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The Latest Breaking News from Severodonetsk

Russia takes 'half' of key city as EU clinches oil deal

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian forces have seized control of half of eastern Ukraine's key city of Severodonetsk, a senior official said Tuesday, while EU leaders were split over banning gas from Moscow after agreeing to embargo most of its oil.

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Russian forces close in on takeover of eastern Ukrainian province

DNIPRO, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces desperately tried to block a complete Russian takeover of one of the country’s two eastern provinces Tuesday, with Russian troops clawing out incremental gains even as European leaders agreed to a partial oil embargo aimed at starving Moscow’s mammoth war machine.

Los Angeles Times

Severodonetsk: Key Ukrainian city ‘split in half’ as Russian troops advance

Thousands of residents remain trapped as Vladimir Putin’s troops slowly advance in the ‘new Mariupol’

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Key Ukraine city 'divided in half' as EU oil embargo agreed

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian forces have seized control of half of eastern Ukraine's key city of Severodonetsk, a senior official said Tuesday, hours after EU leaders struck a watered-down deal to ban more than two-thirds of Moscow's oil imports.

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Putin’s troops advance towards centre of Severodonetsk but not ‘as fast’ as planned

A ‘terrible smell of death’ hangs over the outskirts of the eastern city of Severodonetsk

Evening Standard

French journalist killed near Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk as Russia attacks Donbas

Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff was covering an evacuation operation near the eastern city of Severodonetsk when he was fatally shot

Evening Standard

‘We’re trying to go on with our lives’: Lysychansk residents endure Russian bombardment

Fighting for control of the Donbas region continues to devastate eastern Ukraine, with Russian forces pressing into Severodonetsk, the largest city still held by Ukrainian forces. The nearby city of Lysychansk is under constant bombardment. FRANCE 24's Jonathan Walsh and Amar Al-Hameedawi filed this report from Lysychansk, where they spoke…

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Battle rages as Russians advance into key city

Russian forces are bidding to seize the key territory

Evening Standard

Russia advances in east Ukraine as EU meets on oil ban

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian forces edged toward the centre of the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk Monday, while President Volodymyr Zelensky prepared to appeal to EU leaders at an emergency summit where a ban on Russian oil imports is on the agenda.

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War in Ukraine: Latest developments

Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:

Bangkok Post

‘Enemy moving in’: Fierce battle as Russian troops storm key city

An estimated 15,000 civilians in Severodonetsk remain trapped by heavy fighting amid a constant barrage of artillery.

Al Jazeera

Pro-Russia Militiamen Blast Already Gutted Buildings In Besieged City

This video purports to show pro-Russia militiamen firing shells at already devastated buildings allegedly occupied by Ukrainian soldiers in besieged Sievierodonetsk.

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Ahead of this week's EU summit, France and Germany urge Putin to meet Zelenskyy

The EU will meet Monday to discuss how to handle the ongoing conflict as Russia intensifies its efforts to capture Severodonetsk, the largest eastern city that remains in Ukrainian hands.

WEKU

Zelensky visits Ukraine's east, fires Kharkiv security chief

Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made his first trip Sunday to the war-torn east since Moscow's invasion started, as Russian forces tightened their grip around key cities in the Donbas region.

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Zelensky visits Ukraine's east as Russia makes push for Donbas

Kramatorsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday made his first trip to the country's war-torn east since the launch of Moscow's invasion, as Russian forces tightened their grip around key cities in the Donbas region.

AFP

Russia tightens grip on key cities as battle for Donbas rages

Kramatorsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - The battle for control of the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas raged on Sunday as Russian forces tightened their grip around the key cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk.

Al Jazeera

Russia puts ‘all its resources’ into capture of key Ukraine city

Russian forces seized a hotel on Severodonetsk’s outskirts, damaged 14 high-rise buildings, and battled on the streets.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Presses Battle for Eastern Ukraine, Claims Key City Surrounded

Russian forces engaged in an all-out battle in eastern Ukraine have captured the strategic town of Lyman and surrounded a key industrial center, Moscow has claimed. But a Ukrainian official has denied that the city of Severodonetsk -- the focus of weeks of fierce fighting -- has been encircled, saying…

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Russia presses battle for eastern Ukraine, claims key city surrounded

Kramatorsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian forces engaged in an all-out battle in eastern Ukraine have captured the strategic town of Lyman and surrounded a key industrial centre, Moscow has claimed.

AFP

Russia presses eastern Ukraine, Zelensky says situation 'very difficult'

Kramatorsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russia pressed its onslaught on eastern Ukraine Saturday, saying it had captured the strategic town of Lyman and claiming to have surrounded the urban center of Severodonetsk.

AFP

Russia steps up battle for eastern Ukraine

Kramatorsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russia pressed its onslaught on eastern Ukraine Saturday, saying it had captured the strategic town of Lyman and had successfully tested hypersonic missiles in the Arctic.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 94

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 94th day, we take a look at the main developments.

France 24

Macron and Germany’s Scholz urge Putin to hold ‘direct negotiations’ with Zelensky

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold “serious direct negotiations” with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to find “a diplomatic solution to the conflict” during a phone call Saturday, the chancellor’s office said. Putin told the two leaders that increasing arms supplies…

AFP

Russia moves on key city amid Ukraine church schism

Lysychansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian troops were approaching the strategic city of Severodonetsk on Friday in a relentless offensive to control Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, as the war triggered a historic schism between the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and its Russian patriarchate.

AFP

Russian forces close in on key Ukraine city in east

Lysychansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian troops were moving in on the strategic city of Severodonetsk Friday in a relentless offensive to control Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, bombing residential areas and claiming the capture of a key town.

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