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Battle rages for Ukrainian region of Donbas

Russia pummelled positions in the east of Ukraine on Sunday, its defence ministry said, as it sought to encircle Ukrainian forces in the battle for Donbas and fend off a counteroffensive around the strategic Russian-controlled city of Izium.

Reuters

Ukraine's Zelenskyy defiant as Russia retreats from Kharkiv

Fresh off his country’s Eurovision win, a defiant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed to one day host the song contest in the embattled city of Mariupol, which is almost entirely in Russian hands aside from a stalwart group of a few hundred Ukrainian fighters who continue to hold out in…

The Independent UK

Ukraine appears to drive Russians from Kharkiv; Republicans meet Zelenskyy

LVIV, Ukraine — Russian troops appeared to be drawing back from the outskirts of Ukraine’s second-largest city Saturday even as fighting continued to rage in other parts of the embattled nation and senior Ukrainian officials predicted a “new, long-term phase” of conflict to last through much of the summer.

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‘Things are still not safe’: Locals fear returning to scarred villages of Kharkiv despite Russian retreat

Though Russian forces have been pushed back from Kharkiv, families who fled their villages under threat of rape and death are yet to return, finds Kim Sengupta

The Independent UK

McConnell heads to Kyiv and becomes the latest U.S. official to meet with Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the visit a signal of bipartisan support from the U.S. Congress. The meeting took place as Ukraine said it had forced Russian troops away from Kharkiv.

WEKU

Ukraine praises ‘liberation’ in the Battle of Kharkiv

Ukrainian forces reportedly prevented Russian troops from encircling the second-largest city and then expelled them.

Al Jazeera

Russia’s Black Sea blockade pushing millions towards famine, G7 says

Foreign ministers call for action to allow export of Ukrainian grain, as Kyiv claims Russian withdrawal from second-largest city

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Ukraine presses counteroffensive on key Russian line of assault - governor

Ukrainian forces are on the counteroffensive near the Russian-held town of Izium, the governor of Kharkiv region said on Saturday, striking at a key axis of Russia's assault on eastern Ukraine.

Reuters

Ukraine says Russian troops are withdrawing from Kharkiv

Russian forces are pulling back from Ukraine's second-largest city after weeks of heavy bombardment, the Ukrainian military says, as a battle for the country's eastern industrial heartland continues.

WEKU

Putin’s troops ‘withdrawing from Kharkiv’ amid grinding battle for Ukraine’s east

Ukraine’s general staff said the Russians were pulling back from the north-eastern city and focusing on guarding supply routes

Evening Standard

Ukraine has won the battle of Kharkiv, analysts say, as Kyiv warns of ‘long phase of war’

US-based thinktank claims Russian troops are being pushed back eastwards from Ukraine’s second city, and aiming to use mercenaries

The Guardian - AU

Zelenskiy thanks visiting US senators and says Donbas situation is ‘very difficult’ – as it happened

President tells US officials that Donbas situation remains ‘very difficult’; A large convoy of hundreds of cars carrying refugees reaches Zaporizhzhia

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 80 of the invasion

Ukraine appears to have successfully driven back Russian forces from Kharkiv; Russia to suspend electricity to Finland after Helsinki announces Nato bid

The Guardian - AU

‘Look for wires at your feet’: In Ukraine, investigators seek evidence of war crimes

Two women were found dead in the wood, and just as in pre-war times, forensic investigators head to the scene of the crime, reports Isabelle Khurshudyan

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukrainian Forces Thwart Russians at River as Fight Shifts to Donbas

Ukrainian forces destroyed parts of a Russian armored column as it tried to cross a river in the Donbas region, video from Ukraine's military showed on Friday, as Moscow appeared to be refocusing its assault in the east after a new pushback by Kyiv. Ukraine has driven Russian troops away…

Reuters

Brazil's Ukrainian diaspora offers familiar comforts for homesick refugees

Far from the bomb blasts and constant sirens in her ruined home city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, eight-year-old Arina Hashlova practices her gymnastics routine daily at her new school in Brazil.

The Guardian - UK

First Russian soldier goes on trial in Ukraine for war crimes

Vadim Shysimarin accused of killing civilian on 28 February while fighting in Sumy region in north-east Ukraine

The Independent UK

Live updates | Russian forces hit targets in eastern Ukraine

Ukraine’s military says that Russian forces have staged assaults on multiple villages in eastern Ukraine as they try to expand control there, but not all were successful

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France 24

Live: EU ramps up military aid to Ukraine as diplomatic efforts intensify

The EU pledged an additional €500 million in military aid to Ukraine at a meeting of G7 nations on Friday while diplomatic efforts intensified with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin both calling on their Russian counterparts to agree to an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.…

Evening Standard

Russia hits east Ukraine as war pushes Finland closer to Nato

Putin’s forces were said to have targeted Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv and Sumy on Thursday as they continued their offensive

Evening Standard

Ukraine will end war on ‘their terms’ after ‘appalling’ Putin miscalculation, says UK

Vladimir Putin has “miscalculated appallingly” and Ukraine’s leaders will end the war on “their terms,” Britain said on Thursday as Russian forces were being forced back away from Kharkiv.

Reuters

Ukraine keeps up counterattack to north of Kharkiv, Britain says

Ukrainian forces are keeping up a counterattack to the north of the second largest city of Kharkiv and recapturing several towns and villages toward the Russian border, Britain said on Thursday.

Al Jazeera

Timeline: Week 11 of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Al Jazeera recaps key events during week 11 of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Moscow warns Finland over NATO bid as Ukraine says Russian ship damaged

Moscow warned Finland on Thursday it would face consequences as it seeks to apply for NATO membership "without delay" and Ukraine said it had damaged a Russian navy logistics ship in the Black Sea, where there has been renewed fighting in recent days.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 78 of the invasion

Finland ditches decades of non-alignment in plan to join Nato; UN says 1,000 bodies recovered in Kyiv area

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