THE PARTY of the European Left reiterated its calls for a peaceful end to the war in Ukraine today as Russian troops were pushed all the way back to the north-eastern border in some places.

The Ukrainian military said today that its troops had freed more than 20 settlements in the last 24 hours.

While cities began emerging from Russian occupation, a local leader alleged that the Kremlin’s troops had committed atrocities against civilians there similar to those in other places seized by Moscow.