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The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

Russia claims full control of Luhansk region as key city captured

Ukraine’s military command says its troops have been forced to retreat from the key city of Lysychansk.

Al Jazeera

Russia Claims Capture of Pivotal City in Eastern Ukraine

Russia's defense minister said Russian forces took control Sunday of the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine's Luhansk province, bringing Moscow closer to its stated goal of seizing all of Ukraine’s Donbas region. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin that Russia's troops together with members of a local…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russians Press Assault on Eastern Ukrainian City

Russian forces are pounding the city of Lysychansk and its surroundings in an all-out attempt to seize the last stronghold of resistance in eastern Ukraine's Luhansk province, the governor said Saturday. Ukrainian fighters have spent weeks trying to defend the city and to keep it from falling to Russia, as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Two Brits captured by Russian forces in Ukraine 'charged with being mercenaries'

A pro-Kremlin website said Mr Healy and Mr Hill would face the same mercenary charges as Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, two British military volunteers who have been given death sentences in Donetsk

Daily Mirror

Captured US veteran told mom captors were ‘anxious’ to start release talks

In a statement, Lois Drueke said she was ‘happy to hear is voice and know he’s alive and all right’

The Guardian - US

Syria to Recognize Ukraine’s Luhansk and Donetsk Regions

Syria said Wednesday it will recognize the "independence and sovereignty" of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions and contacts will be established to set up diplomatic relations. The Syrian Foreign Ministry announcement came days after President Bashar Assad met with a joint delegation from both regions in Damascus. Earlier this…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria to recognize Ukraine’s Luhansk and Donetsk regions

Syria says it has decided to recognize the “independence and sovereignty” of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions and establish diplomatic relations

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Ukrainian Artillery And Special Forces Blow Column Of Russian Rocket Launcher Vehicles To Pieces

A column of Russian multiple rocket launcher vehicles was blown to pieces by artillery with the help of Ukrainian special forces.

Zenger

Volunteers evacuate the elderly from Ukraine's Bakhmut, fearing Russian advance

Since Sievierodonetsk fell to Russian troops Ukrainian volunteer Eduard Skoryk has been getting more calls to evacuate frail and elderly people from Bakhmut, 70 km away, who fear their city in eastern Ukraine may be next.

Reuters

Scots student saves Ukrainian pal left sheltering from Russian missiles in Kyiv zoo

Nick, a journalism student from Kyiv,was desperate to help others as the conflict continued to escalate.

Daily Record

Edinburgh student saves Ukrainian friend sheltering from bombs alone in Kyiv zoo

When a friend from back home became trapped alone in the capital Kyiv, Nick knew he had to do something to help after being stuck in the unimaginable situation himself

Edinburgh Live

Father of Moroccan Facing Death Penalty in Ukraine Appeals to Putin

The father of a Moroccan facing a death sentence in a Russian-backed breakaway region of Ukraine on Monday urged Russia's President Vladimir Putin to intervene to save his son. Taher Saadoun made the appeal on behalf of Brahim Saadoun, who was sentenced to death alongside two British men by the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Father urges Morocco to intervene to save death-sentenced fighter in Donetsk

The father of a Moroccan man sentenced to death by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on mercenary charges urged his country on Monday to open a dialogue with pro-Russia Donetsk authorities to help release his son.

Reuters

Sanctions against Russia: taking stock four months after the start of the war

On 23 February – the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted the first package of sanctions in response to Moscow’s recognition of the self-proclaimed autonomous republics of Donetsk and Lugansk.

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Reuters

How Ukrainian defenders left Sievierodonetsk in boats under cover of night

One of the last Ukrainian defenders of Sievierodonetsk said he withdrew in a boat, bitter to be leaving after weathering a weeks-long Russian onslaught on the ruined city but happy to be alive as he and others crossed the river to higher ground.

Al Jazeera

Q&A: Ukraine’s Haidai on the battle for Severodonetsk, Lysychansk

Serhiy Haidai speaks to Al Jazeera about the fall of Severodonetsk and the ongoing battles in Lysychansk.

Zenger

Pro-Russia Separatists Claims Hits On Ukrainian Positions In Sieverodonetsk Outskirts

The footage was obtained from the so-called Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) on Thursday, June 23.

Zenger

Pro-Russia DPR Says It Has Taken Ukrainian Fortified Positions

The pro-Russia, so-called Donetsk People’s Republic has taken fortified positions that were held by Ukrainian forces until recently, as these images show.

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Joe Biden says West will not ‘splinter’ on support for Ukraine

US leader condemned ‘barbarism’ of fresh Russian missile strikes on Kyiv as G7 summit got underway with Boris Johnson calling for unity

Reuters

Russia steps up missile strikes on Ukraine as G7 leaders gather

Russian missiles struck an apartment block and close to a kindergarten in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday, in strikes U.S. President Joe Biden condemned as "barbarism" as world leaders gathered in Europe to discuss further sanctions against Moscow.

Reuters

Zelenskiy says Ukraine will win back lost cities, admits war is tough to bear

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday said Ukraine would win back all the cities it had lost to Russia, including Sievierodonetsk, and admitted the war was becoming tough to handle emotionally.

Al Jazeera

Fall of Severodonetsk is Russia’s biggest victory since Mariupol

Fall of city after weeks of street fighting transforms the battlefield in the east of Ukraine to Moscow’s advantage.

The Guardian - UK

Russia pushes to block off city of Lysychansk, says Ukraine

Moscow launches massive artillery bombardments and airstrikes on eastern city, after Sievierodonetsk destroyed

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Missiles Strike Across Ukraine

Russian missiles rained down across Ukraine on Saturday, hitting military facilities in the west and the north as well as a southern city as the biggest land conflict in Europe since World War Two entered its fifth month. Russian artillery and airstrikes pounded the twin cities of Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk…

Reuters

Sievierodonetsk falls to Russia after one of war's bloodiest fights

Russian forces fully occupied the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on Saturday, both sides said, confirming Kyiv's biggest battlefield setback for more than a month following weeks of some of the war's bloodiest fighting.

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