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The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

Is Russia inching towards victory in Ukraine’s Donbas region?

Al Jazeera’s Alex Gatopoulos examines whether new tactics and objectives are giving Russia an advantage in the war.

Al Jazeera

Russian invasion is ‘Covid-22’ and arms are a vaccine, says Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Ukrainian president pleads for more outside help in speech at gala to honour Time’s most influential people

The Guardian - UK

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

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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

Ukrainian troops plead for more artillery to offset Russia’s firepower in Sievierodonetsk – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

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.

Axios

Ukraine forces outgunned up to 40 to one by Russian forces, intelligence report reveals

Exclusive: Grinding conflict in east is ‘seriously demoralising’ Ukrainian forces, dossier says

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Ukraine and Russia ‘compete to be last army standing’ as Donbas deaths mount

Analysis: Signs the invaders are reaching exhaustion – but can the defenders cope with their military losses?

The Guardian - UK

Fight for Sievierodonetsk will decide fate of eastern Ukraine, says Zelenskiy

President says battle in key city the ‘most difficult’ since start of the war, as Donbas leaders warn Ukrainian forces have been pushed to city’s outskirts

The Guardian - UK

The war in Ukraine has become our war too, whether we like it or not

Correspondents being briefed by Whitehall officials last week were surprised to be warned that the UK and United States now expect the fighting in Ukraine to go on to the end of the year — at least. The battle for the Donbas region is intense, with heavy casualties being suffered…

Evening Standard

Russian army base sees scramble for Ukraine war supplies, some locals and soldiers say

The town of Valuyki in western Russia has become a crucial staging post in the latest phase of Russia’s war over the nearby border in Ukraine. Throughout last month, helicopters buzzed overhead, military vehicles clogged the roads, and soldiers prepared for combat at a huge military base there.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 105

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 105th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainian Forces Come under Renewed Russian Attack in Key Eastern City

Ukrainian troops holding out in the ruins of Sievierodonetsk came under renewed heavy assault on Wednesday from Russian forces who see the capture of the industrial city as key to control of the surrounding Luhansk region. In southern Ukraine, another major battleground in the war, authorities said Russian attacks on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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

Evening Standard

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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…

The Independent UK

Russia draws closer to capture of Ukraine's Donbas region

Russia is drawing closer to its goal of fully capturing Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Claims Advances in Ukraine amid Fierce Fighting

Russia on Tuesday claimed to have taken control of 97% of one of the two provinces that make up Ukraine's Donbas, bringing the Kremlin closer to its goal of fully capturing the eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Moscow’s forces hold nearly…

Zenger

Russian Air Defense Shoots Down Ukrainian Fighter Jet In Hotly Contested Donbas Region

"Operational-tactical and army aviation have hit 73 areas of AFU manpower and military equipment concentration."

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Bangkok Post

Street fighting, constant shelling as Russia pushes for control of Ukraine's Donbas

KYIV: Ukrainian troops were engaged in fierce street fighting with Russian soldiers in the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk, while other towns were under constant shelling, as the Kremlin pushed for control of the eastern Donbas region.

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin’s forces stalled in key advance in Donbas, says UK

Vladimir Putin’s forces have stalled in a key advance in the Donbas region of Ukraine, British defence chiefs said on Tuesday.

The Guardian - AU

Zelenskiy says stalemate with Russia is ‘not an option’ – as it happened

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

Reuters

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says it will fight for all territory amid fierce battle in east

Ukraine will fight to recover all its territory occupied by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday, as his troops struggled to hold their ground in bloody street-to-street fighting in the city of Sievierodonetsk.

Reuters

Fighting rages in fierce battle for Ukraine's east

Street fighting between Ukrainian and Russian troops raged in the battle for the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk as Moscow's forces pushed to conquer Ukraine's eastern Donbas, seeking a decisive win more than 100 days into the invasion.

Zenger

Stugna Anti-Tank Missile Blows Up Russian Mortar

This video purports to show the moment a Ukrainian Stugna-P anti-tank guided missile blows up a Russian mortar seen in the crosshairs.

Zenger

Defending Troops Blast Russian Tanks Trundling Through Donbas Town

This is the moment Ukrainian soldiers blitz a column of Russian tanks trundling through a Donbas town and obliterate at least one.

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