The Latest Breaking News from Lysychansk

LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine — In Russian, the word "molodetz" roughly translates to "good job" or "bravo," and that's what 75-year-old Leonid was saying as he pointed at the Russian artillery's handiwork — the wreckage of a bombed-out building in a central street of Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine.

Ukrainian forces are facing "massive" and relentless artillery attacks in the strategic eastern city of Lysychansk, Kyiv warned on Wednesday, as Russian troops gained ground throughout the Donbas region. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog for all the latest developments. All times Paris time (GMT+2).

Reports of strikes come as Russia’s forces said to be gathering for final assault on Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk

With a blessing for its EU ambitions and a pledge of unwavering support from Britain, Ukraine vowed on Saturday to prevail against Moscow as it battled Russian assaults near a key eastern city and multiple locations came under shell and missile attack.

LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine — The first shell was the worst, mostly because it came as a surprise. But then the soldiers thought it was OK to get up, dust themselves off. That's when the second one landed, and it was the worst. The third one is when they understood they were…

A least four people have died after an airstrike hit a building sheltering civilians in the city of Lysychansk on Thursday.

An air strike hit a building sheltering civilians in Ukraine's embattled eastern city of Lysychansk on Thursday, killing at least four and wounding seven, local governor Serhiy Gaidai said.

Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky said the battle for the eastern Donbas region is “key to deciding who will dominate in the coming weeks” of the war in his daily address Tuesday. French President Emmanuel Macron visited French troops at a NATO base in Romania Tuesday, where he thanked them for…

Ukrainian and Russian forces were fighting for "literally every meter" in Severodonetsk, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, as fighting intensified in an eastern region where the country's top commander said the land "is covered in blood". Severodonetsk and nearby Lysychansk have been targeted for weeks as the last areas in the…