Russia's anticipated new offensive in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region has begun, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Monday. Ukraine's top security official said earlier that Russia had launched the "second phase" of the war, with Russian forces attempting to break through defences in the Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv regions but had been held back. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded.
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