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Movie review: ‘Bad Roads,’ Ukraine’s Oscar entry, is a grim dispatch from Russian-occupied Donbas region

The four tales told in “Bad Roads,” Natalya Volorzhbit’s bleak and unnerving first feature, add up to a startlingly grim panorama of life during wartime. We are in the battle-scarred Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, sometime after the spring of 2014, when tensions between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists…

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine now 'an epicentre of unbearable heartache', UN chief says on visit to meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv

The head of the United Nations says Ukraine has become "an epicentre of unbearable heartache and pain", touring Kyiv on the same day Russian missiles hit the city for the first time in weeks.

ABC News

Live updates | Britain: Russia's focus remains Donbas region

The British Defense Ministry says Russia’s focus in its war on Ukraine remains the Donbas region

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UN head condemns attacks on civilians during Ukraine visit

The head of the United Nations said Ukraine has become “an epicenter of unbearable heartache and pain.”

The Independent UK

East Ukraine under Heavy Fire in Advance of Russian Holiday

Moscow's offensive in eastern Ukraine gathered momentum as several areas came under heavy shelling Thursday, amid suspicions Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to score a major battlefield success in time for Victory Day, one of Russia's proudest holidays, on May 9. Ukrainian authorities reported intense Russian fire in the Donbas…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Vladimir Putin facing dissent over 'serious' Ukraine error as allies want 'all out war'

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues into its third month, Moscow has shifted its objectives from all out conquest to a battle for the east, in what Kyiv politicians dubbed 'the battle for The Donbas'

Daily Mirror

European leaders blast cutoff of Russian gas as 'blackmail'

European leaders blasted Russia’s decision to cut natural gas shipments to Poland and Bulgaria as “blackmail.”

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‘Lightning-quick’ response if NATO intervenes in Ukraine: Putin

Russian leader issues stark warning to the West and vows ‘operation’ in Ukraine will be ‘unconditionally fulfilled’.

Al Jazeera

US sharing more intelligence with Ukraine for fight in Donbas

The U.S. has lifted some restrictions on sharing intelligence with Ukraine as it confronts a renewed Russian military assault in the east and south, where Moscow has backed separatist groups since annexing Crimea in 2014, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Tribune News Service

Russia attacks infrastructure in western Ukraine to slow supply lines

Railways, fuel depots and bridges are being targeted to hinder delivery of weapons to Donbas

The Guardian - UK

Canada imposes further Russia-related sanctions on 203 individuals over Donbass attacks

Canada said on Wednesday it was imposing sanctions on 203 individuals that it says are complicit in Russia's attempted annexation of certain areas of Donbas in eastern Ukraine.

Reuters

Russian forces capture villages in push into eastern Ukraine

Ukrainian army driven out of Velyka Komyshuvakha and Zavody, while concern grows over Transnistria

The Guardian - UK

Assault on eastern Ukraine slowed because ‘Russians don’t like fighting in the rain’

Vladimir Putin’s decision to concentrate forces in Donbas has not led to swift advances

The Independent UK

Possible 'false flag' attacks in separatist Moldovan region of Transnistria raises concerns Russia plans to expand conflict

Ukraine accuses Russia of orchestrating attacks in the Moldovan separatist region of Transnistria, which Latvia's foreign minister says reminds him of Russia's action in Donbas at the start of the invasion of Ukraine.

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Evening Standard

Boris Johnson says he doesn’t expect Putin to resort to nuclear weapons if Russia suffers more Ukraine losses

Asked if he expected Mr Putin to consider using tactical nuclear weapons if he suffered more military failures in Ukraine, the PM said: ‘No, I don’t’

Evening Standard

Ukrainian forces can ‘see off’ Putin’s troops in the Donbas, says UK

Russian forces are believed to be making limited progress ahead of ‘critical’ battles which could shape the outcome of the war

Los Angeles Times

Russia ‘failing’ in Ukraine war, Blinken says; explosions rock breakaway Moldova region

DNIPRO, Ukraine — U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken declared Monday that “Russia is failing” in its war aims, as new fighting flared in Ukraine’s eastern battle zone and Russian forces reportedly aimed a round of airstrikes at railway facilities in the country’s west and center.

Reuters

Russia targets railway supplies of weapons to Ukrainian forces in Donbas

Russia's defence ministry said on Monday its high-precision missiles destroyed six facilities powering the railways that were used to deliver foreign weapons to Ukrainian forces in Donbas.

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France 24

Mariupol is almost wiped out but will 'never surrender', says top Zelensky adviser

President Volodymyr Zelensky's top aid, Igor Zhovka, spoke to FRANCE 24 from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The deputy head of the presidential office assessed the situation on the two main front lines of the country, in Donbas and Mariupol, the latter of which he said was a city almost wiped…

The Conversation

Ukraine invasion: 'stage two' of Russia's war is ringing alarm bells in nearby Moldova – here's why

The second stage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is underway. The scope of the war now appears to be establishing full control over Donbas and southern Ukraine. If successful, this would mean Russian occupation of approximately one-third of Ukraine, cutting the country off from its Black Sea ports, including Odesa.

Los Angeles Times

Russia ‘failing’ in Ukraine war, Blinken says, amid new battles in east

DNIPRO, Ukraine — U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken declared Monday that “Russia is failing” in its war aims, as deadly new fighting flared in Ukraine’s eastern battle zone and Russian forces reportedly aimed a round of airstrikes at rail facilities in the country’s west and center.

Evening Standard

US announces fresh military aid for Ukraine after Antony Blinken visit

The US has announced fresh military aid and diplomatic support for Ukraine as Russia continues its offensive in the Donbas region.

Reuters

UK says Russia made minor advances in Ukraine after its shift to Donbas

Russia has made minor advances in some areas since shifting its focus to fully occupying the Donbas, the UK's Ministry of Defence tweeted in a regular bulletin on Monday.

The Independent UK

US promises new aid to Ukraine in fight against Russia

Top American officials promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hundreds of millions of dollars in new aid in the highest-level U.S. visit to Ukraine since the start of Russian invasion two months earlier

Financial Times

The battle for Donbas: ‘the real test of this war’

Russian forces have shifted their attention to the east of Ukraine with many predicting a brutal and bloody onslaught

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