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The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

Russia Destroys Bridge over Ukrainian River, Cutting Escape Route

Russian forces have blown up a bridge linking the embattled Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk to another city across the river, cutting off a possible evacuation route for civilians, local officials said on Sunday. Sievierodonetsk has become the epicenter of the battle for control over Ukraine's eastern region of Donbas. Parts…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fighting in eastern Ukraine rages as Sievierodonetsk chemical plant hit

Regional governor says Azot plant, where hundreds of civilians are taking shelter, remains under Ukrainian control

The Guardian - UK

No pardon for Britons sentenced to death, pro-Russian separatist leader says

The leader of the Russian-backed separatist Donetsk region of Ukraine said on Sunday there was no reason to pardon two British nationals who were sentenced to death last week after being captured while fighting for Ukraine.

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Moroccan sentenced to death is a victim of Russian ‘games’, friends say

Brahim Saadoun is a much-loved marine on active duty, they insist, and not a mercenary, as court in Donetsk claims

The Guardian - UK

Russia forces using ‘thermobaric rocket artillery’ in Severodonetsk

Severodonetsk has become epicentre of the battle in eastern Ukraine for control over the industrialised Donbas region

Evening Standard

The bodies of Ukrainian fighters killed during the Azovstal steelworks siege are still awaiting retrieval – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

A UK man got a death sentence for fighting for Ukraine. His family wants his release

A court in the separatist-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic of Ukraine convicted Shaun Pinner of seeking the violent overthrow of power.

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Russia destroys bridge over Ukrainian river, cutting escape route

Reuters

Ukraine latest updates: Moscow ‘destroys’ Western weapons depot

Ukraine news from June 12: Moscow claims Ukrainian jets downed in eastern region as fighting rages in Severodonetsk.

Al Jazeera

Casualty warnings as Russia said to use deadlier weapons in war

Moscow reportedly using older, deadlier missiles in fierce fighting for control of eastern Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Ukraine ‘almost out of ammunition’; death sentences at a show trial; the battle for Sievierodonetsk

The Guardian - AU

The ‘trial’ in Donetsk has set a chilling precedent for conflict in the 21st century

The legal frameworks for war that the world has tried to uphold since 1945 have never been at such risk, says barrister Sadakat Kadri

The Guardian - UK

The oligarch who could hold key to fate of Britons facing death sentence

Putin has a favour to ask that could be tied to the case of two men jailed in Donetsk, says Kim Sengupta

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: Will two Brits and a Moroccan be executed?

Russia-backed court sentenced foreigners to death by firing squad for ‘terrorist activity’ after fighting for Ukraine.

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Daily Mirror

'Scared' Vladimir Putin ordered death sentences against Brit fighters, expert claims

After a three-day sham trial, Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner were issued death sentences by the supreme court of the rebel-held Donetsk People's Republic

Reuters

Russia's Lavrov says Britons and Moroccan sentenced to death committed crimes in Donetsk

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that the two Britons and one Moroccan sentenced to death on Thursday in the Donetsk People's Republic had committed crimes on the territory of the self-proclaimed state trying to break away from Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss speaks to Ukraine about Britons’ death sentences for fighting Russia

Foreign secretary and counterpart ‘discuss efforts to secure the release’ of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner

Asharq Al-Awsat

West Denounces Death Sentences for 3 Who Fought for Ukraine

Two British citizens and a Moroccan were sentenced to death Thursday for fighting on Ukraine's side, in a punishment handed down by the country's pro-Moscow rebels. The proceedings against the three captured fighters were denounced by Ukraine and the West as a sham and a violation of the rules of…

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Evening Standard

UK brands death sentences on British soldiers held in occupied Ukraine an ‘egregious breach of Geneva Convention’

Liz Truss voiced her condemnation after calling her Ukrainian counterpart on Friday

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukrainian Forces 'Holding on' in Key Donbas Battles

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces were "holding on" in the flashpoint eastern city Severodonetsk where intense street battles with Russian troops could determine the fate of the Donbas region.

France 24

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…

AFP

Ukrainian forces 'holding on' in key Donbas battles

Lysychansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces were "holding on" in the flashpoint eastern city of Severodonetsk where intense street battles with Russian troops could determine the fate of the Donbas region.

Reuters

Ukraine says it remains in control of Sievierodonetsk plant sheltering hundreds

Ukraine remains in control of the Azot chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk where hundreds of civilians are sheltering amid bitter fighting, the region's governor said on Saturday, after a Russia-backed separatist claimed 300 to 400 Ukrainian fighters were also trapped there.

Daily Mirror

Brits' death sentence for fighting Russia will “invigorate” others, says friend

Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner face death by firing squad after being convicted of taking action towards a violent seizure of power at a show trial in Kremlin-backed Donetsk

Daily Mirror

Ex-UK army comrade of Brit sentenced to death brands 'disgraceful' judgement a war crime

Aiden Aslin, 28, and British Army veteran Shaun Pinner, 48, have been sentenced to death and could face a firing squad after a sham trial in pro-Russian Donetsk

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