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The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

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

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

Live updates | Separatists to nationalize ships in Mariupol

The leader of Russia-backed separatists who control part of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region says his administration will nationalize some of the ships in the port of Mariupol

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Putin’s troops advance towards centre of Severodonetsk but not ‘as fast’ as planned

A ‘terrible smell of death’ hangs over the outskirts of the eastern city of Severodonetsk

Evening Standard

First ship leaves Mariupol since Russia took the city - separatist leader

A ship has left the Ukrainian port of Mariupol for the first time since Russia took the city and is headed east to Russia, Interfax quoted the Russian-backed separatist leader of the Ukrainian breakaway region of Donetsk as saying on Tuesday.

Reuters

Russia takes most of Sievierodonetsk city in eastern Ukraine

Ukraine said on Tuesday that Russia had taken control of most of the eastern industrial city of Sievierodonetsk, a bombed-out wasteland whose capture Moscow has made the principal objective of its invasion.

Reuters

Russian forces now control 'most' of Severodonetsk, local governor says

Russian forces now control "most" of the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk after days of fierce fighting, the regional governor of Luhansk said Tuesday. Governor Sergiy Gaiday said "90 percent" of the city was destroyed and there was now no possibility of leaving Severodonetsk. Read our live blog to see…

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Assault on Sievierodonetsk taking longer than Russian forces hoped - TASS

Russian forces have seized control of about a third of the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, but their assault was taking longer than they had hoped, according to a Moscow-backed separatist leader quoted in a TASS news agency report.

Reuters

French journalist killed by shrapnel from Russian shell in eastern Ukraine

Journalist was in an evacuation vehicle in Sievierodonetsk, the largest city in the Donbas still held by Ukrainian forces

The Guardian - UK

Russian forces regrouping to resume attack in Sloviansk direction -defmin

(Refiles to clarify that speaker was spokesman for defence ministry of Ukraine)

Reuters

Russian troops enter Sievierodonetsk in Luhansk as Ukraine fights to maintain control of strategic city

Shelling has killed two civilians and wounded five others as Russian troops advanced into the city's fringes, Luhansk region Governor Serhiy Gaidai says, with Ukraine determined to slow an offensive across the Donbas region.

ABC News

Russians advance into largest city in Donbas still in Ukrainian hands

Witnesses say tanks moving into Sievierodonetsk amid intense shelling and civilian casualties

The Guardian - UK

‘Enemy moving in’: Fierce battle as Russian troops storm key city

An estimated 15,000 civilians in Severodonetsk remain trapped by heavy fighting amid a constant barrage of artillery.

Al Jazeera

Russian troops entering Sievierodonetsk in eastern Ukraine

The Russian-battered eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk appeared to be on the brink of becoming another Mariupol on Monday as services and aid have been cut and Moscow seeks to capture all of Ukraine’s industrial Donbas region

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Live updates | Ukraine: intense battle going on for key city

A regional governor says an intense battle is going on for the key city of Sievierodonetsk in eastern Ukraine

Zenger

DPR Fighters Patrol Battered Donetsk Airport During Anniversary Of 1st Battle

A video revealed when fighters of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) patrol the battered Donetsk Airport during the anniversary of the first battle in 2014.

Bangkok Post

Ukrainian defenders hold out in Donbas city

KYIV/KHARKIV: European Union leaders will meet on Monday to reiterate support for Ukraine as Russian forces intensified attacks to capture Sievierodonetsk, a key city in the southeastern Donbas region that Moscow has prioritised taking over.

Reuters

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.

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The Independent UK

Russia ‘escalates’ attacks in eastern Ukraine, says regional governor

Ninety per cent of buildings in Sievierodonetsk damaged by Russian shelling, says Zelensky

Al Jazeera

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.

The Guardian - UK

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’

Al Jazeera

Russia puts ‘all its resources’ into capture of key Ukraine city

Russian forces seized a hotel on Severodonetsk’s outskirts, damaged 14 high-rise buildings, and battled on the streets.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Troops Storm City amid Eastern Ukraine Bombardments

Russian and Ukrainian troops engaged in close-quarter combat in an eastern Ukraine city Sunday as Moscow’s soldiers, supported by intense shelling, attempted to gain strategic footholds in the region while facing fierce Ukrainian resistance. Ukrainian regional officials reported that Russian forces were "storming" the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, where the…

The Guardian - UK

Fighting focuses on Donbas, but Putin has not given up on Kharkiv – or Kyiv

The outcome of Russia’s attacks on the Donetsk and Luhansk areas will determine the fate of the rest of Ukraine

Reuters

Ukrainian defenders hold out in Donbas city under heavy fire

Russian forces intensified their attacks with barrages of heavy artillery to capture a key Ukrainian city in the southeastern region of Donbas, whose full takeover Moscow's top diplomat said was now an "unconditional priority".

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