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Russian forces edge closer to encircling Ukraine troops in east

Advancing Russian forces came closer to surrounding Ukrainian troops in the east, briefly seizing positions on the last highway out of a crucial pair of Ukrainian-held cities before being beaten back, a Ukrainian official said on Thursday.

Reuters

Russian Assault Targets Key Towns in Eastern Ukraine

Russian forces on Wednesday pounded the easternmost Ukrainian-held city in the Donbas region that is now the focus of the three-month war, threatening to shut off the last main escape route for civilians trapped in the path of their advance. After failing to seize Ukraine's capital Kyiv or its second…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian assault on eastern Ukraine threatens to encircle Sievierodonetsk

Zelenskiy calls situation in Donbas ‘extremely difficult’ as Russia tries to carve up Ukrainian-held territory

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Putin launches ‘insane’ onslaught on Ukraine’s Donbas region

Vladimir Putin’s forces have launched an “insane” onslaught in the Donbas, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Ukraine: Russian shelling ‘kills six civilians’ and wounds eight more in Donbas region

Another eight people were wounded in the shelling of the town of Sievierodonetsk

Irish Mirror

Nato ‘doing literally nothing’ to stop Russia, says Kyiv – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Russia seeks to put stranglehold on twin Ukrainian cities

Russian forces sought to encircle Ukrainian troops in twin eastern cities straddling a river as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Moscow was seeking to destroy the industrial Donbas region where it has focused its attacks.

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'Ruthless' Russian invasion of Donbas region is 'largest one since WW2', minister warns

Ukraine's Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba has urged the country's allies to speed up the supply of weapons and ammunition as the Russian invasion in the Donbas region continues

Daily Mirror

Russia-Ukraine war: 200 bodies found under the rubble in Mariupol

Workers found 200 bodies in the basement of a destroyed apartment building in Mariupol, Ukrainian authorities say.

Al Jazeera

Russia launches all-out assault to encircle Ukraine troops in east

Moscow is attempting to seize the Donbas region of two eastern provinces, Donetsk and Luhansk

The Independent UK

Two hundred rotting corpses found in Mariupol basement as war rages in east

The bodies were decomposing and a stench permeated the neighbourhood

The Independent UK

How Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has gone so badly wrong

What appeared as a very nasty regional conflict is now part of a powder trail to potential global cataclysm

Evening Standard

Russian troops move to encircle strategic city in eastern Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine — As the conflict in Ukraine enters its fourth month, Russian troops appear to be on the cusp of a breakthrough in the disputed Donbas region, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warning of difficult weeks ahead and accusing Moscow of waging “total war” against his country.

Los Angeles Times

Too late to evacuate civilians in face of Russian attack, says Luhansk official

Sievierodonetsk under intense bombardment and surrounded on three sides by Russian forces

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine’s President Accuses Russia of Waging ‘Total War’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of waging "total war," seeking to inflict as much death and destruction as possible as in three months of conflict, as fighting raged Tuesday in the eastern Donbas region. Russian forces have intensified efforts to encircle and capture Sievierodonetsk and neighboring cities, the only…

Axios

In photos: Ukraine after 90 days of Russian military attacks

Russia's military didn't expect the invasion to last this long when it launched its assault on Ukraine Feb. 24.

Evening Standard

Putin’s attempt to encircle Ukrainian forces in Donbas hits ‘strong resistance’

Vladimir Putin’s attempt to encircle Ukrainian forces in an area of the Donbas has hit “strong resistance,” British defence chiefs said on Tuesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Intensifies Donbas Offensive as War Enters Fourth Month

Russian forces on Tuesday stepped up their offensive on the last pocket of resistance around Lugansk in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, as the conflict entered its fourth month. Since Moscow's invasion in late February, Western support has helped Ukraine hold off its neighbor's advances in many areas -- including the…

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Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin ‘trying to change law to recruit over-40s into army’ amid heavy Russian losses in Ukraine

Western officials say the Kremlin is ‘pushing through’ legislation that will allow men over the age of 40 to sign up to the military

The Guardian - UK

Up to 100 Ukraine troops could be dying in Donbas each day, says Zelenskiy

President gives insight into country’s casualties, as Luhansk governor says Russia using ‘scorched-earth’ tactics

Bangkok Post

War in Ukraine: Latest developments

KYIV, Ukraine: Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:

Al Jazeera

Russia using ‘scorched earth’ tactics in Donbas, Ukraine says

Luhansk governor accuses Russia of indiscriminately shelling Severodonetsk, which has only one working hospital left.

Reuters

Russia pounds eastern Ukraine as battle for Donbas deepens

Russia pounded dozens of targets in eastern Ukraine with airstrikes and artillery as ground forces attempted to encircle the Donbas city of Sievierodonetsk, the Russian Defence Ministry said.

The Guardian - AU

Zelenskiy says Putin is the only Russian official he is willing to meet with to discuss how to end the war – as it happened

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France 24

Ukraine says investigating some 13,000 alleged Russian war crimes

Ukraine is probing about 13,000 cases of alleged Russian war crimes, Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said Monday. Some 20 countries including Italy, Greece and Denmark announced new security assistance packages for Kyiv during a virtual meeting with allies, according to US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin. Read our live blog to…

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