The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

While Russian forces are fighting a merciless battle to take the Donbas, Kiev is strengthening its positions in other parts of the country. This is illustrated in the north of Kherson, the city taken by Moscow at the beginning of its invasion of Ukraine. Our reporters Jonathan Walsh and Amar…

UKRAINE claims it has recaptured part of key territory in Donbas region with Russian troops suffering from exhaustion and low morale.

Russians ‘suffering huge losses’, region’s governor claims, amid heavy fighting

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Haggard faces stare blankly from inside minivans ferrying survivors from towns and villages bludgeoned by Russian armor. Ukrainian ambulances carry the wounded and dead from the battlefield, sharing the road with rumbling tanks.

It follows a period of relative calm in the Kyiv and its suburbs.

Reinforced Russian troops backed by airstrikes are pummeling a portion of eastern Ukraine

Ukraine says it has recaptured a chunk of the factory city of Severodonetsk, the focus of Russia’s offensive in Donbas.

The MoD reported that there has been widespread collateral and civilian damage in the Donbas

Britain's defence ministry said on Saturday that Russian air activity remains high over Ukraine's Donbas region with Russian aircraft carrying out strikes using both guided and unguided munitions.

Ukraine said on Saturday it had recaptured a swathe of the battlefield city of Sievierodonetsk, in a rare counter-offensive against Russia's main assault force that had been steadily advancing in the east. The Ukrainian claim could not be independently verified and Moscow said its own forces were making gains there.

Luhansk's local governor said on Saturday some progress had been made in pushing back Russian forces in the Donbas region. Meanwhile, Russian authorities reported that some Ukrainian military units were withdrawing from the strategic eastern city of Severodonetsk. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog. All…