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The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin’s troops exploit bad weather to step up assault in Pokrovsk

Russia is taking advantage of bad weather to advance in small groups, moving on foot or motorcycles

The Independent UK

Ukrainian forces hold ground in Pokrovsk amid intense Russian assault

After more than a year of an all-in Russian offensive, the battle for Pokrovsk has intensified over the past few days, with Moscow troops reportedly infiltrating and trying to encircle what remains of the city after the fiercest fighting in recent times.

Euronews

Fears Pokrovsk will fall ‘within weeks’ as Ukraine sends in its elite units

Russian President Vladimir Putin claims his forces are on the cusp of winning

The Independent UK

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Moscow inches closer to forcing more Ukrainians from occupied territories to fight for Russia

Moscow has now claimed to have included parts of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions into Russia’s Southern Military District, as it moves closer to formalising the forced conscription of Ukrainians in the temporarily occupied territories.

Euronews

Satellite images show scale of destruction in Pokrovsk as Russia pushes to take key Ukrainian city

Pokrovsk, seen as the gateway to the Donetsk region, has been devastated by more than a year of intense fighting

The Independent UK

Russia stands to gain very little from the bloody battle for Pokrovsk

ANALYSIS: Recently returned from the front lines near Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, world affairs editor Sam Kiley explains that Russian claims they’ve encircled Ukrainian forces are bogus

The Independent UK

Can Ukraine Save Pokrovsk? Elite Troops Deployed as Russian Siege Tightens

Ukraine has reportedly sent its elite special-operations forces to Pokrovsk in a desperate attempt to stop Russia's invasion.

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Russia deploys 170,000 troops for push in Ukraine's Donetsk region, Zelenskyy says

Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently claimed that Russian forces are making significant advances on the battlefield, though their progress has been slow and costly in troops and weapons.

Euronews

Zelensky says Russia has deployed 170,000 troops in push for Pokrovsk

Zelensky says Russia has deployed 170,000 troops in Ukraine's eastern region

The Independent UK

Gun and drone street battles rage in key city of Pokrovsk infiltrated by 200 Russian soldiers, says Ukraine

Kyiv is rushing troops to strengthen its positions in the strategic eastern city

Evening Standard

Ukraine mourns two journalists after a deadly Russian drone strike claimed their lives

Around 100 people have gathered at a church in Kyiv to honor two Ukrainian journalists killed by a Russian drone strike

The Independent UK

Is Trump's Ukraine Deal Dead on Arrival? Kremlin Says 'Russia's Stance Doesn't Change' and Demands Donetsk Surrender

Russia says their position on the surrender of a Ukrainian territory remains the same as the US leader pushes for frontlines to keep the parts they currently control.

International Business Times UK

Russia inflicts terror on Ukrainian soil while Trump toys with Zelensky over giving up land

NEWS ANALYSIS: Donald Trump suggests Ukraine should give up Donetsk province or risk being ‘destroyed’ by Vladimir Putin. He is wrong. Russia is making brutal, but only incremental, advances at an immense cost, reports world affairs editor Sam Kiley from Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine

The Independent UK

‘Our job is to maximise their losses’: how Ukraine’s forces attempt to claw back against Russian advances

Along Donetsk’s frontline, a small counteroffensive by Ukrainian troops aims to help change perceptions about the war among Kyiv’s western allies

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The Independent UK

Ukraine's Donetsk region seen as Russia’s gateway, not the ultimate prize in war

For more than a decade, Russian aggression has made Ukraine’s Donetsk region synonymous with war

The Guardian - UK

‘You have to live’: Ukrainians on frontline practise normality despite Russian bombings

In once-occupied Sloviansk, war has become so routine that nobody pays attention to air-raid sirens

The Independent UK

Can Ukraine regain all the land lost to Russia? Maps show huge scale of task despite Trump’s call to ‘fight and win’

IN DEPTH: The US president has suggested Ukraine is in a position of strength as Russia is in ‘big economic trouble’. But experts tell Alex Croft that Kyiv will need support on the ground to reclaim occupied territory

The Independent UK

Ukraine to face new gruelling test as Russia intensifies Donetsk campaign

Ukraine is gearing up for a new test from Russia as Vladimir Putin’s forces ramp up their campaign to seize Donetsk’s fortress belt.

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The Independent UK

Ukraine faces a new test as Russia steps up its drive to seize Donetsk’s fortress belt

Ukraine's armed forces face a challenging fall as Russia intensifies efforts to seize the eastern Donetsk region

Al Jazeera

Russia’s Putin hails war advances; Ukraine retakes parts of Donetsk

Ukrainian defenders foiled Russian attacks but warn they are preparing for new assaults.

The Independent UK

Movie project aims to tell story of Ukraine soccer club Shakhtar during Russian invasion

A film screenplay is being written about Ukrainian soccer club Shakhtar Donetsk’s 2022 season during Russia’s full military invasion of its home Donbas region

The Independent UK

Despair and destruction: Civilians in Ukraine's eastern strongholds struggle as Russia advances

The Russian advance into the Donetsk region has intensified, leaving Ukrainian cities like Kostiantynivka in dire conditions

The Independent UK

At least 24 dead after Russia air strike kills Ukrainians collecting their pensions

The bomb hit the Donetsk region village of Yarova at around 11 a.m. local time, authorities said

Euronews

Zelenskyy slams 'brutal' Russian strike that killed 21 pensioners in Donetsk

With US-led peace efforts making no headway in recent months, Russia has escalated its aerial barrages on Ukraine.

International Business Times

At Least 20 Killed In Russian Strike On East Ukraine: Zelensky

A Russian strike on Tuesday in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region killed at least 20 people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a social media post, the latest massive deadly strike amid stalled peace efforts.

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