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UK says Russian military presence on Ukraine's eastern border continues to build

Russia's military presence on Ukraine's eastern border continues to build, a British military update said on Wednesday, adding that fighting in the Donbas region is intensifying as Russian forces seek to break through Ukrainian defences.

Reuters

Ukraine Gets Warplanes as Mariupol Officer Warns Facing 'Last Days'

Ukraine received fighter jets to help resist the Russian invasion, as Moscow intensified its offensive in the east where a besieged officer in Mariupol warned Wednesday his forces were facing their "last days, if not hours". The West has responded to a renewed Russian push into the Donbas region with…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine can develop ‘maximum speed’ in joining the EU, Zelenskiy says – as it happened

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Ukraine repelling intense Russian offensive in east, UK says, as Mariupol troops face ‘last hours’

Shelling and strikes in Donbas increasing but Russians hampered by logistical problems, Ministry of Defence claims

The Guardian - AU

Civilians still trapped as Mariupol evacuation fails, says Ukraine deputy PM

About 1,000 civilians remain trapped at a steel plant where Ukrainian forces are making their last stand in the besieged city of Mariupol, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday. Ukraine blamed Russian forces for failing to respect a temporary ceasefire. Follow the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog.…

France 24

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.

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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

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

Evening Standard

West vows more Russian sanctions as Ukraine war enters new phase

Kramatorsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - The United States and allies agreed to impose more sanctions on Moscow on Tuesday as Russia pushed ahead with its new offensive targeting eastern Ukraine in the latest phase of the bloody invasion.

AFP

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

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Al Jazeera

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.

Reuters

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.

The Independent UK

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’.

ABC News

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.

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France 24

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…

The Guardian - US

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

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.

AFP

New 'phase' of Ukraine war as Russia attacks east

Kramatorsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Moscow launched dozens of air strikes across eastern Ukraine overnight, its defence ministry said Tuesday, with Russia's top diplomat acknowledging "another phase" of the conflict was beginning as fighting raged 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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