The Latest Breaking News from Luhansk

Al Jazeera recaps key events in week 13 of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

A regional governor in eastern Ukraine says that at least six civilians have been killed by the latest Russian shelling in a town at the epicenter of fighting three months into the war. Luhansk region Gov. Serhiy Haidai said Wednesday that another eight people have been wounded in the shelling…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of waging "total war," seeking to inflict as much death and destruction as possible as in three months of conflict, as fighting raged Tuesday in the eastern Donbas region. Russian forces have intensified efforts to encircle and capture Sievierodonetsk and neighboring cities, the only…

President gives insight into country’s casualties, as Luhansk governor says Russia using ‘scorched-earth’ tactics

Luhansk governor accuses Russia of indiscriminately shelling Severodonetsk, which has only one working hospital left.

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Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or any territorial concessions to Moscow as Russia stepped up its attack in the eastern and southern parts of the country, pounding the Donbas and Mykolaiv regions with air strikes and artillery fire.

An end to the conflict can only be reached ‘at the negotiating table’, the Ukrainian president says

Russia strikes Ukraine’s east and south, pounding the Donbas and Mykolaiv regions with air attacks and artillery fire.