Out of Office: Ukraine reports 2,000 civilian deaths; Ireland generates surprise €1bn turnaround

Ukraine said more than 2,000 of its civilians had been killed since Russian troops invaded the country last week, telling the world its transport facilities, hospitals, kindergartens and homes had been destroyed in successive attacks. “Children, women and defence forces are losing their lives every hour,” the country’s emergency service said in a statement. Ukrainians said they were still fighting in the first sizeable city Russia claimed to have seized, Kherson, while Moscow stepped up ...