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Another eight people were wounded in the shelling of the town of Sievierodonetsk

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The bodies were decomposing and a stench permeated the neighbourhood

What appeared as a very nasty regional conflict is now part of a powder trail to potential global cataclysm

KYIV, Ukraine — As the conflict in Ukraine enters its fourth month, Russian troops appear to be on the cusp of a breakthrough in the disputed Donbas region, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warning of difficult weeks ahead and accusing Moscow of waging “total war” against his country.

Sievierodonetsk under intense bombardment and surrounded on three sides by Russian forces

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of waging "total war," seeking to inflict as much death and destruction as possible as in three months of conflict, as fighting raged Tuesday in the eastern Donbas region. Russian forces have intensified efforts to encircle and capture Sievierodonetsk and neighboring cities, the only…

Russia's military didn't expect the invasion to last this long when it launched its assault on Ukraine Feb. 24.

Vladimir Putin’s attempt to encircle Ukrainian forces in an area of the Donbas has hit “strong resistance,” British defence chiefs said on Tuesday.