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The Latest Breaking News from Kramatorsk

Key eastern Ukrainian city teeters in a battle of ‘simply terrifying’ cost

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russian forces appeared Tuesday to tighten their chokehold on a strategic eastern city that has become the scene of one of the Ukraine war’s bloodiest battles, as fears mounted over the fate of hundreds of civilians trapped in an artillery-pounded industrial zone.

Los Angeles Times

Momentum shifts in Ukraine war as Russia advances in the Donbas

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Haggard faces stare blankly from inside minivans ferrying survivors from towns and villages bludgeoned by Russian armor. Ukrainian ambulances carry the wounded and dead from the battlefield, sharing the road with rumbling tanks.

Los Angeles Times

At 100 Days, Russia-Ukraine War by the Numbers

One hundred days into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the war has brought the world a near-daily drumbeat of gut wrenching scenes: Civilian corpses in the streets of Bucha; a blown-up theater in Mariupol; the chaos at a Kramatorsk train station in the wake of a Russian missile strike. Those images…

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Russia trying to capture key Donetsk cities: governor

Russian forces in Ukraine's east are attempting to advance south towards the key Ukrainian-held cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, the local region's governor said on Thursday.

Reuters

A 'terrible nightmare': Treating Ukraine's wounded civilians

Across eastern Ukraine, hospitals in cities and towns near the front lines of Russia's war are increasingly coming under pressure

The Independent UK

Macron and Germany’s Scholz urge Putin to hold ‘direct negotiations’ with Zelensky

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold “serious direct negotiations” with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to find “a diplomatic solution to the conflict” during a phone call Saturday, the chancellor’s office said. Putin told the two leaders that increasing arms supplies…

France 24

AP PHOTOS: In Ukraine, living in fear of death from above

A black-and-white wedding photo lay among wood scraps and other debris in the aftermath of an airstrike in Kramatorsk, testament to happier times.

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Scars of war seem to be everywhere in Ukraine after 3 months

No matter where Ukrainians live, the 3-month-old war never seems to be far away

The Independent UK

Turkey says it is ready to discuss NATO membership with Finland, Sweden

Turkey voiced readiness Saturday to discuss Finland and Sweden's plans to join NATO, despite accusing them of habouring "terrorist organisations". "A big majority of the Turkish people are against the membership of those countries who are supporting PKK terrorist organization ... but these are the issues that we need to…

France 24

Hit Or Missile: Ukrainian Ammo Dump Wiped Out By Cruise Strike

Zenger News obtained a video of the attack from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Russian Federation on Friday, May 6.

Zenger

Russia says it destroyed large ammunition depot in east Ukraine

Russia's defence ministry said on Friday that its missiles destroyed a large ammunition depot in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk.

Reuters

Live updates | UK: Russia will push to capture 2 more cities

The British military believes Russia will make a push to try to seize the cities of Kramatorsk and Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine

The Independent UK

Debate: In Ukraine, the West cannot allow itself to sleepwalk into another Syrian catastrophe

It has been said over and over again: the war crimes, or – to take the view of US president Biden – crimes against humanity or genocide committed by the Russian regime in Ukraine, resemble those perpetrated in Syria since 2015 and in Chechnya in 1999-2000. Be it in Mariupol,…

The Conversation

Angelina Jolie Makes Surprise Ukraine Visit, Meets Children

Hollywood actress and UN humanitarian Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, the Lviv regional governor said on Telegram. According to Maksym Kozytskyy, Jolie — who has been a UNHCR Special Envoy for Refugees since 2011 — had come to speak with…

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Experts say Russian attacks on train stations were about demonstrating power as much as disrupting Ukraine's war effort

A retired NATO commander says Russia's precision strikes against rail targets far away from its focus in eastern Ukraine do have strategic aims but are also a message to civilians trying to reach safety.

Los Angeles Times

Zelenskyy meets with US delegation as Ukrainians mark a somber Orthodox Easter

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — With fighting raging in the eastern and southern parts of the country, Ukrainians marked a somber Orthodox Easter on Sunday as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the most senior U.S. delegation to arrive in the capital since the war erupted two months ago.

Los Angeles Times

Ukrainians mark a somber Orthodox Easter

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — With fighting raging in the eastern and southern parts of the country, Ukrainians marked a somber Orthodox Easter on Sunday ahead of a planned visit by the most senior U.S. officials to arrive in the capital since the war erupted two months ago.

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine fends off Russian attacks as Mariupol, Odesa take pounding. Top US officials to arrive

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russian and Ukrainian troops faced off Saturday along a 300-mile battlefront in the country’s east, where Ukraine said it beat back numerous attacks but faced renewed shelling in the crippled city of Mariupol, the Black Sea port of Odesa and beyond.

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Ukraine largely fends off Russian attacks in the east, says Mariupol remains contested

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russian and Ukrainian troops faced off Saturday along a 300-mile battlefront in the country’s east, where the Ukrainian military said its forces had beaten back more than half a dozen separate attacks. But punishing shellfire forced defenders to regroup in some areas.

Reuters

Russian forces advancing from staging areas in Donbas towards Kramatorsk, UK military says

Russian forces are advancing from staging areas in Donbas towards Kramatorsk, which continues to be hit by rocket attacks, a British military update said on Thursday.

Los Angeles Times

New surrender ultimatum in Mariupol as attacks intensify in east Ukraine

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russia delivered what it said was a last-chance surrender ultimatum Wednesday to Ukrainian forces in the besieged port of Mariupol, whose desperate defenders, pleading for international help, declared that they were “probably facing our last days, if not hours.”

Bangkok Post

Ukraine gets warplanes as Mariupol warns facing 'last days'

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine: Ukraine received fighter jets to help resist the Russian invasion, as Moscow intensified its offensive in the east where a besieged officer in Mariupol warned Wednesday his forces were facing their "last days, if not hours".

Los Angeles Times

Russia intensifies its assault with fresh strikes on eastern Ukraine

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Determined to seize control of Ukraine’s industrial heartland, Russia on Tuesday intensified its assaults across the country’s east while keeping up the bombardment of Ukrainian forces in the besieged southern port of Mariupol.

Los Angeles Times

Fresh strikes rock eastern Ukraine as Russia intensifies its assault

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Determined to seize control of Ukraine’s industrial heartland, Russia on Tuesday intensified its assaults across the country’s east, and again gave a fruitless surrender ultimatum to Ukrainian forces in the besieged southern port of Mariupol.

The Guardian - UK

Police scout for pro-Russia collaborators in eastern Ukraine

Officers in Donetsk say spies pass on coordinates or photographs of targets via Telegram in exchange for cash

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