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Biden says Putin trying to ‘wipe out’ Ukrainian culture, as prospect of retreat looms in east

US president says Putin trying to eliminate people’s identity, as governor of Luhansk says retreat in Sievierodonetsk may be needed to avoid becoming surrounded.

The Guardian - AU

Russia pummels eastern towns in bid to encircle Ukraine forces

Russian forces stepped up their assault on the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on Saturday after claiming to have captured the nearby rail hub of Lyman, as Kyiv intensified its calls for longer-range weaponry from the West to help it fight back in the Donbas region.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 94 of the invasion

Moscow planning ‘full-scale victory in Ukraine by autumn’ and besieged Sievierodonetsk almost completely surrounded by Russian forces

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Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk 2/3 surrounded by Russian forces - governor

Ukrainian forces are engaged in a "fierce defence" of the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, which is two-thirds surrounded by Russian forces, the Luhansk region's governor said on Friday, citing the head of the city's administration.

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Russian forces close to encircling Sievierodonetsk in eastern Ukraine

Situation in Donbas ‘even worse than people say it is’, says Ukraine’s foreign minister, as Kremlin makes further gains

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine pleads for western help as Russian advance continues in Donbas

‘If you really care for Ukraine, weapons, weapons and weapons again,’ says Ukraine’s foreign minister

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'Relentless': Russia squeezes Ukrainian strongholds in east

Russian forces are pounding the last Ukrainian strongholds in a separatist-controlled eastern province of Ukraine

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Live updates | Ukraine: 4 more killed in Sievierodonetsk

A Ukrainian regional governor says that four people have been killed in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk over the past 24 hours by Russian shelling

The Independent UK

Russian forces have ‘upper hand’ in Donbas fighting, Ukrainian officials say

Governor of Luhansk says Ukrainian troops retreating in some areas, as city of Lyman reportedly captured

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine pleads for more weapons to tackle Russian onslaught in Donbas

Bombardment continues in 40 towns including the key city of Sievierodonetsk as police in Lysychansk collect bodies for mass burials

The Guardian - AU

Russian MLR Launches Volley Of Rockets Into Sky Over Ukraine

This slick footage shows a Russian BM-21 Grad daubed with a white ‘Z’ launching a volley of rockets into the sky over Ukraine and then driving away. Zenger News obtained the video from the Ministry of Defense (MoD) of the Russian Federation on Friday, May 20. The Russian MoD said…

Zenger

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 92 of the invasion

Eastern city of Sievierodonetsk increasingly in danger of being encircled as Ukraine’s foreign minister says his country ‘badly’ needs multiple launch rocket systems to match Russian firepower

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Ukraine says it is fighting to keep control of key supply route in Donbas

Ukraine is battling to remain in control of a key highway to the front-line city of Sievierodonetsk, the country's defence ministry said on Wednesday.

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The Guardian - UK

Russian assault on eastern Ukraine threatens to encircle Sievierodonetsk

Zelenskiy calls situation in Donbas ‘extremely difficult’ as Russia tries to carve up Ukrainian-held territory

Irish Mirror

Ukraine: Russian shelling ‘kills six civilians’ and wounds eight more in Donbas region

Another eight people were wounded in the shelling of the town of Sievierodonetsk

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine: 6 Civilians Killed as Russia Focuses Fire in East

A regional governor in eastern Ukraine says that at least six civilians have been killed by the latest Russian shelling in a town at the epicenter of fighting three months into the war. Luhansk region Gov. Serhiy Haidai said Wednesday that another eight people have been wounded in the shelling…

The Independent UK

Russia launches all-out assault to encircle Ukraine troops in east

Moscow is attempting to seize the Donbas region of two eastern provinces, Donetsk and Luhansk

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Too late to evacuate civilians in face of Russian attack, says Luhansk official

Sievierodonetsk under intense bombardment and surrounded on three sides by Russian forces

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine’s President Accuses Russia of Waging ‘Total War’

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…

Reuters

Russia pounds eastern Ukraine as battle for Donbas deepens

Russia pounded dozens of targets in eastern Ukraine with airstrikes and artillery as ground forces attempted to encircle the Donbas city of Sievierodonetsk, the Russian Defence Ministry said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Offensive Turns to Key Donbas City, Heavy Shelling

Ukrainians were digging in to defend the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk as it endured heavy bombardment from Russian forces trying to take the industrial area known as the Donbas. In Tokyo on Monday, President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida joined in condemning Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Guardian - AU

Zelenskiy says Putin is the only Russian official he is willing to meet with to discuss how to end the war – as it happened

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Reuters

Ukraine rejects concessions as Russians attack in east and south

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.

Evening Standard

‘Critical weeks’ in war for Ukraine as Vladimir Putin steps up assault in east

Attacks in Donbas intensify as Russia claims ‘complete liberation’ of Mariupol steelworks

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