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The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

Russia hits Ukrainian cities, pours more troops into war

Russia is hurling its military might against Ukrainian cities and towns and pouring more troops into the war

The Independent UK

Russia intensifies its assault with fresh strikes on eastern Ukraine

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Determined to seize control of Ukraine’s industrial heartland, Russia on Tuesday intensified its assaults across the country’s east while keeping up the bombardment of Ukrainian forces in the besieged southern port of Mariupol.

Los Angeles Times

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 56 of the invasion

Deadline passes for Ukrainian forces in Mariupol to surrender, and dozens of civilians leave city via humanitarian corridor

The Guardian - UK

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Ukraine seeks Mariupol evacuation talks after surrender-or-die ultimatum expires

Ukraine proposed talks with Moscow over evacuating troops and civilians from Mariupol after a Russian surrender-or-die ultimatum expired on Wednesday, leaving many trapped at a steel plant, the last main stronghold of resistance.

Reuters

Ukraine-Russia war: Chernobyl engineers tell of dangerous conditions under Russian occupation - as it happened

Ukrainian engineers say they worked 35 days straight on minimal sleep in order to keep Chernobyl nuclear power plant safe while Russian soldiers controlled the site.

ABC News

Latest Russia-Ukraine updates: Mariupol evacuation attempt fails

Ukraine news for April 20: ‘Occupiers unable to ensure a proper ceasefire’ for a humanitarian corridor, deputy PM says.

Al Jazeera

Forces clash along Ukraine’s eastern front line in battle of Donbas

President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed that his troops would withstand the advance as Russia launched a fresh offensive

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Russian troops blitz over 1,200 targets in Ukraine in attempt to take Donbas region

Russia launched a massive offensive across a 300-mile front in their attempts to take the eastern province of Donbas. Despite the attacks, the front was remaining firm and defiant

Daily Mirror

US, European allies pledge weapons for Kyiv amid Russian advance

US, Germany and UK promise military support for Ukraine as Russian offensive in eastern Donbas region escalates.

Al Jazeera

Russian shelling increasing in Donbas, UK military update says

Russian shelling and strikes on the Donbas line of control continued to increase on Tuesday but Ukrainian forces managed to repel numerous attempted advances, a British military update said.

Reuters

Johnson calls for more weapons for Ukraine in response to Donbas offensive

The Prime Minister told European and north American leaders that sanctions and arms are needed as Vladimir Putin launches a ‘major Russian offensive’.

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin's rumoured purge over his disastrous war in Ukraine could show he fell into the 'dictator trap'

Nearly two months since he launched his invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin is facing heavy troop losses, ruinous sanctions and rumours of purges and even a possible coup.

ABC News

The battle of Donbas: What's Putin's plan for Ukraine now?

They're calling it the battle of Donbas. After nearly two months of mishaps and setbacks, Russia is putting all its might into a bid to capture the entire east of Ukraine. But will it capture it or flatten it? We ask our guests about the Kremlin's endgame and the scramble…

France 24

Russia deploys up to 20,000 mercenaries in battle for Ukraine’s Donbas region

Moscow is luring mercenaries from Syria, Libya and elsewhere in effort to capture as much as possible of eastern Ukraine

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on war in Ukraine: a new but no less brutal phase

Editorial: Though Russia has refocused its offensive on the eastern Donbas region, the rest of the country remains in danger

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: How Russia's eastern push in Ukraine may unfold

Russia’s new offensive in eastern Ukraine reflects Moscow’s hope to reverse its battlefield fortunes after a catastrophic seven weeks of war

Axios

Russia seizes first city since launching offensive in eastern Ukraine, official says

Kreminna appears to be the first city that Russian forces have taken since they started an offensive in the Donbas region.

The Independent UK

Video resurfaces of a horrified Zelensky as Trump tells him to work things out with Putin

‘Everyone seems to be focusing on Zelenskyy’s face when all I can think of is where we’d be if that incompetent a**hole was POTUS right now’

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Daily Mirror

Ukraine war entering bitter new phase that's set to last 'several months', UK warns

Boris Johnson's Cabinet was briefed by a senior national security official who warned a war of 'attrition' is under way in the eastern Donbas region thanks to Putin

The Guardian - UK

Russian forces capture first city in battle for Donbas

Governor of Kreminna says Ukrainian troops have withdrawn after being attacked ‘from all sides’

Evening Standard

Next phase of Ukraine conflict could last ‘several months’

UK national Security official tells ministers the battle for the Donbas could be an ‘attritional’ conflict

Al Jazeera

Russia declares new phase of war on Ukraine: What to expect?

Having failed to capture Kyiv and other significant areas, Russia is focused on attacking eastern towns and cities.

The Independent UK

Ukraine news - live: West offers more weapons as Russia sets new Mariupol ultimatum

Vladimir Putin's forces have taken control of the city Kreminna in eastern Ukraine

The Independent UK

Russian assault on eastern Ukraine ‘could last several months’, Boris Johnson warned

PM to speak to world leaders including Joe Biden as UK offers more military help to Kyiv

Evening Standard

Evening Standard Comment: Sanctions are vital, but it is weapons that win wars

The battle for the Donbas has begun. The long-awaited Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine appears to be underway, with vast artillery and rocket attacks.

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