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The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

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

The Guardian - 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

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‘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 Guardian - 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.

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

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

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

Al Jazeera

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

The Independent UK

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.

Euronews

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.

International Business Times

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Poland shoots down Russian drones after repeated ‘unprecedented violation’ of its airspace

Poland's PM Tusk calls emergency meeting after Russian drones repeatedly entered Polish airspace during an attack on Ukraine overnight

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The Independent UK

These Ukrainians refused to leave their homes. Now they have no choice

Residents of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region are facing devastating conditions as evacuations continue amid ongoing conflict

Euronews

Analysis: What happened to Trump’s deadline for Russia's reality check

After summits with the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Trump said he would wait for two weeks to see if there is any progress towards peace in Ukraine. This is not the first time the US president has set a deadline for Moscow — however, he has yet to sanction…

The Conversation

Israel’s ‘double-tap’ hospital strike probably breached rules of war

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Forcing Zelensky to hand Putin Ukraine’s ‘fortress belt’ in Donetsk will lose it the war

In the recent summit talks in Alaska designed to halt the Russia-Ukraine war, Vladimir Putin demanded that Kyiv cede control of the entirety of its Donetsk oblast (region) to Russia. But this would effectively be tantamount to an acceptance of overall defeat for Ukraine.

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Al Jazeera

Russia advances in Kupiansk, rejects US push for Zelenskyy-Putin summit

Moscow’s forces extend encirclement of Ukraine’s northeastern city and pummel Kyiv with a deadly attack.

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: Water crisis in Russian-held Donetsk as canal eludes capture

Residents queueing up with bottles at tanker trucks petition Putin for help; Polish president vetoes support for Ukrainian children. What we know on day 1,280

Radio France Internationale

‘Hope always endured’: Ukrainian women released from Russian prison speak out

Large-scale prisoner exchanges have been the only tangible result of three rounds of talks between Russia and Ukraine, between May and July – with the most recent taking place on Sunday. Three civilian women from the Donetsk region who were released on 14 August testified to the torture they endured…

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: Russia claims capture of two more villages in push towards key military hub

Fall of villages in Donetsk region would mark further advance towards strategic city of Kramatorsk; South Africa adds to calls for Zelenskyy-Putin summit. What we know on day 1,278

International Business Times

Russia Claims More Ukraine Land As Hopes For Summit Fade

Russia on Saturday said its forces had taken two villages in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, increasing the military pressure as world leaders struggle to broker an end to the conflict.

The Guardian - UK

‘These are Ukrainian lands’: people in Donetsk pour scorn on Putin’s territorial demands

In Kramatorsk, 12 miles from the frontline, daily life goes on amid the constant threat of attacks

Euronews

More than a million people in Ukraine require evacuation from frontline areas, officials say

Over one million people in Ukraine need evacuation amid heavy Russian shelling and military assaults in the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions in Eastern Ukraine.

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