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The Latest Breaking News from Severodonetsk

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.

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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…

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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.

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Russia-Ukraine latest: Moscow able to fight war for another year

At its current pace, Moscow has the resources to battle Ukraine forces for another year, intelligence director estimates

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Foreign fighters in Ukraine sentenced to death by pro-Russians

Lysychansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Pro-Russian rebels sentenced to death two British fighters and a Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine, as a Ukrainian governor called for Western arms on Thursday to win the battle for a crucial eastern city.

AFP

Fate of Ukraine’s Donbas on the line in fight for key city, Zelenskyy warns

LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine — The fate of Ukraine’s entire Donbas region hinges on the strategic city of Severodonetsk, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned overnight, as he called on defenders to push back against Russian advances that have increasingly darkened the outlook for the eastern part of his embattled country.

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine resists Russia in east, strikes back in north, south

Ukraine is pursuing a resilient defence and counter-offensive, but Russia is also moving to assimilate occupied regions.

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Timeline: Week 15 of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Al Jazeera recaps key events in week 15 of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Ukraine says fate of Donbas rests in battleground city

Lysychansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the fate of the whole Donbas region hinges on the "very fierce" battle with Russian troops for the flashpoint eastern city of Severodonetsk.

AFP

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

Evening Standard

Ukraine’s Interior Minister says Kyiv is in ‘no danger’ but prepared

Ukraine’s Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky has said that even though there is no imminent risk of Russians marching on Kyiv, the capital would not let its guard down. Earlier, the supreme court of the Russian-backed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) sentenced to death two British and one Moroccan captured while fighting…

France 24

Fate of Donbas rests in battleground Ukraine city: Zelensky

Lysychansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukrainian soldiers in Severodonetsk are fighting "one of the most difficult" battles against Russian troops since the start of the war, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, adding the fate of the whole Donbas region rests in the eastern city.

AFP

Zelensky says fate of eastern Ukraine tied to "fierce" battle for Severodonetsk

It's the last remaining major city in the Luhansk region of the Donbas under Ukrainian control.

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'Fierce battle' in key east Ukraine city largely under Moscow control: Zelensky

Lysychansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian forces are now largely in control of the key eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk amid fierce fighting, Kyiv said Wednesday, as UN chief Antonio Guterres starkly warned the war's impact on the world was worsening.

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Latest Ukraine updates: Putin likens himself to Peter the Great

Ukraine news from June 9: President speaks of Russia’s need to ‘take back [territory] and defend itself’.

AFP

Ukraine says flashpoint city now largely under Russian control

Lysychansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian forces are now largely in control of the key eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk after fierce fighting, the region's governor said Wednesday, as UN chief Antonio Guterres starkly warned the war's impact on the world was worsening.

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Ukraine says troops may have to pull back from flashpoint city

Lysychansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Kyiv's forces may have to retreat from the eastern city of Severodonetsk, a senior Ukrainian official conceded on Wednesday, as diplomatic efforts intensified to unblock grain stuck in Ukraine's ports.

Bangkok Post

Russia hammers eastern Ukraine city as world seeks to lift grain siege

KYIV, Ukraine: Kyiv's forces may have to retreat from the eastern city of Severodonetsk, a senior Ukrainian official conceded on Wednesday, as diplomatic efforts intensified to unblock grain stuck in Ukraine's ports.

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Ukrainian troops may have to retreat from flashpoint city: governor

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Kyiv's forces may have to retreat from the eastern city of Severodonetsk, a senior Ukrainian official conceded on Wednesday, as diplomatic efforts intensified to unblock grain stuck in Ukraine's ports.

Evening Standard

Ukraine’s defenders cling on as Russia steps up its blitz on Severodonetsk

The MoD says Ukrainian defences are ‘holding’ in the industrial city in the Luhansk province of the eastern Donbas region

AFP

Zelensky defiant as Russia claims Severodonetsk gains

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russia claimed its forces have taken full control of residential neighbourhoods in eastern Ukraine's Severodonetsk, as President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed the "heroic defence" of the Donbas region will persist against the odds.

France 24

Russian forces control most of eastern Ukraine's Severodonetsk, governor says

Russian forces control most of the strategic Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk and are heavily shelling the twin city of Lysychansk, causing major damage, the governor of Luhansk region said on Wednesday. This comes as fighting intensifies in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on…

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Russia claims progress in fight for Ukraine flashpoint city

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russia claimed Tuesday that its forces had taken full control of residential neighbourhoods in eastern Ukraine's Severodonetsk, after Kyiv said its outnumbered troops were fighting on in the key eastern hub.

Daily Mirror

Zelensky says Ukraine will fight to recover territory as country 'lost too many people'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine will fight to recover all its territory occupied by Russian forces, focusing on Severodonetsk, one of the bloodiest battles so far

AFP

Fighting in Ukraine flashpoint city as grain export talks begin

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russia on Tuesday reported its forces had taken full control of residential neighbourhoods in Ukraine's flashpoint city of Severodonetsk, after Kyiv said its troops were fighting on in the key eastern hub despite being outnumbered.

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