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Zack Sharf The Cannes Film Festival has announced the final movie from Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravičius will be screened during the upcoming 2022 edition. Kvedaravičius was filming a Ukraine-set documentary on location in the city of Mariupol when he was killed in early April amid Russia’s invasion of the country.

Ukraine, Rinat Akhmetov has seen his business empire crumble under the destruction of fighting in Ukraine but claims to maintain faith in 'our brave soldiers.'The 55-year-old, with a net worth of £3.6billion, has recently claimed he plans to return to Mariupol after the war to rebuild the city and the economy for Ukrainian citizens. He told Reuters: "Mariupol is a global tragedy and a global example of heroism.

A British fighter captured by Russian forces has been pictured with gashes to his face and a swollen eye, in a move believed to be motivated by propaganda.

Vladimir Putin’s forces invaded his new home, Aiden who had previously volunteered to fight against ISIS in Syria, took up arms once again.Earlier this week however he contacted his friends and family back in Blighty to reveal that his unit had run out of food and ammo and were on the brink of surrender.He said: “It’s been 48 days. We tried our best to defend Mariupol but we have no choice but to surrender to Russian forces.”Aiden's mum Ang added: "I love my son, he is my hero – they put up one hell of a fight."He is expected to be used by the Russians for propaganda purposes, but there is some hope Aiden may eventually be released as part of a prisoner exchange.Meanwhile, Ukrainian fighters are putting up a hellish last stand in tunnels under an abandoned steel plant in Mariupol as Russian forces close in on the besieged port city.This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated.

Ukraine in 2018 along with his Ukrainian fiancé. When Vladimir Putin’s forces invaded his new home, the 27-year-old, who had previously volunteered to fight against ISIS in Syria, took up arms once again.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentLithuanian film director and academic Mantas Kvedaravicius, who captured the escalating conflict in Ukraine in several powerful works, has been reported dead in Mariupol, the Ukrainian city that was the subject of his doc “Mariupolis” that premiered in Berlin.“While (he was) trying to leave Mariupol, Russian occupiers killed Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravicius,” the Ukrainian Defence Ministry tweeted on Saturday. Kvedaravicius was 45.  A Lithuanian news agency called 15min reported that Kvedaravicius was rushed to a hospital but could not be saved.News that Kvedaravicius has been killed by the Russian military — which could not be verified with family members — has prompted an outpour of statements and social media posts mourning the director’s death.

The Ukrainian Defence Ministry is reporting that Lithuanian film director Mantas Kvedaravicius was killed Saturday in Mariupol, the under seige Ukrainian city and subject of his documentary films.

Ukraine and was away from his family in the southern port city of Mariupol when the Russian army invaded its neighbouring country on February 24. Mariupol has since become one of the key battlegrounds of the conflict, with the region sustaining heavy bombing from Putin’s navy, and residents reportedly being forced to drive past dead bodies in their attempts to flee.