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Russia claims it has captured the pivotal city of Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine

Russian forces are strengthening their positions in a grueling fight to capture the last stronghold of resistance in eastern Ukraine's Luhansk province, the region's governor said Sunday.

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Russians press assault on eastern Ukrainian city

Russian forces pounded the city of Lysychansk and its surroundings in an all-out attempt to seize the last stronghold of resistance in eastern Ukraine's Luhansk province, the governor said Saturday.

WEKU

Governor: Russians gaining foothold in pivotal Ukraine city

Russian forces are strengthening their positions in a grueling fight to capture the last stronghold of resistance in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk province, according to the region’s governor

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Ukrainian forces retreat from Lysychansk as Russia claims strategic city – as it happened

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Russia claims control of eastern province as Ukrainian forces retreat from Lysychansk

Russia’s defence ministry said Sunday that Moscow’s forces have achieved the “liberation” of the eastern Luhansk province and taken “full control” of the city of Lysychansk. The mayor of Sloviansk in Ukraine’s neighbouring Donetsk province said it was hit by shelling on Sunday, and that “many” people were dead and…

France 24

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 130 of the invasion

Russia claims to have taken full control of Lysychansk; blasts in Russian city near Ukrainian border

The Guardian - AU

Zelenskiy vows to regain Lysychansk after Ukrainian withdrawal

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday acknowledged Kyiv's forces had withdrawn from Lysychansk in the eastern Donbas region after a grinding Russian assault, but vowed to regain control over the area with the help of long-range Western weapons.

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Russian forces increase assault on Ukrainian city of Lysychansk

Spokesperson claims they have ‘completely’ encircled last stronghold in Luhansk region

The Guardian - UK

Russia continuing to make ‘minor’ advances but suffering ‘dwindling stockpiles’ of modern weapons

The report came after deadly missile strikes near Odesa

Evening Standard

Russians Press Assault on Eastern Ukrainian City

Russian forces are pounding the city of Lysychansk and its surroundings in an all-out attempt to seize the last stronghold of resistance in eastern Ukraine's Luhansk province, the governor said Saturday. Ukrainian fighters have spent weeks trying to defend the city and to keep it from falling to Russia, as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russians press assault on eastern Ukrainian city

Russian forces are pounding the city of Lysychansk and its surroundings in an all-out attempt to seize the last stronghold of resistance in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk province

The Independent UK

Timeline: Week 18 of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Al Jazeera recaps key events in week 18 of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Russian missile strikes near Ukraine's Odesa kill 21

(This July 1 story refiles to correct attribution in par 11)

Reuters

A new ‘iron curtain’ is descending between Russia and the west, Russia’s foreign minister says – as it happened

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Russians Fight to Encircle Ukraine’s Last Eastern Stronghold

Russian forces battled Wednesday to surround the Ukrainian military’s last stronghold in a long-contested eastern province, as shock reverberated from a Russian airstrike on a shopping mall that killed at least 18 in the center of the country two days earlier. Moscow’s battle to wrest the entire Donbas region from…

Reuters

NATO backs military aid for 'heroic' Ukraine, Russia steps up attacks

NATO on Wednesday branded Russia the biggest "direct threat" to Western security after its invasion of Ukraine and agreed plans to modernise Kyiv's beleaguered armed forces, saying it stood fully behind Ukrainians' "heroic defence of their country".

The Independent UK

Russian missile strike hits crowded shopping mall in Ukraine

Rescuers are searching through charred rubble of a shopping mall for more victims of a Russian missile strike that has killed at least 18 and wounded scores of others in a Ukrainian city

Reuters

Dozens missing after Russian missile strike on mall kills 18

Firefighters on Tuesday searched the rubble of a Ukrainian shopping mall in the central city of Kremenchuk where authorities said 36 people were missing after a Russian missile strike that killed at least 18.

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Eight killed, 21 wounded in Russian missile attack on Lysychansk - local governor

At least eight civilians were killed and 21 wounded in Russian missile attack on Lysychansk on Monday, Serhiy Gaidai, governor of the Luhansk region said on the Telegram messaging app.

Manchester Evening News

"Unimaginable" numbers of people feared dead or injured after Russian rocket strike hits shopping centre in Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the number of victims was “unimaginable”

The Independent UK

Russia 'pouring fire' on Ukrainian city as offensive mounts

The governor of Ukraine's Luhansk region says Russia is mounting an all-out assault on the last Ukrainian stronghold in the eastern region, “pouring fire” from the ground and air

Reuters

Regional governor urges civilians to evacuate Ukrainian city of Lysychansk

Regional authorities urged civilians on Monday to urgently evacuate the eastern Ukrainian city of Lysychansk which is being attacked by Russian forces.

Al Jazeera

Q&A: Ukraine’s Haidai on the battle for Severodonetsk, Lysychansk

Serhiy Haidai speaks to Al Jazeera about the fall of Severodonetsk and the ongoing battles in Lysychansk.

Reuters

Missiles strike Ukraine shopping mall; G7 vows to keep pressure on Russia

Russian missiles struck a crowded shopping mall in central Ukraine on Monday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as Moscow fought for control of a key eastern city and Western leaders promised to support Kyiv in the war "as long as it takes".

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Strikes Kyiv as Western Leaders Meet in Europe

Russian missiles hit the Ukrainian capital early Sunday, striking at least two residential buildings and killing one person, the mayor of Kyiv said. The attack came as Western leaders meeting in Europe this week prepared to reaffirm their support for Ukraine and condemnation of Russia. Associated Press journalists in Kyiv…

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