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The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

Kramatorsk station attack kills at least 50 fleeing civilians

Zelensky says attack on crowded station shows Russia is ‘an evil without limits’

The Independent UK

‘An abomination’: World reacts to deadly Kramatorsk attack

Ukraine says bombing of train station in eastern region of Donetsk killed at least 52 people, drawing global rebuke.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine Says 50 Killed in Rocket Strike on Rail Evacuation Hub

Ukraine said at least 50 people were killed on Friday and many more wounded in a rocket strike at a railway station packed with civilians fleeing the threat of a major Russian offensive in the country's east. As regional authorities scrambled to evacuate the vulnerable, European Union leaders visited Kyiv…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Ukrainian soccer club Shakhtar to start peace-themed tour

Ukrainian soccer club Shakhtar Donetsk will play a series of charity games on a government-backed “Global Tour for Peace” that will raise money for the country’s military in the war against Russia

The Independent UK

Donetsk governor says Russia fired cluster munitions at Kramatorsk rail station

The governor of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on Thursday accused Russian forces of firing cluster munitions at a rail station in the city of Kramatorsk in an attack that killed at least 39 people.

Reuters

Russian missile strike on crowded Ukraine train station kills over 30 civilians

The blast is also understood to have wounded around a further 100 people in Kramatorsk, in northern Donetsk, on Friday.

Daily Record

U.N. plans aid convoys for rebel regions of Luhansk and Donetsk

The U.N. humanitarian office (OCHA) plans aid convoys to the Ukrainian rebel regions of Luhansk and Donetsk next week as it seeks to shift aid as fighting moves east, a spokesperson told a press briefing on Friday.

Reuters

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First Thing: more than 30 people killed in Russian strike on train station in eastern Ukraine

Donetsk governor says thousands were at station when it was struck. Plus, Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to supreme court lauded as ray of hope

The Guardian - UK

Dozens of civilians killed in Russian rocket attack on train station, says Ukraine

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky condemns Kremlin and says the attack is ‘an evil without limits’

The Independent UK

Civilians flee east Ukraine, warnings of 'horrific' abuses

Severodonetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Civilians in eastern Ukraine struggled to evacuate Friday as Russia redirects its firepower, with President Volodymyr Zelensky warning of "even more horrific" devastation being uncovered around the capital.

AFP

Russia kicked off UN rights council over Ukraine abuses

Severodonetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - The United Nations suspended Russia from the Human Rights Council on Thursday, as US President Joe Biden called the atrocities continuing to emerge in Ukraine an "outrage" to humanity.

AFP

Kyiv warns of Russian attack as civilian deaths mar talks

Severodonetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine warned residents in the east of the country Thursday to take their "last chance" to flee a feared Russian assault, as outrage over civilian deaths around the capital Kyiv cast a shadow over halting negotiations to stop the six week-old conflict.

AFP

Ukrainian military says Russia likely to renew attack on Kyiv if it takes Donbas

Russia is likely to renew its attack on Kyiv if its forces succeed in taking full control of the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, the deputy chief of staff of Ukraine's ground forces said on Thursday.

Reuters

Ukraine warns of 'last chance' to flee as Russia prepares eastern attack

Severodonetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine urged its residents in the east of the country Thursday to take their "last chance" to flee mounting Russian attacks, after devastation around the capital Kyiv shocked the world.

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AFP

Civilians try to flee east Ukraine as Russia prepares attack

Severodonetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Desperate evacuation attempts from eastern Ukraine were under way Thursday as authorities warned of an imminent Russian offensive, following the devastation around Kyiv that has shocked the world.

Wales Online

Ukraine morning briefing: Mariupol’s dead put at 5,000

Eastern area of the country now braces for sustained Russian attacks

The Guardian - UK

‘She is so scared’: man who fled Mariupol fears granddaughter might be taken to Russia

Alexsandr Obedinsky received a video call from his 12-year-old granddaughter in Donetsk after two weeks of no news

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine urges civilians in east to flee ‘while opportunity still exists’

As threat builds of renewed Russian assault, deputy prime minister says authorities can not help residents who delay

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Reuters

Two civilians killed in Russian strike on Ukrainian aid distribution point - Donetsk governor

The governor of Ukraine's Donetsk region said at least two civilians were killed and five wounded on Wednesday when Russian artillery fire struck a humanitarian aid distribution point in the town of Vuhledar.

Reuters

Conscripts sent to fight by pro-Russia Donbas get little training, old rifles, poor supplies - sources

Military conscripts in the Russian-backed Donbas region have been sent into front-line combat against Ukrainian troops with no training, little food and water, and inadequate weapons, six people in the separatist province told Reuters.

Reuters

Local governor says Russia is breaking promises on humanitarian corridor for Mariupol

The governor of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on Friday accused Russia of breaking its promises in terms of allowing humanitarian aid to reach the city of Mariupol, which is encircled by Russian troops.

The Guardian - UK

Staff who work on yachts and planes of Russian oligarchs could face UK sanctions

Foreign Office also says it plans to extend sanctions to Russian-controlled territories of Donetsk and Luhansk

Reuters

Russian forces shelling settlements and using phosphorus ammunition in eastern Ukraine: governor

Russian forces are using phosphorus ammunition and shelling settlements on the front line separating Ukrainian-controlled territory from areas held by Russian-backed forces in the eastern Donetsk region, the local governor said on Wednesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UNHCR: More Than 4 Million People Have Fled Ukraine

The number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad is now 4,019,287, the United Nations' Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday. The new figure was posted on an UNHCR website. More than 2.3 million have arrived in Poland, but many have traveled onward to other countries or back into Ukraine. Aid workers say…

Reuters

Shelling in almost all frontline cities in Ukraine's Donetsk region, local governor says

Russian forces are shelling nearly all cities along the frontline separating Ukrainian government-controlled territory from areas held by Russian-backed separatists in the eastern Donetsk region, the regional Donetsk governor said on Wednesday.

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