The Latest Breaking News from Sievierodonetsk

Ukraine in control of Sievierodonetsk plant sheltering hundreds, governor says

Ukraine remains in control of the Azot chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk where hundreds of civilians are sheltering, the region's governor said on Saturday, after a Russia-backed separatist claimed 300 to 400 Ukrainian fighters were also trapped there.

Reuters · Jun 11, 2022

Britain says Russian forces have not made advances into the south of Sievierodonetsk

Russian forces around Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk had not made advances into the south of the city as of Friday, Britain's Defence Ministry said on Saturday.

Reuters · Jun 11, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 108 of the invasion

Cholera warning as Russia accused of razing high-rises in Mariupol without removing bodies; Serbia rejects call to impose Russia sanctions; fighting rages in Sievierodonetsk

The Guardian - AU · Jun 11, 2022

Russian invasion is ‘Covid-22’ and arms are a vaccine, says Volodymyr Zelenskiy

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

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2022

First Thing: Primetime January 6 congressional hearings to begin

Democrats hope movie-length episodes will ‘really blow the roof off the House’. Plus, the brutal impact of the Salvadoran government’s crackdown on gangs

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2022

Mayor of Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk says evacuation impossible, 10,000 civilians remain

Ukrainian forces still hold the industrial zone and adjacent areas in the city of Sievierodonetsk, and the situation is "difficult but manageable", Mayor Oleksandr Stryuk said on Thursday.

Reuters · Jun 9, 2022

Russian forces shell Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk, street fighting rages - governor

Fighting raged on the streets of Sievierodonetsk in eastern Ukraine on Thursday and Russian forces were destroying "everything that can be used for defence", the regional governor said.

Reuters · Jun 9, 2022

Ukrainian troops plead for more artillery to offset Russia’s firepower in Sievierodonetsk – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Jun 9, 2022

Smashed buildings in Mariupol produce 'caravan of death'

The human cost of the war in Ukraine mounted as workers pulled up to 100 bodies from each smashed building in the devastated city of Mariupol

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2022

Ukraine news – live: UK demands release of Britons sentenced to death in ‘show trial’

Donetsk court hands down sentence to Aiden Aslin, Shaun Pinner and Moroccan national Brahim Saadoun

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2022