The Latest Breaking News from Sievierodonetsk

Governor of Ukraine's Luhansk region says Russia controls 70% of Sievierodonetsk

Russian forces are now in control of around 70% of Sievierodonetsk, a strategically important city in Ukraine's east, Luhansk regional governor Serhiy Gaidai said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Jun 1, 2022

Russian forces now control more than two-thirds of Sievierodonetsk – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can find our latest coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war here

The Guardian - AU · Jun 1, 2022

Severodonetsk mayor says only 20% of city still under Ukrainian control

Ukrainian forces are holding just 20 percent of Severodonetsk, the mayor of the eastern city said on Wednesday as Russian forces pushed further into the Donbas region. The Russian advance comes as the United States said it will provide Ukraine with advanced rockets to help it force Moscow to negotiate…

France 24 · Jun 1, 2022

Russian forces control most of Sievierodonetsk, says Ukraine regional governor

Russian forces now control most of the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk but have not surrounded it, the governor of Ukraine's Luhansk province said on Tuesday after days of fighting.

Reuters · May 31, 2022

Russian airstrike hits acid tank in Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk, governor says

A Russian airstrike hit a nitric acid tank in the frontline city of Sievierodonetsk, local governor Serhiy Gaidai said on Tuesday.

Reuters · May 31, 2022

Macron Decries Journalist’s Death in Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron vowed France will continue to "fight against impunity" after a French journalist was killed by shell shrapnel while covering a Ukrainian evacuation operation. The French national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office opened an investigation for war crimes. Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, 32, was killed Monday as he was covering a…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 31, 2022

Sievierodonetsk mayor says Russia destroying city ‘block by block’

Heavy street fighting continues and airstrikes threaten the lives of the estimated 13,000 civilians still trapped behind

The Independent UK · May 31, 2022

What’s next for Ukraine after Russia’s Donbas offensive?

Analysis: Indiscriminate tactics of Russia’s grinding progress in east could characterise next phase of war

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2022

Most of Sievierodonetsk has fallen to Russia, says governor of Luhansk

Mayor of besieged Ukrainian city tells residents to stay in cellars as Russian forces advance ‘block by block’

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2022

Sievierodonetsk mayor says Russian forces seize half of city

Russian forces in a “frenzied push” have seized half of the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk that is key to Moscow’s efforts to quickly complete the capture of the industrial Donbas region

The Independent UK · May 31, 2022