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The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

Russia Battles to Take Railroad Hub, Surrounds Major City in East Ukraine

Russian forces in eastern Ukraine captured the center of the railway hub town of Lyman and encircled most of Sievierodonetsk city, Ukrainian officials said on Friday, as Kyiv's forces fell back in the face of Moscow's biggest advance for weeks. Ukraine said its forces still held new defensive lines in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia pounds Ukraine's Kharkiv, presses Donbas assault

Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine's second city Kharkiv on Friday reeled from a deadly onslaught of Russian shelling as Moscow pressed its offensive to capture key points in the eastern Donbas region with more bombing of residential areas.

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Zelensky accuses Russia of 'genocide' in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of carrying out a "genocide" in the eastern region of Donbas, where the city of Severodonetsk is suffering an onslaught of Russian shelling.

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Ukraine fighting to keep control of key town in Donbas

Ukrainian troops are fighting to keep control of parts of the strategic northeastern town of Lyman, the country's defence ministry said on Friday as Russia extended a relentless offensive in the Donbas region, including the Severodonetsk area where authorities say 1,500 people have died since the start of the war.…

France 24

Ukraine's Zelensky Accuses Russia of 'Genocide' in Donbas Onslaught

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of carrying out a "genocide" in the eastern region of Donbas, where the city of Severodonetsk is suffering an onslaught of Russian shelling. In his daily televised address, Zelensky condemned Moscow's brutal assault on the Donbas -- where it has redirected its forces after…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine's Zelensky accuses Russia of 'genocide' in Donbas onslaught

Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of carrying out a "genocide" in the eastern region of Donbas, where the city of Severodonetsk is suffering an onslaught of Russian shelling.

AFP

Russia 'using thermobaric warheads' as Ukraine urges NATO to supply similar weapons

Ukraine's MOD says Russia is using a TOS-1 multiple rocket launcher to strike targets with the catastrophic weaponry amid the onslaught in the Donbas and has urged NATO for similar

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Ukraine: Seven more civilians die in conflict hotspot amid Putin’s push to seize Donbas

In one district of a city in Luhansk, about 150 people have reportedly been buried in a mass grave

The Independent UK

Russians shell dozens of Ukrainian towns in fierce battle for the Donbas

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Russia shelled more than 40 towns and villages in the Donbas region, Ukrainian officials said Thursday, as Moscow intensified attacks in Ukraine’s industrial heartland and attempted to encircle key eastern cities.

Los Angeles Times

Russian forces have ‘upper hand’ in Donbas fighting, Ukrainian officials say

Governor of Luhansk says Ukrainian troops retreating in some areas, as city of Lyman reportedly captured

The Guardian - UK

‘This is a critical time’: Ukrainian soldiers pay a heavy price as they fight Russian barrage in the Donbas

Kim Sengupta speaks to some of those injured on the front line, who make clear that more weaponry from the west will help them counter Russia’s firepower

The Independent UK

The cold logic behind Russia’s crude, nihilistic tactics in Ukraine

Constant bombardment threatens to produce a stalemate that would cost Kyiv dear economically and politically, says Jack Watling of the Royal United Services Institute

The Guardian - UK

‘Nowhere is safe’: Ukrainians describe horrors of Russia invasion

The besieged eastern city of Severodonetsk is being subjected to a ‘colossal amount of shelling’ by Russian troops.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 92

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 92nd day, we take a look at the main developments.

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The Guardian - AU

Ukraine pleads for more weapons to tackle Russian onslaught in Donbas

Bombardment continues in 40 towns including the key city of Sievierodonetsk as police in Lysychansk collect bodies for mass burials

Zenger

Russian MLR Launches Volley Of Rockets Into Sky Over Ukraine

This slick footage shows a Russian BM-21 Grad daubed with a white ‘Z’ launching a volley of rockets into the sky over Ukraine and then driving away. Zenger News obtained the video from the Ministry of Defense (MoD) of the Russian Federation on Friday, May 20. The Russian MoD said…

Reuters

Donbas separatist leader calls for Russia's military operation to be accelerated - RIA

The leader of Russian-backed separatists in the breakaway Donetsk region called on Thursday for the military operation in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine to be accelerated, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.

Reuters

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.

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AFP

Russia bears down on key eastern Ukraine city

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian forces threatened to encircle a crucial eastern Ukrainian city on Wednesday as Moscow said the West must drop sanctions over its invasion to end a global food crisis.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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.

Irish Mirror

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

The Guardian - AU

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

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AFP

Russian troops aim to 'destroy everything' in Donbas: Zelensky

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian troops are advancing in eastern Ukraine, pounding key cities and aiming "to destroy everything there", President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, as Moscow signalled it was digging in for a long war against its neighbour.

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