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Trial by fire: Ukraine war becomes gruelling artillery duel

As troops in mazes of trenches pound each other with shells, the terror of war draws closer to the city of Sloviansk

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2022

Odesa pounded by multiple missiles as Russia hits Ukraine’s ports

ZHYTOMYR, Ukraine — Russia’s ambitions to overtake southern Ukraine appeared to grow Tuesday as authorities reported the use of hypersonic missiles on the Black Sea city of Odesa and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on world powers to break a Russian blockade of his nation’s ports.

Los Angeles Times · May 10, 2022

Defiant Putin defends invasion of Ukraine as US expedites military aid

KYIV, Ukraine — With international pressure mounting and his invasion of Ukraine failing to make significant advances, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a strident speech Monday at an annual military parade in Moscow, accusing the U.S. and the West of provoking the conflict and comparing it to the Soviet Union’s…

Los Angeles Times · May 10, 2022

Jill Biden visits Ukraine; dozens feared dead in school bombing in eastern battle zone

KYIV, Ukraine — As air-raid sirens wailed repeatedly Sunday in the capital, Kyiv, and in cities and towns across Ukraine, first lady Jill Biden made a foray into the embattled country, meeting her Ukrainian counterpart near the Slovakian border.

Los Angeles Times · May 8, 2022

Russian shells hit Lysychansk oil refinery, damage production areas -Luhansk region governor

Russian shells struck the oil refinery at Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, damaging production facilities, the governor of Luhansk region said.

Reuters · May 8, 2022

Battles rage in Ukraine’s Luhansk as Russia targets main city

Heavy fighting is under way for Severodonetsk and Russian troops are attempting to cut it off.

Al Jazeera · May 8, 2022

Sixty feared dead as Russian bomb hits school in Ukraine village

UP to 60 civilians are feared dead after a Russian bomb hit a village school in eastern Ukraine on Saturday.

The National (Scotland) · May 8, 2022

Dozens feared dead after Russian bomb levels Ukraine school

Dozens of Ukrainians are feared dead after a Russian bomb destroyed a school sheltering about 90 people as Moscow's invading forces kept up their barrage of eastern and southern Ukraine.

WEKU · May 8, 2022

60 believed killed after school attack by Russia in east Ukraine

Luhansk governor says Russian air raid on school sheltering civilians likely killed dozens who are buried in debris.

Al Jazeera · May 8, 2022

All women and children evacuated from Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks

Russian forces have kept up their barrage of southern Ukraine, hitting the major Black Sea port of Odesa with cruise missiles and bombarding the steelworks up the coast in Mariupol

The Independent UK · May 8, 2022