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The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

Civilians flee eastern Ukraine in advance of a widely forecast attack – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Mariupol teeters as Russia readies eastern Ukraine onslaught

MYKOLAIV, Ukraine — With Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy telling compatriots to brace for a fateful week, Western military officials warned Monday that Russian forces will likely resort to even more brutal tactics against civilians in a looming offensive in the country’s south and east.

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine war latest updates: ‘20,000 civilians killed in Mariupol’

Ukraine news from April 12: Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boichenko says more than 20,000 civilians have been killed in the city.

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Three killed by Russian strikes in Ukraine's Donetsk region - governor

Three people were killed and eight civilians were wounded on Monday by Russian strikes on Ukraine's eastern region of Donetsk, the region's governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said in a post on the Telegram messaging app.

Reuters

Russia almost ready to launch new eastern assault -Ukraine defence ministry

Russia has nearly completed its buildup of forces for a renewed assault on Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Ukraine's defence ministry said on Monday.

Reuters

A displaced Ukrainian women’s choir sings in defiance of Putin

Dyvyna’s repertoire of 300 folk songs from Donetsk is an artistic refutation of Russia’s claims over Ukrainian culture.

Al Jazeera

Pro-Russian forces to intensify fight in eastern Ukraine

The Russian-backed breakaway Ukrainian region of Donetsk will intensify its battle against Ukrainian forces, the head of the Donetsk rebel region was quoted as saying by the RIA news agency on Monday.

Reuters

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Death toll from Kramatorsk missile strike rises to 57, Ukraine official says

The death toll from a missile strike on the train station in Ukraine's Kramatorsk has risen to 57 people, Donetsk region governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said on Sunday.

Reuters

Ukrainian soccer club Shakhtar starts peace-themed tour

Ukrainian soccer club Shakhtar Donetsk has opened a series of charity games on a government-backed “Global Tour for Peace” with a 1-0 loss at Greek league leader Olympiakos

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: US to send Kyiv ‘weapons it needs’

Ukraine news from April 10: National security adviser Jake Sullivan says the US will support Ukraine with more weapons.

Al Jazeera

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

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

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Reuters

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.

Daily Record

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.

Reuters

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

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The Independent 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’

Reuters

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.

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

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.

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