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US to send $1bln in security aid to help Ukraine in Donbas, Biden says

The United States will provide an additional $1 billion in security assistance to Ukraine for its efforts in the eastern Donbas, the recent focus of Russia's invasion, President Biden told his Ukrainian counterpart during a call on Wednesday.

Reuters

US Expected to Send $1 Billion More in Aid to Ukraine

The US is expected to announce Wednesday that it will send about $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine, the largest single tranche of weapons and equipment since the war began, in a effort to help stall Russia’s slow but steady march to conquer the eastern Donbas region, US officials…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine pleads for western arms as Russia chokes frontline city

Lysychansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine pleaded with Western governments Wednesday to decide quickly on sending heavy weapons to shore up its faltering defences, as Russia said it would evacuate civilians from a frontline chemical plant.

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Our fragile alliance over Ukraine is wavering as Vladimir Putin’s forces rampage

The news from Ukraine is very grim – to paraphrase Churchill on the fall of France in 1940. The Russians are advancing slowly, steadily, brutally in Donbas. There are hundreds, possibly thousands if civilians are included, of casualties every day. Cholera is reported to be spreading through the uprooted populations…

Evening Standard

Russia plans evacuations from chemical plant in battleground Ukraine city

Lysychansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russia said it would establish a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from a chemical plant in Severodonetsk starting Wednesday as Ukrainian forces wage a desperate battle for control of the city.

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US to provide an additional $1bn in security assistance to Ukraine for its efforts in Donbas – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 112 of the invasion

Zelenskiy says outcome of battle for Donbas will determine course of the war as Russia calls on Ukrainian forces in Sievierodonetsk to lay down arms

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Donbas battle will determine course of war: Zelensky

Lysychansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine's battle against Russian troops in the eastern region of the Donbass will determine the course of the war, President Zelensky said Tuesday, asking his nation to stay strong in the face of Moscow's devastating attack against two key cities.

AFP

Russia plans Severodonetsk plant evacuation as it bids to encircle city

Lysychansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russia said Tuesday it would establish a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from a chemical plant in Severodonetsk, as the two sides battled for control of the key city in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.

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Key eastern Ukrainian city teeters in a battle of ‘simply terrifying’ cost

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russian forces appeared Tuesday to tighten their chokehold on a strategic eastern city that has become the scene of one of the Ukraine war’s bloodiest battles, as fears mounted over the fate of hundreds of civilians trapped in an artillery-pounded industrial zone.

Los Angeles Times

Kremlin says separatists would listen to UK appeal on condemned fighters

The Kremlin said on Tuesday it was "sure" that Russian-backed separatist leaders in the Donbas would be willing to listen to an appeal from Britain over the fate of two Britons sentenced to death for fighting for Ukraine.

Reuters

Kremlin Says Separatist Leaders Would Listen to UK Appeal on Condemned Fighters

The Kremlin said on Tuesday it was "sure" that pro-Russian separatist leaders in the Donbas would be willing to listen to an appeal from Britain over the fate of two Britons sentenced to death for fighting for Ukraine. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters in a conference call that London…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine war: Every bridge leading to Severodonetsk ‘destroyed by Russian forces’

Destruction of a final remaining bridge connecting the city to the other side of a river has made evacuating citizens and supplying aid impossible, a regional military head says

Evening Standard

Civilians trapped in Severodonetsk as Russia destroys last bridge

Ukrainian officials say all routes to evacuate thousands of civilians from the embattled key city have been cut off.

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Axios

Evacuations "impossible" after all 3 bridges to key Ukrainian city Severodonetsk destroyed

Fresh humanitarian supplies are also no longer possible in the epicenter for the battle of the Donbas.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine’s forces suffering ‘painful losses’ in Donbas, Zelenskiy says – as it happened

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France 24

Battle for Donbas will determine course of Ukraine war, Zelensky says

Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky said the battle for the eastern Donbas region is “key to deciding who will dominate in the coming weeks” of the war in his daily address Tuesday. French President Emmanuel Macron visited French troops at a NATO base in Romania Tuesday, where he thanked them for…

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Sievierodonetsk cut off by Russian forces, last bridge into Donbas destroyed, Zelenskyy warns of 'brutal' battle ahead

As the fight for the Donbas region intensifies, Ukraine's President says it will be remembered as "one of the most brutal battles" in European history.

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Reuters

Ukraine struggles to evacuate civilians from devastated eastern city

Ukraine said its forces were still trying to evacuate civilians from embattled Sievierodonetsk on Tuesday after Russia destroyed the last bridge to the city, Moscow's main target in its battle for control of eastern Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Battle for Severodonetsk ‘terrifying’, says Volodymyr Zelensky

Volodymyr Zelensky has said the battle for Severodonetsk is “terrifying”.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: Moscow bans dozens of UK citizens

Ukraine news from June 14: Individuals banned due to ‘false and one-sided information’ about war, foreign ministry says.

Reuters

Kremlin pledges support after Donbas separatist leader calls for more Russian forces

Russia's main goal of its military operation in Ukraine is to protect the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics, the Kremlin said on Monday, after the leader of one of the separatist regions asked for additional forces from Moscow.

The Independent UK

Ukraine has a weapons wishlist for the West as war reaches crucial point

Officials will be going to Brussels on Wednesday with a breakdown of what is needed to counter Russian forces, writes Kim Sengupta, with Kyiv insisting that supplies can make a critical difference in the Donbas

Asharq Al-Awsat

Last Route Out of Sievierodonetsk Falls as Russian Artillery Pounds City

Russian forces tightened their grip on the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk and cut off the last routes for evacuating citizens, a Ukrainian official said on Monday - a scene that echoed Moscow's assault on Mariupol last month. Amid heavy Russian bombardment, regional governor Sergei Gaidai said on social media…

Daily Mirror

Russian forces swarm city and bomb shelter in mirror of horror Mariupol assault

Moscow’s troops now control about 70% of the key city of Severodonetsk and are trying to cut off around 500 locals sheltering in an industrial complex - just like Mariupol

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