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The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2022

EU bans most Russian oil; Zelenskiy calls Donbas situation 'extremely difficult'

European Union leaders agreed on Monday to ban most imports of Russian oil to the 27-nation bloc as Ukrainian and Russian forces battled on the outskirts of Sievierodonetsk, the last city still held by Kyiv in Ukraine's strategic Luhansk province.

Reuters · May 30, 2022

Russians meet fierce resistance as fighting intensifies across Donbas

RUSSIAN and Ukrainian troops engaged in close-quarter combat in an eastern Ukraine city yesterday as Moscow’s soldiers, supported by intense…

The National (Scotland) · May 30, 2022

Ukraine latest updates: Zelenskyy urges EU to end ‘quarrels’

Ukraine news from May 30: Zelenskyy tells EU internal disputes help Moscow to put ‘more pressure’ on bloc.

Al Jazeera · May 29, 2022

Ukrainian President visits front line in first official appearance outside Kyiv since Russia invaded

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits troops on the front line as Russian forces hammer Sievierodonetsk in bid to "liberate" Donbas, and Kalush Orchestra sell their Eurovision trophy for the war effort.

ABC News · May 29, 2022

All critical infrastructure in Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk destroyed - president

Russian shelling has destroyed all of the critical infrastructure in the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday, describing the taking of the city as Russia's "principal aim" right now.

Reuters · May 29, 2022

Russian death squads target top Ukrainian officials reminiscent of 'Red Terror'

Regional leaders are constantly on the move to avoid death squads, the police chief in the Luhansk part of the Donbas region revealed

Daily Mirror · May 29, 2022

Zelenskyy visits troops, inspects bombed-out housing in Kharkiv

Ukraine’s president visited troops in the Kharkiv region, his first publicly known trip outside the Kyiv area since before Russia’s invasion, in a show of confidence for the nation’s defenders.

Tribune News Service · May 29, 2022

Truss belligerence will prolong conflict in Ukraine – Russian ambassador to UK

Andrei Kelin said the UK’s decision to supply Kyiv with weapons would delay peace in Europe.

The Independent UK · May 29, 2022

Sievierodonetsk bombing so intense, casualties cannot be assessed, officials say

Russian forces are hitting largest city in Donbas still held by Ukraine ‘200 times an hour’

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2022