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The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

Cholera warning from Mariupol mayor – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Ukraine strikes Russian military targets, France offers to help lift Odesa blocade

Ukraine's defence ministry on Friday said it struck Russian military positions in the southern Kherson region, where the army is fighting to reclaim occupied territory. France offered to help ensure access to the port of Odesa and ease a global grain crisis. Read our live blog to catch up on…

France 24

West denounces death sentences for 3 who fought for Ukraine

Ukraine and the West denounced a pro-Moscow court that sentenced two British citizens and a Moroccan to death for fighting for Ukraine

The Independent UK

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Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 107 of the invasion

Vladimir Putin compares his actions in Ukraine to conquests of Peter the Great; Zelenskiy says Ukraine ‘holding on’ to key frontline cities in Donbas

The Guardian - UK

Putin's actions prove Russia is a fascist state

A few years ago, during a panel discussion on the politics of memory at a university in a German-speaking country, I called Russian President Vladimir Putin "the most powerful fascist politician in the world". Afterwards, the organisers shyly told me that while the event had gone well, the label I…

Bangkok Post

Fate of Ukraine’s Donbas on the line in fight for key city, Zelenskyy warns

LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine — The fate of Ukraine’s entire Donbas region hinges on the strategic city of Severodonetsk, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned overnight, as he called on defenders to push back against Russian advances that have increasingly darkened the outlook for the eastern part of his embattled country.

Los Angeles Times

Russia could launch SECOND assault on Kyiv - and massively boost army numbers

Russian President Vladimir Putin could still pitch a large Belarusian army from the north after it was boosted from 45,000 troops to 85,000 for a second assault ok Ukraine's capital Kyiv

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Ukraine: What are the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics?

Pro-Russia separatist regions in Donbas declared independence from Kyiv in 2014

The Independent UK

Is Russia inching towards victory in Ukraine’s Donbas region?

Al Jazeera’s Alex Gatopoulos examines whether new tactics and objectives are giving Russia an advantage in the war.

Al Jazeera

Russian invasion is ‘Covid-22’ and arms are a vaccine, says Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Ukrainian president pleads for more outside help in speech at gala to honour Time’s most influential people

The Guardian - UK

Zelensky: millions could starve due to Russian blockade of Ukraine’s ports

The Ukrainian president said the battle was ‘brutal’ and had become the epicentre of fighting in the region

Evening Standard

Ukraine’s Interior Minister says Kyiv is in ‘no danger’ but prepared

Ukraine’s Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky has said that even though there is no imminent risk of Russians marching on Kyiv, the capital would not let its guard down. Earlier, the supreme court of the Russian-backed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) sentenced to death two British and one Moroccan captured while fighting…

France 24

Ukrainian troops plead for more artillery to offset Russia’s firepower in Sievierodonetsk – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Zelensky says fate of eastern Ukraine tied to "fierce" battle for Severodonetsk

It's the last remaining major city in the Luhansk region of the Donbas under Ukrainian control.

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The Independent UK

Ukraine forces outgunned up to 40 to one by Russian forces, intelligence report reveals

Exclusive: Grinding conflict in east is ‘seriously demoralising’ Ukrainian forces, dossier says

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine and Russia ‘compete to be last army standing’ as Donbas deaths mount

Analysis: Signs the invaders are reaching exhaustion – but can the defenders cope with their military losses?

The Guardian - UK

Fight for Sievierodonetsk will decide fate of eastern Ukraine, says Zelenskiy

President says battle in key city the ‘most difficult’ since start of the war, as Donbas leaders warn Ukrainian forces have been pushed to city’s outskirts

Evening Standard

The war in Ukraine has become our war too, whether we like it or not

Correspondents being briefed by Whitehall officials last week were surprised to be warned that the UK and United States now expect the fighting in Ukraine to go on to the end of the year — at least. The battle for the Donbas region is intense, with heavy casualties being suffered…

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Reuters

Russian army base sees scramble for Ukraine war supplies, some locals and soldiers say

The town of Valuyki in western Russia has become a crucial staging post in the latest phase of Russia’s war over the nearby border in Ukraine. Throughout last month, helicopters buzzed overhead, military vehicles clogged the roads, and soldiers prepared for combat at a huge military base there.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 105

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 105th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukrainian Forces Come under Renewed Russian Attack in Key Eastern City

Ukrainian troops holding out in the ruins of Sievierodonetsk came under renewed heavy assault on Wednesday from Russian forces who see the capture of the industrial city as key to control of the surrounding Luhansk region. In southern Ukraine, another major battleground in the war, authorities said Russian attacks on…

Evening Standard

Ukraine’s defenders cling on as Russia steps up its blitz on Severodonetsk

The MoD says Ukrainian defences are ‘holding’ in the industrial city in the Luhansk province of the eastern Donbas region

France 24

Russian forces control most of eastern Ukraine's Severodonetsk, governor says

Russian forces control most of the strategic Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk and are heavily shelling the twin city of Lysychansk, causing major damage, the governor of Luhansk region said on Wednesday. This comes as fighting intensifies in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on…

The Independent UK

Russia draws closer to capture of Ukraine's Donbas region

Russia is drawing closer to its goal of fully capturing Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Claims Advances in Ukraine amid Fierce Fighting

Russia on Tuesday claimed to have taken control of 97% of one of the two provinces that make up Ukraine's Donbas, bringing the Kremlin closer to its goal of fully capturing the eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Moscow’s forces hold nearly…

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