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The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

Putin declares victory in Luhansk after fall of Lysychansk

Region’s governor says loss was painful and he expects Sloviansk and Bakhmut now to face heavy attack

The Guardian - UK

Putin declares victory in Luhansk as Ukraine faces more ‘grinding’ war

The Russian president’s declaration came as Russian forces tried to press their offensive deeper into eastern Ukraine

Evening Standard

What is life like in Russia-occupied areas of Ukraine?

Ukrainians say their towns and villages are full of fear and short on essential supplies.

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Russia tries to press its offensive into Ukraine's east

The Ukrainian military's General Staff says that the Russian forces are trying to press their offensive deeper into eastern Ukraine after capturing a key stronghold

The Independent UK

Troops Destroy Russian Ammo Depot With Hurricane Rocket Launcher

A Russian weapons ammo went up in smoke after being hit by a Ukrainian ‘Hurricane’ rocket launcher.

Zenger

Putin’s forces switch focus to Donetsk after capturing key Luhansk city

Vladimir Putin’s forces are switching their focus to capturing the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine after seizing control of the region of Luhansk.

Evening Standard

Russia claims full control of Luhansk region after seizing last stronghold

Ukraine general staff confirms loss of Lysychansk in significant military achievement for Putin

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The last city in Luhansk has fallen to Russia. What does that mean for Ukraine?

Lysychansk was the last major city held by Ukrainians in the region. After their retreat, Russia holds the entire Luhansk region and has its sights set on completing its capture of nearby Donetsk.

WEKU

Russia captures key city, edging closer to control of the Donbas

Lysychansk has endured weeks of heavy Russian shelling.

Axios

Russia Claims Capture of Pivotal City in Eastern Ukraine

Russia's defense minister said Russian forces took control Sunday of the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine's Luhansk province, bringing Moscow closer to its stated goal of seizing all of Ukraine’s Donbas region. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin that Russia's troops together with members of a local…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Who is winning the war in Ukraine? Putin's forces conquered 20 per cent of the nation, but a chilly deadline looms

Ukraine has now been under almost constant bombardment from Russia for more than five months, but analysts say the defining months could be just ahead.

ABC News

When will the war in Ukraine end?

NATO’s Stoltenberg warned that war could last for years, while Russian forces continue the capture of the Donbas.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine Diaries: Donbas, where volunteers pray that fate will spare them

In his Ukraine Diaries, researcher Romain Huët chronicles the way war has changed the daily lives of an entire population. After reporting for The Conversation from the field in April and May 2022, he now provides us with a first-hand look at the conflict. This entry is the last in the diary…

The Conversation

'No one wants to risk getting trapped': In war, dangers multiply for Ukraine's miners

TORETSK, Ukraine — When a 155-millimeter rocket plows into the ground and you're 2,000 feet under it, you hear nothing — you barely even feel it. Which was why Andriy Podhornay was surprised when his manager came on the walkie-talkie and told the crew in the bowels of the St.…

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria to Recognize Ukraine’s Luhansk and Donetsk Regions

Syria said Wednesday it will recognize the "independence and sovereignty" of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions and contacts will be established to set up diplomatic relations. The Syrian Foreign Ministry announcement came days after President Bashar Assad met with a joint delegation from both regions in Damascus. Earlier this…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russians Fight to Encircle Ukraine’s Last Eastern Stronghold

Russian forces battled Wednesday to surround the Ukrainian military’s last stronghold in a long-contested eastern province, as shock reverberated from a Russian airstrike on a shopping mall that killed at least 18 in the center of the country two days earlier. Moscow’s battle to wrest the entire Donbas region from…

The Conversation

Ukraine and Moldova gain EU candidate status but face a long road to full membership

For four months, Ukraine has been fighting for its very existence. Having successfully forced Russia to shift focus from a four-fronted offensive to concentrating on the Donbas region in the east of the country, Ukraine is now fighting a bitter war of attrition – losing, depending on whose figures you…

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine’s ammunition becomes defining issue in battle for Donbas

Analysis: as Soviet-era shells run low, Ukraine appeals for artillery that can use Nato shells, but deliveries are slow

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Evening Standard

Joe Biden says West will not ‘splinter’ on support for Ukraine

US leader condemned ‘barbarism’ of fresh Russian missile strikes on Kyiv as G7 summit got underway with Boris Johnson calling for unity

The Guardian - AU

We will take back all our cities, vows Zelenskiy – as it happened

Ukrainian president says Ukrainian forces will win back all the cities it has lost to Russia, including Sievierodonetsk

ABC News

Ukrainian forces to withdraw from eastern city of Sievierodonetsk

The last Ukrainian troops holding out in a desperate battle for the city of Sievierodonetsk are ordered to withdraw, but analysts say it is not a major strategic victory for Moscow.

Los Angeles Times

As war for eastern Ukraine reaches ‘fearful climax,’ European Union approves Kiev’s bid for candidacy

LVIV, Ukraine — Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers appeared to be all but encircled as Russian troops advanced Thursday around two strategically important cities in eastern Ukraine in what a senior Ukrainian official called a “fearful climax” of the battle for the Donbas, signaling that the fall of a significant part…

The Guardian - AU

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

EU leaders welcome Kyiv’s ‘historic’ bid to join union; documenting the scale of abuse against civilians; Kyiv residents strive for a sliver of normality

The Independent UK

Ukrainians cheer nation's EU candidacy amid wartime woes

The European Union’s decision to make Ukraine a candidate for EU membership has offered war-weary Ukrainians a morale boost even as the country’s military ordered its fighters to retreat from a key city in the eastern Donbas region

The Independent UK

Ukraine troops ‘to be withdrawn’ from key city of Sievierodonetsk as street battles rage

The ‘fate of the Donbas is being decided’ say Ukraine officials

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