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Women in war: A pregnant soldier contemplates front-line return

Anna tries to settle in Lviv with her toddler as she prepares for her son’s birth and for her eventual return to combat.

Al Jazeera

Inside a shelter for displaced Ukrainian children

Children deprived of loving, stable homes before the war, and from places hit hard by Russia, find support in Lviv home.

Al Jazeera

Russia no longer has full control of Luhansk region after Ukraine captures village

Small but symbolic victory in suburb of Lysychansk undermines one of Putin’s key war aims

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Russia 'Regroups' Troops in East as Ukraine Advances

Russia said it was pulling back troops from the eastern Kharkiv region of Ukraine as Kyiv announced massive territorial gains in its lightning counter-offensive. A Moscow-backed separatist leader in the east meanwhile said Russian forces were fighting "difficult" battles against Kyiv's troops in several parts of eastern Donetsk region, AFP…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine's schools race to build bomb shelters before term starts

Svitlana tears up thinking of the bombing that leveled her son Illia's school in Lysychansk, a city in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk now occupied by Russian forces, but she is determined to ensure the eighth-grader continues his studies.

Reuters

Britain says Bakhmut likely to be Russia's next objective in Ukraine

Russian forces have been slowly advancing westwards following shelling and probing assaults towards the town of Siversk in Ukraine's Donetsk region from Lysychansk, Britain's defence ministry said on Friday.

Reuters

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Putin declared victory in Luhansk, Ukrainian troops reclaimed Snake Island, and Zelenskiy lays out a $750bn recovery plan

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War in Ukraine: the battle for Donbas

The battle for the Donbas, the eastern region of Ukraine, has become a war of attrition. Small gains are celebrated by the Russians while Ukrainian troops are now on the defensive in the region. FRANCE 24's Gwendolyne Debono travelled along the front line for this eyewitness report.

France 24

Russia's Ukraine invasion is slowly approaching an inflection point. Is the West prepared to step up?

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has finally delivered him something approaching a minor victory. With his forces recently taking control of Lysychansk, Russia now controls virtually all of Luhansk oblast (province).

The Conversation

Ukraine exacts punishing cost on Russian forces’ eastern advance

Russian forces have taken the Luhansk region, but at a very high cost in men and arms. Can Russia sustain such losses?

Al Jazeera

Russia Releases Attack Chopper Footage Claiming They Destroyed Ukrainian Warplanes And MLRS

Russia has released this footage allegedly showing an attack helicopter in action while claiming to have destroyed Ukrainian fighter jets and a Multiple Launch Rocket System.

Zenger

Chechen Leader Ramzan Kadyrov And Russian Allies Claim To Control Key Ukrainian City

“For more than four months, the inhabitants of Lysychansk waited for the arrival of Russian soldiers. And, finally, it happened.”

Zenger

Ruined Lysychansk eerily silent, residents remain in bomb shelters, after fall to Russia

Lysychansk was once a city of a 100,000 people in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region, but it now lies in ruins after its fall to Russian forces with many residents still living in bomb shelters and basements.

Reuters

Ukraine battles to push back Russian advance in northern Donetsk

Ukraine has so far staved off any major Russian advance into the north of its Donetsk region, but pressure is intensifying with heavy shelling on the city of Sloviansk and nearby populated areas, the Ukrainian military said on Wednesday.

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The Guardian - UK

Sloviansk mayor urges residents to flee city as Russia steps up shelling

Vadim Lyakh says 40 houses hit on Monday as Moscow shifts focus to main cities in Donetsk region after fall of Lysychansk

Daily Mirror

UK in chilling warning that Vladimir Putin’s forces will continue to ‘level cities’

In its daily dispatch from the war in Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence say the Kremlin's capture of Lysychansk will give Russia the stage to mount the second stage of its attack on Donetsk - the next move in its initial goal of "liberating" the Donbas region

Reuters

Few civilians, charred buildings in Ukraine's Lysychansk after capture by Russia

Up-ended Ukrainian police cars, riddled with bullets, hulking local government buildings scorched and holed by shells and the damaged golden dome of an Orthodox church.

Evening Standard

Putin’s forces will continue to ‘level towns and cities’, UK warns

Vladimir Putin’s forces will continue to “level towns and cities” as they continue their slow advance through the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, British military chiefs warned on Tuesday.

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Ukraine war latest: Enormous price for Russia's 'victory', a Snake Island flag, and the cost of Ukraine's recovery

Russian troops dominate the last free city in a key Ukrainian region and eye other targets, while negotiations over the Black Sea ramp up, are among today's developments in the war.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Shells Ukraine’s Donetsk Region Seeking New Gains after Seizing Luhansk

Russian forces struck targets across Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on Tuesday, a day after President Vladimir Putin declared victory in the neighboring region of Luhansk after months of grueling attritional warfare in which both sides lost many men. The strikes across Donetsk, reported by regional officials and Russia's military, followed…

Reuters

Russia hammers Ukraine's Donetsk region after seizing Luhansk

Russian forces struck targets across Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on Tuesday, a day after President Vladimir Putin declared victory in the neighbouring province of Luhansk after months of gruelling attritional warfare in which both sides lost many men.

Irish Independent

Vladimir Putin eyes rest of Donbas after Russia’s bloody victory in capturing Luhansk

Vladimir Putin ordered his army to push deeper into the Donbas region yesterday after the Kremlin declared victory in the bloody capture of Luhansk.

Irish Independent

Putin hails victory in Luhansk as Ukraine forces withdraw from key city and take up new positions

Ukrainian forces were taking up new defensive lines in the eastern part of the country on Monday, preparing for the next phase in the war as President Vladimir Putin proclaimed Russia's victory in the months-long battle of Luhansk.

Reuters

Analysis-Russia hails capture of Luhansk region, but big Ukraine battles lie ahead

Though Russia can claim a prize with its capture of Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region, it is far from Moscow's ambitious early war aims and does not deal Kyiv a decisive military blow.

The Guardian - UK

Putin declares victory in Luhansk after fall of Lysychansk

Region’s governor says loss was painful and he expects Sloviansk and Bakhmut now to face heavy attack

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