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Ukraine: Where is Donbas, and what are the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics?

Pro-Russian separatist regions in Donbas declared independence from Kyiv in 2014

The Independent UK

Live Updates | Russia focuses on Donetsk, Luhansk regions

The Ukrainian military’s General Staff says that the Russian forces are focusing their efforts on taking full control over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions

The Independent UK

Russian forces seize Kreminna in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can find our latest coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war in our new live blog

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Four civilians shot dead while fleeing town in Ukraine's Luhansk region - governor

Four civilians were shot dead while trying to flee by car from the town of Kreminna in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region during a Russian attack, regional governor Serhiy Gaidai said in a post on messaging app Telegram on Monday.

Reuters

Zelenskiy says Russia wants to ‘destroy’ Ukraine’s entire Donbas region

Ukraine defies Russian ultimatum and pledges to keep defending Mariupol as bombs hit Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv

The Guardian - AU

Luhansk region governor says shelling kills two, injures four in eastern town of Zolote

At least two people were killed and four have been injured on Sunday in the shelling of the eastern Ukrainian town of Zolote, the local governor said.

Reuters

Amateur images show Russian military convoys heading to Donbass

Large convoys of military equipment have been filmed in Russia and Belarus in recent days. Amateur videos analysed and verified by the FRANCE 24 Observers team show that some of these military reinforcements are heading for the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, towards the pro-Russian self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and…

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Timeline: Week seven of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities expect a strong Russian offensive in the eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions.

Al Jazeera

UK imposes sanctions on another 206 Russians after Ukraine railway attack

Foreign secretary says 178 of those targeted helped prop up self-proclaimed republics in Luhansk and Donetsk

The Guardian - UK

UK and EU sanction 178 Russian separatists ‘aiding and abetting’ Putin in Ukraine

Leaders behind so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republic targeted

The Independent UK

Civilians flee eastern Ukraine ahead of new Russian offensive

Governor of Luhansk urges people to evacuate as Vladimir Putin insists Moscow will achieve its ‘noble’ aims

The Guardian - UK

Fog Of War: Huge Cloud Of Nitric Acid Blows Back On Russian Troops

Images of the brown cloud of noxious gas appeared, reportedly near under-fire Luhansk Oblast.

Zenger

Ukrainian victory over Putin’s army in the Donbas ‘quite likely’, says UK

Fierce fighting to erupt in the battle for the Donbas over the next two to three weeks, British defence chiefs say

Evening Standard

Russia almost ready to launch new eastern assault -Ukraine defence ministry

Russia has nearly completed its buildup of forces for a renewed assault on Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Ukraine's defence ministry said on Monday.

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Zenger

Ammo Thump: Spectacular Ukraine Rocket Blitz On Russian Ammunition Dump

The strike reportedly took place in the easternmost Ukrainian region of Luhansk Oblast during the night of April 10 to April 11.

ABC News

Ukraine-Russia war updates: Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is concentrating troops in eastern regions, New Zealand to send C-130 Hercules and personnel to assist

In a video address to South Korea's National Assembly, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is concentrating thousands of troops in Ukraine's eastern regions, saying his country will "need more help if we are to survive this war".

France 24

Death toll from missile strike on train station in Ukraine's Kramatorsk rises

The death toll from a missile strike on the train station in Ukraine’s Kramatorsk has risen to 57 people, Donetsk region governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said on Sunday. The announcement comes after Russian forces retreated from the Ukrainian capital’s surroundings, finally allowing emergency workers access to the formerly occupied areas. Read…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Says Russia Beefing Up Its Forces, Agrees Nine Humanitarian Corridors From East

Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk on Sunday said that Kyiv had agreed the use of nine humanitarian corridors to help people to escape heavy fighting in the east of the country, including in private cars from Mariupol. "All the routes for the humanitarian corridors in the Luhansk region will…

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Reuters

Shelling hits school apartment building in Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk - governor

A school and a high-rise apartment building were shelled early on Sunday in the city of Sievierodonetsk in the besieged Ukrainian region of Luhansk, the governor said.

The Guardian - UK

Luhansk residents told to evacuate as Russia moves focus to east Ukraine

Governor issues warning as US says Moscow likely planning to deploy tens of thousands of soldiers in east

Reuters

More evacuations needed from Ukraine's Luhansk as shelling increases - governor

More people need to evacuate from the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine as shelling has increased in recent days and more Russian forces have been arriving, Luhansk Governor Serhiy Gaidai said on Saturday.

Zenger

Tanks For The Help: Ukrainians Blast Russian Armor With UK Missile System

The weapon system was designed by SAAB Bofors Dynamics and manufactured in the UK, predominantly by Thales Air Defence.

Reuters

U.N. plans aid convoys for rebel regions of Luhansk and Donetsk

The U.N. humanitarian office (OCHA) plans aid convoys to the Ukrainian rebel regions of Luhansk and Donetsk next week as it seeks to shift aid as fighting moves east, a spokesperson told a press briefing on Friday.

Reuters

Ukrainian defences holding in Luhansk region - regional governor

The governor of Ukraine's eastern region of Luhansk said on Friday Russia was accumulating forces in eastern Ukraine but had not broken through Ukrainian defences.

Reuters

Ukrainian military says Russia likely to renew attack on Kyiv if it takes Donbas

Russia is likely to renew its attack on Kyiv if its forces succeed in taking full control of the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, the deputy chief of staff of Ukraine's ground forces said on Thursday.

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