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Ukraine evacuates civilians from Sloviansk as Russian troops advance

The evacuation of civilians from the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk continued Wednesday as Russian troops pressed towards the city in their campaign to control the Donbas region. Follow FRANCE 24’s live blog to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time, GMT+2.

France 24

Putin’s forces have made ‘genuine headway’ after capturing Lysychansk, say western officials – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

Vladimir Putin accused the West of decades of aggression towards Moscow and warned that if it wanted to attempt to beat Russia on the battlefield it was welcome to try, but this would bring tragedy for Ukraine.

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Ukraine battles to push back Russian advance in northern Donetsk

Ukraine has so far staved off any major Russian advance into the north of its Donetsk region, but pressure is intensifying with heavy shelling on the city of Sloviansk and nearby populated areas, the Ukrainian military said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war update: what we know on day 133 of the invasion

Russian forces hit targets across Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk province; governor urges 350,000 civilians to evacuate

The Guardian - UK

Russians moving into Ukraine's Donetsk, says regional governor

Russian troops are engaged in heavy fighting and making their way into Ukraine's Donetsk region after taking control of the last two towns in neighbouring Luhansk, the regional governor of Luhansk said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Russia hammers Ukraine’s Donetsk region

A day after trumpeting the fall of Luhansk, Russia has shifted attention to Donetsk in its bid to wrest control of the entire Donbas region in Ukraine’s east.

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Massive Night-Time Explosion Shows Russian Ammunition Warehouse Going Up In Smoke In Donetsk Region

Ukrainian forces reportedly hit a Russian ammunition depot in the Donetsk region at night, causing a massive explosion.

Zenger

Russian separatists seize two foreign ships in Mariupol - letters

Russian-backed separatists have seized two foreign-flagged ships in the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, saying they are now "state property", in the first such moves against commercial shipping, letters seen by Reuters showed.

Reuters

Sloviansk mayor urges residents to flee city as Russia steps up shelling

Vadim Lyakh says 40 houses hit on Monday as Moscow shifts focus to main cities in Donetsk region after fall of Lysychansk

The Guardian - UK

UK in chilling warning that Vladimir Putin’s forces will continue to ‘level cities’

In its daily dispatch from the war in Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence say the Kremlin's capture of Lysychansk will give Russia the stage to mount the second stage of its attack on Donetsk - the next move in its initial goal of "liberating" the Donbas region

Daily Mirror

‘I was born in war, I will die in war’: Trying to survive on Ukraine’s new front line

Russia’s war has now arrived in the Donetsk city of Kramatorsk, as Moscow vows to push further into Ukrainian territory. Bel Trew meets some of those living there, for whom every day is a battle for survival

The Independent UK

Fighting rages in eastern Ukraine as NATO pushes expansion

Sloviansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Fighting raged on Tuesday in and around Ukraine's eastern Donbas region as Russian troops tried to build on recent battlefield gains, while NATO pressed ahead with Finland and Sweden's momentous membership bids.

AFP

Separatist leader: Russian-backed forces head for Donetsk front - TASS

Forces of the Russian-backed Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics are moving towards the Donetsk region after Russian forces took full control of Luhansk region last week, the Russian state news agency TASS cited Donetsk People's Republic leader Denis Pushilin as saying on Tuesday.

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Russian Duma speaker: Ukraine pushing Moscow to expand its military goals - RIA

Russian parliamentary speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Tuesday that Ukraine was doing "everything" to ensure that Moscow's troops would not stop their "special military operation" at the borders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) in eastern Ukraine, the RIA Novosti agency reported.

Asharq Al-Awsat

High Cost of Russia Gains in Ukraine Could Limit New Advance

After more than four months of ferocious fighting, Russia claimed a key victory: full control over one of the two provinces in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland. But Moscow’s rout of the last remaining bulwark of Ukrainian resistance in Luhansk province came at a steep price. The critical question now is…

Daily Mirror

Defiant Darijo Srna tells Shakhtar's truth as FIFA accused of Ukraine war failure

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Shakhtar Donetsk have been a club in exile for eight years but they have kept winning and they will not allow Russia's invasion of Ukraine to stop them, insists Director of Football and club legend Darijo Srna

The Independent UK

High cost of Russia gains in Ukraine could limit new advance

After more than four months of ferocious fighting, Russia claimed full control over one of the two provinces in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland

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Ukraine war latest: Enormous price for Russia's 'victory', a Snake Island flag, and the cost of Ukraine's recovery

Russian troops dominate the last free city in a key Ukrainian region and eye other targets, while negotiations over the Black Sea ramp up, are among today's developments in the war.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Shells Ukraine’s Donetsk Region Seeking New Gains after Seizing Luhansk

Russian forces struck targets across Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on Tuesday, a day after President Vladimir Putin declared victory in the neighboring region of Luhansk after months of grueling attritional warfare in which both sides lost many men. The strikes across Donetsk, reported by regional officials and Russia's military, followed…

Reuters

Russia hammers Ukraine's Donetsk region after seizing Luhansk

Russian forces struck targets across Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on Tuesday, a day after President Vladimir Putin declared victory in the neighbouring province of Luhansk after months of gruelling attritional warfare in which both sides lost many men.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine-Russia latest updates: Donetsk governor urges evacuation

Ukraine news from July 5: Governor says mass evacuation will save lives and enable Ukraine to better fight Russians.

The Guardian - UK

Briton captured in Ukraine by Russians appeals against death sentence

Aiden Aslin, a marine in Ukrainian army, sentenced with UK citizen Shaun Pinner by proxy court in Donetsk

The Guardian - UK

Putin declares victory in Luhansk after fall of Lysychansk

Region’s governor says loss was painful and he expects Sloviansk and Bakhmut now to face heavy attack

Evening Standard

Putin declares victory in Luhansk as Ukraine faces more ‘grinding’ war

The Russian president’s declaration came as Russian forces tried to press their offensive deeper into eastern Ukraine

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