Their lives intersected around a playground on a sunny Friday evening in Kryvyi Rih, a city in central Ukraine.

A Russian missile strike near a playground in central Ukraine killed 19 people, including nine children. The attack was a painful reminder that a cease-fire remains as distant as ever.

The 24-year-old of Upper Mullaghmore, Co Sligo, will be sentenced on Friday having pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous ...