident in the suspected poisoning attack, initially blamed on an infected chocolate bar.Investigative journalist Christo Grozev subsequently linked it to a WW1 chemical agent and said a team of experts had agreed Chloropicrin or a low dosage of Novichok had been used in the "plot."Russia has rubbished the reports, first carried by the Wall Street Journal, and described them as part of an “information war” and Ukraine negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak played them down on Wednesday as speculative “conspiracy theories".News website Haberturk and TV channel CNNTurk on Thursday said Abramovich was injured when the tear gas canister exploded as he left a meeting with three other people in Kyiv on March 3.

Peta Murgatroyd said her husband Maksim Chmerkovskiy is returning to the U.S. after his efforts in Poland to help his native Ukraine.The Auckland, New Zealand native, 35, took to Instagram Stories Wednesday with a brief clip in which she revealed she was headed to pick up her spouse, 42, from the airport.'I'm gonna go pick up my husband from the airport,' she said, with a sigh of relief.