Russia-Ukraine war

PNG will take refugees, says PM

Marape made this offer to Hungary President Katalin Novák on her recent visit to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

“Anyone who is a refugee in the world out there in the face of Ukraine and War with Russia, if there are any displacements, if there are any skilled people.

“PNG is willing to pick up doctors, teachers, engineers,” said the Prime Minister.

He says PNG will offer temporary homes and open up its visa arrangements to cater for those displaced by the conflict. 

Why is Russia attacking Ukraine? Here are 5 reasons Putin and others have given for the invasion

The Russian military entered Ukraine from several directions, with troops headed towards its capital, Kyiv, and attacked with airstrikes and shelling. Ukrainian authorities said dozens of soldiers on both sides and some Ukrainian civilians were killed amid the fighting.

Russian forces tighten hold on Kyiv in attempt to topple government

Almost exactly 30 years after the devastating siege of Sarajevo, another major European capital came under heavy bombardment with shells hitting apartment blocks, driving up the civilian death toll.

After the second day of the invasion, it was clear that it was being fiercely resisted, but also that Russia had much more military might yet to be unleashed on its neighbour.