Olena Bilozerska and her husband always knew they wanted children. She was 34 and they were ready to start trying when the war erupted in eastern Ukraine in 2014. The couple joined the fight and decided a baby would have to wait.

VATICAN CITY, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Pope ⁠Leo ⁠made an impassioned ⁠appeal on Sunday for peace in Ukraine, ​saying an end to the four-year-old conflict "cannot be postponed" ‌as the United States ‌tries to broker an elusive accord between ⁠Moscow ⁠and Kyiv.

KYIV, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Russia attacked Ukraine with dozens of strike drones and ballistic and cruise missiles, focusing on energy infrastructure and killing at least one person, the Ukrainian military and local officials said on Sunday.

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry condemned what it ⁠described as “ultimatums ⁠and blackmail” by the governments of Hungary and Slovakia on Saturday, after they threatened to stop electricity supplies to Ukraine unless ⁠Kyiv restarts flows of ​Russian oil.

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Senate Democrats traveled to Kyiv and Odessa to show solidarity with the war-torn nation and make the case that the United States should do more, including imposing harsh sanctions on Russia.

Ukrainian forces struck an industrial site deep inside Russia on Saturday, which Ukraine and unofficial Russian news channels say was a key state-owned missile factory.

Speaking ahead of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Mr Johnson told the BBC that these troops should be stationed in peaceful regions