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Police investigating killings of 12,000 Ukrainians in war

Ukraine's national police chief says authorities are investigating the killings of more than 12,000 Ukrainians nationwide in the war Russia is waging

The Independent UK

Amid fierce fighting, Russian forces cut last Sievierodonetsk escape route

Russian forces tightened their grip on the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on Monday, a Ukrainian official said, cutting off the last routes for evacuating citizens in a scene that echoed last month's siege of the port of Mariupol.

Reuters

Under relentless Russian bombardment, Severodonetsk and other eastern Ukrainian cities are slowly dying

LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine — How does a city die? To find out, turn to Severodonetsk, at the very edge of the Ukrainian government's control on the eastern front, and currently the focal point of the fight between its soldiers and the Russians who have invaded.

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Fighting in eastern Ukraine rages as Sievierodonetsk chemical plant hit

Regional governor says Azot plant, where hundreds of civilians are taking shelter, remains under Ukrainian control

The Guardian - UK

Russia destroys bridge over Ukrainian river, cutting escape route

Russian forces have blown up a bridge linking the embattled Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk to another city across the river, cutting off a possible evacuation route for civilians, local officials said on Sunday.

Reuters

Casualty warnings as Russia said to use deadlier weapons in war

Moscow reportedly using older, deadlier missiles in fierce fighting for control of eastern Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine says it remains in control of Sievierodonetsk plant sheltering hundreds

Ukraine remains in control of the Azot chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk where hundreds of civilians are sheltering amid bitter fighting, the region's governor said on Saturday, after a Russia-backed separatist claimed 300 to 400 Ukrainian fighters were also trapped there.

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Russia-Ukraine latest: Moscow able to fight war for another year

At its current pace, Moscow has the resources to battle Ukraine forces for another year, intelligence director estimates

Al Jazeera

Moscow-backed Luhansk region in Ukraine to send 'liberated' grain to Russia -Tass

One of two breakaway eastern Ukrainian regions backed by Moscow on Thursday said it would soon start rail shipments to Russia of grain that its troops had "liberated", Tass news agency reported.

Reuters

Ukraine: What are the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics?

Pro-Russia separatist regions in Donbas declared independence from Kyiv in 2014

The Independent UK

Ukraine resists Russia in east, strikes back in north, south

Ukraine is pursuing a resilient defence and counter-offensive, but Russia is also moving to assimilate occupied regions.

Al Jazeera

Russian invasion is ‘Covid-22’ and arms are a vaccine, says Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Ukrainian president pleads for more outside help in speech at gala to honour Time’s most influential people

The Guardian - UK

Timeline: Week 15 of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Al Jazeera recaps key events in week 15 of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Breakaway Pro-Russian Forces Say They’ve Recaptured Fortified Area From Ukrainian Forces In Luhansk

The so-called Luhansk People’s Republic claims that it has recaptured a fortified area from Ukrainian forces in the eastern part of the country.

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Axios

Zelensky says fate of eastern Ukraine tied to "fierce" battle for Severodonetsk

It's the last remaining major city in the Luhansk region of the Donbas under Ukrainian control.

Reuters

Ukraine says troops holding on to Sievierodonetsk, advance in south

Ukraine said on Thursday its forces were holding their positions in intense fighting in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk and had retaken ground in the south, targetting gains in the biggest swathe of territory seized by Russia since the invasion started.

Reuters

Russian forces control most of Sievierodonetsk, are shelling twin city -official

Russian forces control most of the strategic Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk and are heavily shelling the twin city of Lysychansk, causing major damage, the governor of Luhansk region said on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK

Fight for Sievierodonetsk will decide fate of eastern Ukraine, says Zelenskiy

President says battle in key city the ‘most difficult’ since start of the war, as Donbas leaders warn Ukrainian forces have been pushed to city’s outskirts

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukrainian Forces Come under Renewed Russian Attack in Key Eastern City

Ukrainian troops holding out in the ruins of Sievierodonetsk came under renewed heavy assault on Wednesday from Russian forces who see the capture of the industrial city as key to control of the surrounding Luhansk region. In southern Ukraine, another major battleground in the war, authorities said Russian attacks on…

Evening Standard

Ukraine’s defenders cling on as Russia steps up its blitz on Severodonetsk

The MoD says Ukrainian defences are ‘holding’ in the industrial city in the Luhansk province of the eastern Donbas region

The Independent UK

Russia draws closer to capture of Ukraine's Donbas region

Russia is drawing closer to its goal of fully capturing Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories

The Guardian - UK

The Congolese student fighting with pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine

Jean Claude Sangwa took up arms in Luhansk – and his pro-Moscow views are mainstream in much of Africa

Reuters

Russia pushes Ukrainian forces to outskirts of key eastern city

Ukrainian forces pulled back to the outskirts of the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday in the face of a fierce Russian assault, the regional governor said, another big swing in momentum in one of the bloodiest battles of the war.

The Independent UK

Russia admits to sending 600 conscripts to fight in Ukraine

Conscripts were returned to Russia ‘as soon as possible’, a military prosecutor claimed

The Guardian - UK

Russian assault on Sievierodonetsk redoubled after counterattack

Non-stop street fighting and bombardments as Kremlin seeks full control of Luhansk province

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