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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of waging "total war," seeking to inflict as much death and destruction as possible as in three months of conflict, as fighting raged Tuesday in the eastern Donbas region. Russian forces have intensified efforts to encircle and capture Sievierodonetsk and neighboring cities, the only…

President gives insight into country’s casualties, as Luhansk governor says Russia using ‘scorched-earth’ tactics

Luhansk governor accuses Russia of indiscriminately shelling Severodonetsk, which has only one working hospital left.

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Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or any territorial concessions to Moscow as Russia stepped up its attack in the eastern and southern parts of the country, pounding the Donbas and Mykolaiv regions with air strikes and artillery fire.

An end to the conflict can only be reached ‘at the negotiating table’, the Ukrainian president says

Russia strikes Ukraine’s east and south, pounding the Donbas and Mykolaiv regions with air attacks and artillery fire.

BUCHA, Ukraine — Russian troops continued their offensive into the Donbas region on Saturday, aiming to encircle the easternmost point of Ukrainian control in what one official said would be a repeat of Moscow’s assault on the beleaguered city of Mariupol.

A terrifying video shows a Russian missile strike on Ukraine's 'Palace of Culture' which destroys the building and sends pedestrians fleeing for their lives

Victory in port city a symbolic boost to Vladimir Putin in faltering war on Ukraine

Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or concessions to Moscow on Saturday as Russia intensified an offensive in the eastern Donbas region and stopped providing gas to Finland.