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Ukraine says regained ground from Russia in key eastern city

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - With a see-saw battle for control of the strategically important city of Severodonetsk raging on, a senior Ukrainian official said Sunday that his country's forces now control "half of the city".

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Explosions rock Kyiv as battle for Severodonetsk rages

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday as a regional governor said Ukrainian forces were pushing back against Russian troops in the strategic eastern city of Severodonetsk.

AFP

'Street fighting' in Severodonetsk as explosions rock Kyiv

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - The battle for Ukraine's eastern city of Severodonetsk was being waged street by street, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, while explosions rocked the capital Kyiv early Sunday.

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Russia strikes Kyiv for first time in weeks as battle rages in east

Russia struck Ukraine's capital Kyiv with missiles early on Sunday for the first time in more than a month, while Ukrainian officials said a counter-attack on the main battlefield in the east had retaken half of the city of Sievierodonetsk.

Reuters

Ukraine forces pushing back Russia in Sievierodonetsk

Serhiy Gaidai, governor of Luhansk province, says Russian forces have suffered significant defeats

The Independent UK

Ukraine says Russian troops retreating in Sievierodonetsk, Zelenskyy calls for Russian expulsion from UNESCO

Ukrainian forces have reversed a Russian advance in Sievierodonetsk and recaptured about 20 per cent of the city, according to the region's Governor.

ABC News

Ukraine counterattack recaptures parts of Sievierodonetsk in Donbas

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

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Russia ‘suffering huge casualties’ as troops retreat: Ukraine

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

Al Jazeera

US supports international inquiry into war crimes in Ukraine – as it happened

Local governor says Ukrainian military has ‘pushed back’ Russian forces in battle for control of the city

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine updates: Heavy fighting ongoing in Severodonetsk

Governor says Russian forces are blowing up bridges to prevent Ukraine from bringing reinforcements to Severodonetsk.

Al Jazeera

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

100 days of Vladimir Putin’s war; fight for Sievierodonetsk as eastern city becomes key war aim for Moscow; a closer look at Biden’s pledge to send high-tech rocket systems

The Guardian - AU

Starving Russian commander says Vladimir Putin has thrown troops to slaughter in Ukraine

In a video shared on Telegram, a commander leading the Donetsk Republic's 113th regiment fighting for Russia complains about being sent to Ukraine without proper guns, medicine or food

Daily Mirror

Fears Russia snatched 200,000 Ukrainian kids as investigators launch 'genocide' case

Ukraine's Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said the investigations were focusing on the regions of Mykolaiv and Kherson on the southern coast but gathering evidence was complicated by war

Daily Mirror

Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region calls for more weapons to defeat Russia

Ukraine's embattled eastern region of Donetsk will not fall quickly to Russia's assault, but it needs the world to supply more weapons to keep the offensive at bay, its governor told Reuters on Friday.

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Zenger

Space Rocket With Separatist DPR And LPR Flags Takes To Launchpad Ahead Of Trip To ISS

These images show a space rocket bearing flags of the separatist Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics at Russia’s famous Baikonur launchpad before it takes off for the International Space Station.

Al Jazeera

Timeline: The first 100 days of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Ukraine invasion was met with sanctions, expansion of NATO, and a bifurcation of the global financial and trade system.

Reuters

Ukraine says it pushes back Russian troops in battlefield city

Ukraine said on Saturday it had recaptured a swathe of the battlefield city of Sievierodonetsk, where intense fighting continued, in a rare counter-offensive against Russia's main assault force that had been steadily advancing in the east.

Los Angeles Times

Russia controls 20% of Ukraine, Zelenskyy says, amid pressure on West for weapons

LVIV, Ukraine — Russian troops appear close to fully capturing the key Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk, jeopardizing the fate of two eastern provinces at the center of Moscow’s campaign of conquest and raising pressure on the U.S. and its European allies to quickly deliver advanced weapons systems to try to…

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The Guardian - UK

Children among 800 people hiding below Sievierodonetsk factory

About 80% of eastern Ukrainian city in Russian hands as allies promise more missiles

Los Angeles Times

With key city close to falling, pressure on West to get weapons to Ukraine

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Ukrainian girl's grandfather saves her from being sent off to Russia

CHERNIVTSI, Ukraine -- The grandfather of a 12-year-old girl orphaned by the war in Ukraine made a daring intervention to stop her being taken to an orphanage in Russia.

Reuters

Russia trying to capture key Donetsk cities: governor

Russian forces in Ukraine's east are attempting to advance south towards the key Ukrainian-held cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, the local region's governor said on Thursday.

France 24

West must brace for ‘long haul’ in Ukraine, says NATO chief

Western nations must be prepared for a long “war of attrition” in Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned on Thursday, following talks with US President Joe Biden as Russian forces hammered positions in the Donbas region on the eve of the war’s 100th day. Read about the day’s events…

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 99 of the invasion

Russia hits back at US supply of medium-range rocket systems; Russian forces control two-thirds of Sievierodonetsk; Ukraine suffers 100 casualties a day

Zenger

Defending Troops Fire Flurry Of Rockets At Russian Targets

Ukrainian soldiers fire a flurry of rockets at Russian targets from a Grad 122-mm rocket launcher, as seen in a released video.

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