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As the fight for the Donbas region intensifies, Ukraine's President says it will be remembered as "one of the most brutal battles" in European history.

Volodymyr Zelensky has said the battle for Severodonetsk is “terrifying”.

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

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Vladimir Putin compares his actions in Ukraine to conquests of Peter the Great; Zelenskiy says Ukraine ‘holding on’ to key frontline cities in Donbas

LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine — The fate of Ukraine’s entire Donbas region hinges on the strategic city of Severodonetsk, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned overnight, as he called on defenders to push back against Russian advances that have increasingly darkened the outlook for the eastern part of his embattled country.

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

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

Russia’s defense ministry says it used air-launched missiles to destroy a military base in central Ukraine where foreign fighters allegedly were being trained