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Ukraine’s Donbas ‘Destroyed’ as Russian Artillery and Aircraft Step up Strikes

Russian forces have bombarded areas of Ukraine's eastern Donbas from land and air, killing at least 13 civilians, Ukraine's military said on Friday, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the assaults had turned the region into "hell". As the war neared the three-month mark, the Russians were intensifying their efforts to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia ‘takes control of Azovstal steel plant’; gas supply to Finland to be cut – as it happened

Plant was last part of Mariupol in Ukrainian hands; Gazprom will suspend gas sales to Finland from Saturday. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 86 of the invasion

Intense fighting reported around Severodonetsk in the Donbas; Russia plans to change law to scrap age limit for soldiers

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Ukraine President Zelensky says Donbas has been 'completely destroyed'

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Ukraine's leader on Thursday

Wales Online

Ukraine latest: Ukraine says Donbas region completely destroyed, US supports Nordic push to join NATO

Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Russian forces of attempting to kill as many Ukrainians and do as much damage as possible, repeating his charge that Russia was carrying out a genocide.

ABC News

‘It is hell there’: Ukraine’s Donbas ‘completely destroyed’ by relentless bombardment, Zelensky says

President accuses Moscow of carrying out ‘senseless bombardment’ in east of country

The Independent UK

Siege ends at Ukraine's Mariupol steelworks, Russia seeks control of Donbas

The last Ukrainian forces holed up in Mariupol's smashed Azovstal steelworks surrendered on Friday, Russia's defense ministry said, ending the most destructive siege of the war as Moscow fought to cement control over the Donbas region.

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy says Donbas region has been completely destroyed

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday said Russian forces had "completely destroyed" the industrial Donbas region and accused Moscow of carrying out senseless bombardments as it intensified its offensive.

Reuters

On the front lines in Donbas: One Ukrainian soldier's story

"I know that hell exists, and it is here."

Axios

Putin unleashes ‘Terminator’ tanks in Ukraine’s Donbas amid Russian military setbacks

Terminators can engage multiple targets at once and on different heights

The Independent UK

G7 pledges billions for Ukraine 'to get through this'

The Group of Seven agreed on Thursday to provide Ukraine with $18.4 billion to pay its bills, funds that Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said would speed up Kyiv's victory over Russia and which were just as important as "the weapons you provide".

Reuters

VIDEO: War In Ukraine: Russia Blitzes Ukrainian Targets With Deadly Orlan 10 Drones

This is the moment a Russian ‘Orlan-10’ drone takes to the sky and drops bombs on a target in the Donbas region.

Zenger

A member of Ukraine's parliament now trains a recon and sabotage unit to fight Russia

Col. Roman Kostenko, a Ukrainian lawmaker, has built a reconnaissance and sabotage team to target Russian forces. His ultimate goal: free his family village from Russian control.

WEKU

Desperate Vladimir Putin finally deploys 'Terminator tanks' in Ukraine for first time

The 'Terminator tanks' were first brought within just a few miles of the Ukrainian border only days before the invasion began but it has taken until now for them to be deployed

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Daily Mirror

Moment terrifying Russian ‘Orlan-10’ drone takes to the sky and drops bombs on Donbas

The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) claims the Orlan-10 drone is used to help civilians being used as human shields - while also carrying out reconnaissance missions to find Ukrainian weapons depots to target

Reuters

Putin takes Mariupol, but wider Donbas victory slipping from reach

Even as the Kremlin prepares to take full control of the ruins of Mariupol city, it faces the growing prospect of defeat in its bid to conquer all of Ukraine's eastern Donbas because its badly mauled forces lack the manpower for significant advances.

ABC News

Vladimir Putin's war has not gone to plan. Here are Russia's three biggest failures in Ukraine so far

From the battle for Snake Island to a spate of military general deaths and the devastating loss of a battalion crossing a river, Russia's mistakes on the battlefield have left Vladimir Putin in an embarrassing position.

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin is micro-managing Ukraine war ‘at level of low-ranking colonel’ — report

Putin said to be directly involved in moves in Donbas, where Russia is suffering major military setbacks, that would normally be decided by an officer in charge of 700 soldiers

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Russian tank destroyed as bungling drivers ignore wreckage to drive through minefield

A 13-second clip is claimed to show two BMP-2 IFV tanks put out of action during Vladimir Putin's assault on Donbas, as Ukraine claims Russian forces have lost more than 2,200 tanks since the invasion started

Los Angeles Times

Ending weeks of standoff, Russia takes key port but sees setbacks elsewhere

LVIV, Ukraine — After weeks of Russian bombardment, a band of Ukrainian soldiers fighting from a battered Mariupol steel plant ended combat operations on Monday, giving Moscow full control of a strategic port city that has been turned into a ruin of empty buildings and mass graves.

The Guardian - UK

Putin involved in war ‘at level of colonel or brigadier’, say western sources

President helping determine movement of Russian soldiers, say sources, as head of UK armed forces says Ukraine is winning

Los Angeles Times

Russia warns Finland and Sweden over NATO as strikes pummel east Ukraine

LVIV, Ukraine — Russia on Monday warned Finland and Sweden that plans to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization were a "grave mistake," as Moscow's forces stepped up attacks in eastern and southern Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

Russia shells frontline positions as fighting focuses on Donbas city

Luhansk governor says hospital hit in Severodonetsk and that Ukrainian forces repelled 17 attacks on Sunday

Radio France Internationale

Ukrainian forces prepare for major Russian offensive push in Donbas

Ukraine was on Monday preparing for a new Russian push in the eastern Donbas region, as Kyiv said its army's counterattack around the north-eastern city of Kharkiv had gained momentum.

Evening Standard

Ukrainian forces reach Russian border in counter-attack

Ukraine’s forces have captured large swathes of territory but are bracing for a fresh Russian offensive

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