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The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

Sievierodonetsk bombing so intense, casualties cannot be assessed, officials say

Russian forces are hitting largest city in Donbas still held by Ukraine ‘200 times an hour’

The Guardian - UK

Russia tightens grip on key cities as battle for Donbas rages

Kramatorsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - The battle for control of the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas raged on Sunday as Russian forces tightened their grip around the key cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk.

AFP

Russia puts ‘all its resources’ into capture of key Ukraine city

Russian forces seized a hotel on Severodonetsk’s outskirts, damaged 14 high-rise buildings, and battled on the streets.

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Russian Troops Storm City amid Eastern Ukraine Bombardments

Russian and Ukrainian troops engaged in close-quarter combat in an eastern Ukraine city Sunday as Moscow’s soldiers, supported by intense shelling, attempted to gain strategic footholds in the region while facing fierce Ukrainian resistance. Ukrainian regional officials reported that Russian forces were "storming" the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, where the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fighting focuses on Donbas, but Putin has not given up on Kharkiv – or Kyiv

The outcome of Russia’s attacks on the Donetsk and Luhansk areas will determine the fate of the rest of Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian defenders hold out in Donbas city under heavy fire

Russian forces intensified their attacks with barrages of heavy artillery to capture a key Ukrainian city in the southeastern region of Donbas, whose full takeover Moscow's top diplomat said was now an "unconditional priority".

Reuters

Russia pummels eastern towns in bid to encircle Ukraine forces as Kyiv steps up calls for weapons

After claiming to have captured the nearby rail hub of Lyman, Russian forces have stepped up their assault on the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk.

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War in Ukraine: Aboard the train taking Ukrainians away from the Donetsk, Luhansk regions

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, thousands of people have fled the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In recent days, Ukraine’s national railway company has seen an influx of people who did not want to leave their country but who have finally resigned themselves to boarding evacuation trains. FRANCE…

France 24

Ukraine may have to RETREAT as Vladimir Putin's forces advance despite performing poorly

Vlasdimir Putin's troops have gained ground in two areas collectively known as the Donbas but they will be 'unable' capture the Luhansk region says the city's governor

Daily Mirror

Macron and Germany’s Scholz urge Putin to hold ‘direct negotiations’ with Zelensky

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold “serious direct negotiations” with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to find “a diplomatic solution to the conflict” during a phone call Saturday, the chancellor’s office said. Putin told the two leaders that increasing arms supplies…

France 24

Russia may force Ukraine retreat in east

Russian troops have gained ground in Ukraine’s Donbas, with Luhansk’s governor saying its defenders may have to retreat to avoid being captured.

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Russian forces close to encircling Sievierodonetsk in eastern Ukraine

Situation in Donbas ‘even worse than people say it is’, says Ukraine’s foreign minister, as Kremlin makes further gains

The Guardian - UK

Pro-Russia separatists say they have taken East Ukraine's Lyman

Pro-Russian separatists from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic said on Friday that they have established full control over the strategic town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine.

Reuters

Separatist leader: more than 5,000 Ukrainian prisoners held in breakaway region -TASS

A pro-Russian separatist leader in East Ukraine said that more than 5,000 Ukrainian prisoners of war were being held in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, TASS reported on Friday.

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The Guardian - UK

Russian forces have ‘upper hand’ in Donbas fighting, Ukrainian officials say

Governor of Luhansk says Ukrainian troops retreating in some areas, as city of Lyman reportedly captured

Al Jazeera

‘Nowhere is safe’: Ukrainians describe horrors of Russia invasion

The besieged eastern city of Severodonetsk is being subjected to a ‘colossal amount of shelling’ by Russian troops.

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine pleads for more weapons to tackle Russian onslaught in Donbas

Bombardment continues in 40 towns including the key city of Sievierodonetsk as police in Lysychansk collect bodies for mass burials

Reuters

Donbas separatist leader calls for Russia's military operation to be accelerated - RIA

The leader of Russian-backed separatists in the breakaway Donetsk region called on Thursday for the military operation in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine to be accelerated, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.

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Timeline: Week 13 of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Al Jazeera recaps key events in week 13 of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Russian forces edge closer to encircling Ukraine troops in east

Advancing Russian forces came closer to surrounding Ukrainian troops in the east, briefly seizing positions on the last highway out of a crucial pair of Ukrainian-held cities before being beaten back, a Ukrainian official said on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

Russian assault on eastern Ukraine threatens to encircle Sievierodonetsk

Zelenskiy calls situation in Donbas ‘extremely difficult’ as Russia tries to carve up Ukrainian-held territory

The Guardian - AU

Nato ‘doing literally nothing’ to stop Russia, says Kyiv – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 91 of the invasion

Invasion in ‘most active phase’, says Ukraine; Russian forces take control of three Donetsk regions; 200 bodies found in Mariupol basement

Reuters

Russia seeks to put stranglehold on twin Ukrainian cities

Russian forces sought to encircle Ukrainian troops in twin eastern cities straddling a river as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Moscow was seeking to destroy the industrial Donbas region where it has focused its attacks.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine live news: Kyiv appeals for rocket launchers

Describing an ‘extremely bad’ situation as Ukraine battles for Severodonetsk, FM Kuleba calls for more weapons.

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