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Moscow fumes over Lithuania rail ban to Russian region

(This June 21 story corrects in paragraph 4 to show gas flows via Ukraine and Nord Stream 1 pipeline have fallen, removes reference to Russia cutting flows via Ukraine as act of retaliation)

Reuters

Ukrainian missiles hit Black Sea gas platforms, say Russian officials

Reports of strikes come as Russia’s forces said to be gathering for final assault on Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk

The Guardian - UK

Moment Ukrainian Soldiers Shoot Down Massive Russian Helicopter Gunship

This is the moment Ukrainian soldiers reportedly shoot down a massive Russian helicopter gunship.

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Ukraine latest updates: Russians at Severodonetsk industry zone

Ukraine news from June 20: Russian troops enter Severodonetsk industrial zone, according to Luhansk’s regional governor.

Al Jazeera

Four months into war, more Ukrainians decide to flee besieged areas

Four months into the Russian invasion on Ukraine, Lilya, a 22-year-old mother from the eastern city of Bakhmut, decided the time has come to leave the beleaguered region.

Reuters

Russia advances in battle for key eastern Ukraine city

Moscow claims its forces have taken control of a village near the industrial city of Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war could last for years, say western leaders

Nato secretary general says Kyiv will need long-term military support as Russia masses reserves outside Sievierodonetsk

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Ukraine’s forces remain on the defensive in the eastern Donbas region – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 116 of the invasion

Nato chief warns war could last years; Russia sends many reservists to Sievierodonetsk battle, says regional governor

The Guardian - AU

Shelling traps 77 miners in Donetsk region - RIA, citing separatists

Shelling has trapped 77 miners in a coal mine in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine after power to the mine was cut off, Russia's state RIA news agency reported on Saturday.

Reuters

Moscow’s war in Ukraine could take years, Stoltenberg says –as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Russian helicopter blasted by Ukrainian missile before crashing in huge fireball

The Russian chopper burst into a ball of flames after being struck by a Ukrainian missile in an area just inside the region of Donetsk, on the border with Zaporizhzhia

Daily Mirror

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Ukraine holds Sievierodonetsk as battle for Donbas enters critical phase; the Russians rejecting Putin and fighting for Kyiv

The Guardian - AU

Russian TV claims UK fighters in Ukraine will be 'executed with British guns and bullets'

Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner have been sentenced to death by a court in separatist Donetsk People's Republic, with their firng squad said to be aimed with British weaponry and bullets

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The Guardian - UK

UK aims sanctions at Russians accused of abducting Ukrainian children

Maria Lvova-Belova accused by Ukraine of organising capture of vulnerable children in Luhansk and Donetsk

Zenger

Pro-Russia Separatists Say Ukrainian Forces Shelled Market In Donetsk Killing Five People

These images purport to show the aftermath of a Ukrainian strike on a market in Ukraine’s eastern separatist Donetsk region as the war rages on in the area.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Up to 1,200 Civilians May Be in Plant in Eye of Ukraine Battle, Separatist Says

Up to 1,200 civilians may be holed up in the shelters of the Azot chemical plant in the eastern Ukrainian city where one of the fiercest battles of the war has been raging between Russian and Ukrainian forces, a Russian-backed separatist said. Russian forces are trying to grind down Ukrainian…

Evening Standard

Ukrainian soldiers holed up in chemical plant ‘resisting Russian onslaught on three fronts’

More than 500 civilians are trapped inside the Azot factory where Ukrainian troops have resisted weeks of Russian bombardment

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Reuters

Ukraine ignores Sievierodonetsk ultimatum, urges faster arms deliveries

Ukraine ignored a Russian ultimatum to surrender the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday as the United States announced more weapons for Kyiv, which warned that arms deliveries were taking too long.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russians Control 80% of Contested City in Eastern Ukraine

Russian troops control about 80% of the fiercely contested eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk and have destroyed all three bridges leading out of it but Ukrainian authorities are still trying to evacuate the wounded, a regional official said Tuesday. Serhiy Haidai, governor of the eastern Luhansk region, acknowledged that a…

The Independent UK

‘Scorched earth’: Russian forces push back Ukrainians in battle for key city

Battle for Sievierodonetsk is one of ‘most brutal’ seen in Europe, says Ukrainian president

Daily Mirror

Where is Sievierodonetsk in Ukraine as Zelensky labels Putin's battle 'most brutal'

Volodymyr Zelensky has released a passionate plea for military equipment in the battle to fight Vladimir Putin's forces in the east of Ukraine, as he labels fighting in Sievierodonetsk one of 'most brutal battles in Europe'

The Guardian - UK

Sievierodonetsk evacuation continues despite loss of main bridges

Civilians evacuated in ‘quiet’ moments as Russia shifts bulk of military efforts to capturing city

Al Jazeera

Civilians trapped in Severodonetsk as Russia destroys last bridge

Ukrainian officials say all routes to evacuate thousands of civilians from the embattled key city have been cut off.

Axios

Evacuations "impossible" after all 3 bridges to key Ukrainian city Severodonetsk destroyed

Fresh humanitarian supplies are also no longer possible in the epicenter for the battle of the Donbas.

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