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The city of Sievierodonetsk has become the focus of Russia’s advance in eastern Ukraine and one of the bloodiest flashpoints in a war now into its fourth month.

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Zelensky: millions could starve due to Russian blockade of Ukraine’s ports

The Ukrainian president said the battle was ‘brutal’ and had become the epicentre of fighting in the region

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Ukraine says troops holding on to Sievierodonetsk, advance in south

Ukraine said on Thursday its forces were holding their positions in intense fighting in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk and had retaken ground in the south, targetting gains in the biggest swathe of territory seized by Russia since the invasion started.

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Ukraine says holding off assault on city

Ukraine’s general staff says their military forces are successfully holding out against the Russian assault in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk.

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Ukraine will fight for all territory, stalemate 'not an option', Zelenskiy says

Ukraine will fight to recover all its territory occupied by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday, as his troops battled street-to-street in Sievierodonetsk in one of the bloodiest land battles of the war.

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Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk split in half between Ukrainian and Russian forces - regional governor

Control of Ukraine's city of Sievierodonetsk is split in half between Ukrainian and Russian forces, Serhiy Gaidai, governor or the Luhansk region where the eastern city is located, said on Sunday.

Reuters

Ukraine says its military controls 'half' of Severodonetsk

Ukraine said Sunday its forces now control half of Sievierodonetsk in east Ukraine, but expect a Russian counter-attack in coming days as the battle for Donbas continues. On Sunday morning, Russia launched missiles towards Kyiv via Tu-95 strategic bombers, said the Ukrainian government. Meanwhile, Russia said it struck tanks supplied…

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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

Russia blowing up bridges in Sievierodonetsk to thwart Ukrainian reinforcements -regional governor

Russian forces are blowing up bridges across the Seversky Donets river to prevent Ukraine bringing in military reinforcements and delivering aid to civilians in the town of Sievierodonetsk, the governor of the Luhansk region said on Saturday.

Reuters

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

Russian troops pound Donbas as Ukraine war enters 100th day

Moscow has seized about a fifth of Ukrainian territory since its invasion and vows to continue ‘until all goals are achieved’

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine's Zelenskiy eyes 'inflection point' in war as Russia tightens grip on key target

Russia tightened its grip on a key target in a battle for control of Ukraine's eastern Donbas region while President Volodymir Zelenskiy pleaded for more Western arms to help Ukraine reach an "inflection point" and prevail in the war.

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Civilians reportedly sheltering beneath chemical plant as Russian forces reach centre of Sievierodonetsk

Civilians are reportedly sheltering from Russian shelling under a chemical plant in the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk that authorities fear may still have stocks of dangerous materials.

Reuters

Governor of Ukraine's Luhansk region says Russia controls 70% of Sievierodonetsk

Russian forces are now in control of around 70% of Sievierodonetsk, a strategically important city in Ukraine's east, Luhansk regional governor Serhiy Gaidai said on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Ukraine has made ‘strategically sound, but painful’ withdrawal from Severodonetsk, say defence experts

Putin is throwing huge resources into a ‘desperate and bloody push’ to seize territory in eastern Ukraine, according to the Institute for the Study of War

Evening Standard

At least 262 children dead in Ukraine war and 415 injured, says Unicef

Almost two out of every three children in Ukraine have been displaced by fighting since the beginning of the Russian invasion

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The Guardian - AU

US to send advanced rocket systems to Ukraine as Russia tightens grip on Sievierodonetsk

Medium-range rocket systems, helicopters and anti-tank weapons form part of latest US package to help desperate situation in Donbas

Reuters

Russians reach centre of Ukraine industrial city; U.S. to give Kyiv advanced rockets

Russian forces fought their way into the centre of Ukraine's industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday, edging closer to claiming a big prize in their offensive in the eastern Donbas region.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Biden announces military aid

Ukraine news from June 1: Joe Biden reveals weapons package for Ukraine that will include longer-range rocket systems.

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Russia ‘takes most of Sievierodonetsk’

Russian forces have taken control of most of the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine says, in one of their biggest ground attacks of the three-month war.

Reuters

Russian airstrike hits acid tank in Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk, governor says

A Russian airstrike hit a nitric acid tank in the frontline city of Sievierodonetsk, local governor Serhiy Gaidai said on Tuesday.

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Russian troops slowly advancing towards centre of Sievierodonetsk - governor

Russian troops are slowly advancing towards the centre of the city of Sievierodonetsk in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region, regional governor Serhiy Gaidai told Ukrainian state television on Tuesday.

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Russia takes most of Sievierodonetsk city in eastern Ukraine

Ukraine said on Tuesday that Russia had taken control of most of the eastern industrial city of Sievierodonetsk, a bombed-out wasteland whose capture Moscow has made the principal objective of its invasion.

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