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The Latest Breaking News from Luhansk

Has Russia actually taken full control of Ukraine’s Luhansk region?

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The Independent UK

Ukraine war briefing: Russia responds to Zelenskyy’s Easter truce offer with drone attack

Ukrainian president says ceasefire could show diplomacy works, while Russia dismisses statement as ‘PR stunt’. What we know on day 1,499

The Guardian - AU

Russia claims full control of Ukraine’s Luhansk region but Kyiv denies it ahead of US envoy talks

Russia’s Defense Ministry claims its forces have taken control of the entire Luhansk region in Ukraine

The Independent UK

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Ukraine and Russia swap 314 prisoners of war after Abu Dhabi talks

Meanwhile, the Kremlin-affiliated media outlets revealed that Moscow’s key demand is not only full Russian control over Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions, but also official recognition of Donbas as Russian territory by all sides, including Ukraine.

Euronews

Ukraine Olympic diver Sofiia Lyskun stripped of all titles after switching to Russia

The Ukrainian Diving Federation called Lyskun's decision ‘categorically unacceptable’

The Independent UK

Putin claims Trump’s Ukraine deal is a ‘starting point’ ahead of talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin has indicated that US proposals to end the war in Ukraine offer a starting point for serious discussions. Putin demanded that Ukrainian forces withdraw from territories they occupy, including Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions, or face military action. He also reiterated Russia's demand that Ukraine…

The Independent UK

Moscow inches closer to forcing more Ukrainians from occupied territories to fight for Russia

Moscow has now claimed to have included parts of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions into Russia’s Southern Military District, as it moves closer to formalising the forced conscription of Ukrainians in the temporarily occupied territories.

Euronews

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Even if Trump succeeds in bringing Putin and Zelenskyy together, don’t expect wonders − their only previous face-to-face encounter ended in failure

Donald Trump has raised the prospect of directs talks between Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, in what would be the first such encounter in more than three years of war between the two countries.

The Conversation

Why is Donbas region becoming a defining faultline in Ukraine talks?

Putin has reportedly demanded full control of industrial region but Kyiv is set against ceding any territory

The Guardian - UK

What’s at stake when Zelensky meets Trump at the White House with Starmer and EU allies in tow

Sir Keir Starmer will travel to Washington alongside a host of European leaders in a show of solidarity with Zelensky

The Independent UK

Trump Sparks Outrage Over 'Donbas Betrayal' in Peace Deal Handing Ukraine's Key Region to Russia

US President Donald Trump backs ceding Ukraine's Donbas to Russia in a peace deal, sparking alarm among NATO allies and fears for Ukraine's sovereignty.

International Business Times UK

Mapped: The crucial Ukraine region Trump says should be ‘cut up’ between Zelensky and Putin

The Donetsk and Luhansk provinces in the Donbas region form the industrial heartland of Ukraine

The Independent UK

US envoy says Putin agreed to security protections for Ukraine as part of Trump summit – as it happened

Steve Witkoff says Russian president agreed to allow US and European allies to offer Ukraine security guarantee and also unspecified concessions on five Ukrainian regions

The Guardian - UK

Russia pounds Ukraine, boosts army as world braces for Putin-Trump talks

Ukraine has publicly rejected any land concession deal with Russia, but some reports suggest it may be open to it.

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How much territory does Russia control in Ukraine?

Russia controls about 20 percent of Ukraine’s territory and wants full control of four eastern and southern regions.

Euronews

Stolen children 'marketplace': Russia creates 'catalogue' of Ukrainian kids for adoption

Russia is now offering forcefully deported Ukrainian minors for coerced “adoption” through a newly created “catalogue”, where Ukrainian children are categorised by age, eyes and hair colour.

The Independent UK

Russia to sell crops from occupied areas of Ukraine

Ukraine considers all grain produced in the four regions and Crimea - annexed by Russia in 2014 - to have been stolen by Moscow

The Independent UK

Concerns grow for 3 OSCE workers jailed since shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine

More than three years after they were seized from their homes, concerns are growing for three Ukrainians who worked for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

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Al Jazeera

Russia says it controls Luhansk as US halts some weapons pledged to Ukraine

As Kyiv was dealt new blows on the front lines, Ukrainian troops continued to strike targets within Russia.

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: Russia claims to have seized all of Luhansk region

If confirmed Luhansk would be first Ukrainian region to be fully occupied by Moscow; pictures show North Korean leader at repatriation of soldiers apparently killed in Ukraine. What we know on day 1,224

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian held by Russia describes torture, sinister threats and Kafkaesque court process

Maksym Butkevych tells of pattern of beatings and threats of execution and sexual violence to extract ‘confession’

The Independent UK

What Putin and Zelensky’s meeting in 2019 tells us about the fate of peace talks

Even though neither leader met in the Istanbul summits, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky have met before

The Conversation

Even if Putin and Zelenskyy do go face-to-face, don’t expect wonders − their one meeting in 2019 ended in failure

Delegations from Ukraine and Russia met for a second time in Istanbul in a month on June 2, 2025. Missing, again, were the country’s two leaders.

The Guardian - UK

How a rip-off of Ukraine’s Zorya Luhansk are climbing Russia’s pyramid

In war-torn occupied territories, fake teams are being deployed as a tool to normalise a violent denial of the past

Al Jazeera

Russian journalists among six reported killed in Ukrainian rocket attack

A 14-year-old was also killed in the attack that killed staff from Russia’s Izvestia newspaper and Zvezda TV channel.

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