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Zaheena Rasheed, Virginia Pietromarchi, Dalia Hatuqa

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: NATO warns war could last years

Ukraine Azovstal Azov Russia NATO Serhiy Haidai Jens Stoltenberg Tass
Ukrainian servicemen fire with a French self-propelled 155mm/52-calibre Caesar gun towards Russian positions at a front line in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas [Aris Messinis/AFP]
  • NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warns that the war in Ukraine could drag on for years and calls for the supply of more state-of-the-art weaponry to Ukrainian troops.
  • TASS news agency says two top Ukrainian commanders who defended Mariupol’s Azovstal steel plant have been transferred to Russia for investigations.
  • Luhansk’s Governor Serhiy Haidai says he is preparing “for the worst” as Russian forces intensify their assault on eastern cities.
  • Russia says its offensive against Severodonetsk was proceeding successfully after it took control of Metyolkine, a district on the eastern outskirts of the city.
  • Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the front lines in Mykolaiv and Odesa, declares Ukrainian troops “will definitely” win against Russia.

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