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Footage appearing to be of heavy Russian shelling in the east of Ukraine has been shared online while Ukrainian officials have said there have been powerful explosions as the 'battle for Donbas' has started

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After days of regrouping and reinforcing, the Russian military began a new and potentially climactic phase of the war in Ukraine

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Two British fighters captured in Ukraine by Russian forces appeared on Russian state TV on Monday and asked to be exchanged for a Ukrainian ally of President Vladimir Putin who is being held by the Ukrainian authorities.

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials said Monday that Russia began its long-anticipated assault to seize control of their country’s eastern industrial heartland, launching a ground assault along a nearly 300-mile front while pounding the nation, including the western city of Lviv, with a deadly barrage of missile strikes.

Thousands of troops took part along with tanks and other military hardware in Russia's Victory Day parade rehearsals but it was the giant intercontinental missile that took centre stage

The devices were said to have been demonstrated for Ukrainian personnel on Salisbury Plain two weeks ago.

After withdrawing its troops from the capital Kyiv, Russia is now focusing on the region of Ukraine close to its border.