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Ukrainians Hold Out as Russia Storms Eastern City on War’s 100th Day

Russian forces advanced deep into the ruined eastern factory city of Sievierodonetsk, but Ukrainian troops were still holding out on Friday as Russia's assault on its neighbour entered its 100th day. Ukraine's defense minister said his troops were already training in Europe to operate new, advanced missile systems pledged this…

Asharq Al-Awsat

As it happened: Zelensky vows victory on 100th day of Russian invasion

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, on the 100th day since Russia's February 24 invasion, said his country will emerge victorious, as Russian troops pounded the Donbas region. Paris confirmed the death of a French national fighting as a volunteer in Ukraine. And at a meeting in Moscow on Friday, African Union…

France 24

Ukraine forces have had some success in Sievierodonetsk, says Zelenskiy

Ukrainian forces have had some success fighting Russians in the city of Sievierodonetsk but the overall military situation in the Donbas region has not changed in the last 24 hours, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday.

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100 days of war take a heavy toll on Ukraine as Putin’s forces hammer Donbas

Families have been torn apart and villages, towns and even cities turned into piles of rubble by the Russian invasion. Kim Sengupta reports from the Donbas where the conflict is intensifying

The Independent UK

Ukraine recap: bogged down in the bloody Donbas region

It’s now over 14 weeks since Vladimir Putin sent Russia’s military machine into Ukraine expecting a relatively easy victory. It’s fair to say that the “special military operation” is not panning out the way the Russian president or his planners had envisaged.

The Conversation

Russia now in control of ‘a fifth of Ukraine’, says Volodymyr Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russian troops control about one-fifth of his country as fighting in the Donbas region rages on.

Evening Standard

UK pledges missiles to Ukraine; new US ambassador in Kyiv

Britain says it is sending sophisticated medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine

The Independent UK

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Russians Edge Closer to Taking Key Ukrainian City

Russian forces edged closer Thursday to taking a key Ukrainian city after days of intense fighting, tightening their slow squeeze on the eastern Donbas region as Washington warned the war could last months. The industrial hub of Severodonetsk has become a key target for Moscow, and the local governor said…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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.

Reuters

Ukraine news – live: Zelensky says Putin’s troops now occupy 20% of country

President gives update in video address to Luxembourg’s parliament

The Independent UK

As Kharkiv residents deal with the brutal reality of Russian attacks, Ukraine's soldiers are held back from Donbas

Despite a declaration that the battle for Kharkiv had been won by Ukraine, shelling by Russia's military continues, diverting Ukrainian resources away from the key fight for Donbas.

ABC News

Russia trying to "extinsguish civilisation" in Donbas - Germany's Baerbock

Russia has adopted a strategy of flattening settlements from a safe distance in Ukraine's Donbas region, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said, making it all the more important for Berlin to send Kyiv defensive weapons.

Reuters

Pressure mounts on Macron to visit Ukraine as French EU presidency draws to a close

French president Emmanuel Macron is coming under increasing pressure to visit Ukraine before France's tenure at the helm of the European presidency comes to an end. The calls come as US president Joe Biden has promised Kyiv advanced rocket systems that analysts say could turn the tide against the Russian…

Radio France Internationale

Biden says US sending medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine

The Biden administration is sending Ukraine a small number of high-tech, medium-range rocket systems

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Asharq Al-Awsat

West Promises Ukraine More, Better Arms to Fend off Russia

The US and Germany pledged to send Ukraine some of the most advanced weapons yet for shooting down aircraft and knocking out artillery as Russian forces waging a grinding offensive in the east Wednesday closed in on capturing a key city. Germany said Wednesday it will supply Ukraine with modern…

The Independent UK

Live updates | Ukraine reports battle gains and challenges

A regional governor in southern Ukraine says Russian troops are retreating and blowing up bridges to obstruct a possible Ukrainian advance

Bangkok Post

War in Ukraine: Latest developments

Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's new general mysteriously vanishes just a month after being hired

Vladimir Putin appointed General Aleksandr Dvornikov in April in an effort to rejuvenate his faltering forces before the focus shifted to Donbas - but US officials believe he may have sacked him already

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France 24

Exclusive: Embedded with the Karpatska Sich battalion in Ukraine's Donbas

The Ukrainian army is determined to slow down Russia's steady advance in the country’s eastern Donbas region as Moscow concentrates its efforts on encircling the area. Reporting from the northwestern frontline in the Donbas, FRANCE 24's Jonathan Walsh and Amar al Hameedawi followed the Karpatska Sich battalion as they fight…

Evening Standard

Joe Biden: US sending medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine

The rocket systems are part of a new $700 million tranche of security assistance for Ukraine that will be formally unveiled on Wednesday

Los Angeles Times

Russian forces close in on takeover of eastern Ukrainian province

DNIPRO, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces desperately tried to block a complete Russian takeover of one of the country’s two eastern provinces Tuesday, with Russian troops clawing out incremental gains even as European leaders agreed to a partial oil embargo aimed at starving Moscow’s mammoth war machine.

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

Los Angeles Times

Russian forces close in on takeover of eastern Ukrainian province

Los Angeles Times

Russian forces close in on takeover of eastern Ukrainian province

The Independent UK

‘We don’t know our fate’: Residents in fear of Russian advance as Putin’s missiles kill civilians

Kim Sengupta finds a city targeted by Russian missiles as Putin sets sights on eastern Ukraine

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