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The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

Russia shifts forces for battle over Ukrainian heartland

Russia and Ukraine are hurtling toward what could be an epic battle for control of the country’s industrial heartland

The Independent UK

Ukraine security chief: Main battles taking place in Donbas

Ukraine’s security chief says the main battles in Ukraine are taking place in the Donbas, the industrial heartland in the east, with Russians deploying more and more troops every day

The Independent UK

Russia plans to seize entire south coast of Ukraine to get gateway into breakaway region

Vladimir Putin is said to be focused on taking total control of the Donbas region. Ukraine fears Russian troops in Transnistria - believed to number around 1,300 - could open another front in the war

Daily Mirror

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Russia says it plans full control of Donbas and southern Ukraine - Ifax

Russia plans to take full control of Donbas and southern Ukraine as part of the second phase of its military operation, the deputy commander of Russia's central military district said on Friday, the Interfax news agency reported.

Reuters

Why Washington Is Boosting Heavy Arms for Ukraine

Eight weeks into the war, the Biden administration's decision to dramatically ramp up delivery of artillery guns to Ukraine signals a deepening American commitment at a pivotal stage of fighting for the country's industrial heartland. It also brings into stark relief Moscow's warning that continued US military aid to Ukraine…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Boris Johnson admits Russian victory in Ukraine is ‘a realistic possibility’ as Putin steps up onslaught

Boris Johnson’s remarks came before Russia general revealed Putin’s plan to seize the whole of south and east of country

Evening Standard

EXPLAINER: Why Washington is boosting heavy arms for Ukraine

The Biden administration’s decision to dramatically ramp up delivery of artillery guns to Ukraine eight weeks into the war signals a deepening American military commitment at a pivotal stage of fighting for the country’s industrial heartland

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Mariupol now: The shape of things to come in Ukraine?

Russia has claimed control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, but President Volodymyr Zelensky says as many as 120,000 civilians remain trapped there, including hundreds in bunkers below the Azovstal steelworks. Is this the shape of things to come in other cities in the Donbas region now targeted by…

France 24

Failure to end Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol ‘hampering Russian advance’

Western officials said President Putin may want to score a military success ahead of May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow.

The Independent UK

Biden announces heavy artillery, other weapons for Ukraine

The aid, Biden said, will be sent “directly to the front lines of freedom.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Vladimir Putin’s troops being ‘ritually humiliated’ in Ukraine, say western officials

Vladimir Putin’s troops are being “ritually humiliated” in Ukraine after his “strategic blunder” to invade the country, western officials said on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Putin could still 'win' Ukraine war as troops battle in the Donbas

Western officials believe the Russian President may be able to claim victory as Kremlin troops fight Ukrainian soldiers in the east of the country

Daily Mirror

Biden announces another $800 million in Ukraine defense aid

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that the U.S. will send Ukraine another $800 million in security assistance to help it stave off Russia's renewed offensive in the country's eastern Donbas region.

Los Angeles Times

Russia: programme of 'patriotic education' aims to create next generation of Putin faithful

As Russia shifts the focus of its “special military operation” in Ukraine to the Donbas region, there seems no end in sight to the fighting. Casualties on both sides are mounting. While Ukraine is able to call on its citizens to help defend their homeland from Russian aggression, Moscow’s ability…

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The Independent UK

Mariupol timeline: How the Ukrainian seaport became a city under siege

A coastal export hub, home to 400,000 people just two months ago, the city has borne the brunt of Russian brutality as Moscow seeks land bridge between Crimea and Donbas

France 24

Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov on identity and language in the Donbas

Moscow has officially begun a "new phase" of its war in Ukraine, shifting its attention to the largely Russian-speaking Donbas. Prior to the February invasion, Russian proxies, who created pro-Moscow statelets, controlled around a third of the Donbas region. With striking prescience, novelist Andrey Kurkov explored the conflict from the…

Wales Online

Ukraine's Mariupol defenders 'may have only hours left' amid Russia's relentless attacks

Mariupol's fall is getting closer after Putin boasted about missile test

The Independent UK

Live updates | Ukraine: Russia vying for control in east

Russian forces continue the offensive in eastern Ukraine with the goal of establishing full control over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions

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Reuters

Russian forces advancing from staging areas in Donbas towards Kramatorsk, UK military says

Russian forces are advancing from staging areas in Donbas towards Kramatorsk, which continues to be hit by rocket attacks, a British military update said on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Relentless attacks pound last defenders holed up in Mariupol

New Russian attacks are pounding the last Ukrainian stronghold in the besieged city of Mariupol

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine’s access to weapons could determine fate of Donbas offensive

Analysis: As Russian troops turn to Donbas, Ukraine’s pleas for munitions continue

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Pressures Mariupol as it Focuses on Ukraine’s East

Russian forces tightened the noose around die-hard Ukrainian defenders holed up at a Mariupol steel plant Wednesday amid desperate new efforts to open an evacuation corridor for civilians trapped in the ruined city, a key battleground in Moscow’s drive to seize the country's industrial east. As the holdouts came under…

Al Jazeera

‘Massive obliteration’ if Russia fails to take Ukraine’s east

New war phase begins with Russia focusing on Ukraine’s east and south as the West steps up arms deliveries.

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian commander in Mariupol says forces ‘facing last days, if not hours’

Marine commander appeals for help as another Russian ultimatum calling for remaining troops in city to surrender expires

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Ukraine repelling intense Russian offensive in east

Shelling and strikes in Donbas increasing but Russians hampered by logistical problems, UK claims. Plus, Biden’s $6bn effort to save nuclear plants

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