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Postcard from Donbas: trenches, shelling and families living by candlelight — it feels like WWI

With Russia marshalling all its forces and firepower towards targets in eastern Ukraine, the battle in the Donbas has intensified — and citizen soldiers are on the frontline. Tom Mutch reports

Evening Standard

King of Bahrain, Russian FM Discuss Ukraine

Bahrain's King Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received in Manama on Monday Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Talks focused on the latest regional and international developments, most notably the situation in Ukraine. King Hamad stressed to his guest the importance of resolving the conflict in Ukraine in a way…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia takes most of Sievierodonetsk city in eastern Ukraine

Ukraine said on Tuesday that Russia had taken control of most of the eastern industrial city of Sievierodonetsk, a bombed-out wasteland whose capture Moscow has made the principal objective of its invasion.

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Attack on chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk criticised by Zelensky – as it happened

Ukraine president calls bombing of major chemical plant ‘madness’; Gazprom halts gas flows to companies in three western European countries

The Guardian - UK

Russian forces now control 'most' of Severodonetsk, local governor says

Russian forces now control "most" of the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk after days of fierce fighting, the regional governor of Luhansk said Tuesday. Governor Sergiy Gaiday said "90 percent" of the city was destroyed and there was now no possibility of leaving Severodonetsk. Read our live blog to see…

France 24

Assault on Sievierodonetsk taking longer than Russian forces hoped - TASS

Russian forces have seized control of about a third of the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, but their assault was taking longer than they had hoped, according to a Moscow-backed separatist leader quoted in a TASS news agency report.

Reuters

EU leaders agree to Russian oil ban after compromise with Hungary

EU says deal will effectively cut 90 percent of oil imports by year-end, cutting off key source of Moscow’s war funding.

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Latest Ukraine updates: Russia controls ‘most’ of Severodonetsk

Latest Ukraine news from May 31: Luhansk governor says Russian forces are set to take over the eastern Ukrainian city.

Al Jazeera

Debunking claims that Russia's Putin uses extras during public events

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited wounded soldiers from the war in Ukraine for the first time on May 25. Following this visit to a Moscow hospital, users claimed that Putin used secret service bodyguards as extras to pose as "'injured soldiers" as he's extremely paranoid about his safety. Is there…

France 24

Georgian breakaway territory suspends announced referendum on joining Russia - decree

The president of the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia suspended on Monday an earlier announced referendum on whether to become part of Russia until consultations with Moscow are complete.

Reuters

EU leaders aim to break oil ban impasse with unity at stake

BRUSSELS — European Union leaders intend to give their political backing to a ban on Russian oil, paving the way for a possible agreement next month on a sixth package of sanctions targeting Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.

Tribune News Service

Biden will not supply Ukraine with long-range rockets that can hit Russia

Moscow has threatened retaliation if missiles are used against its territory but US plans to ship shorter range systems

The Guardian - UK

Gazprom Suspends Gas Deliveries to Dutch Trader GasTerra

GasTerra will no longer receive gas from Russia's Gazprom from May 31 after refusing to agree to Moscow's demands for payment in roubles, the two companies said on Monday. GasTerra, which buys and trades gas on behalf of the Dutch government, said it had contracted elsewhere for the 2 billion…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey can help in Russia-Ukraine 'observation mechanism', Erdogan tells Putin

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday that Ankara is ready to take on a role in an "observation mechanism" between Moscow, Kyiv and the United Nations, if an agreement is reached in that regard.

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The Independent UK

Why did Russia invade Ukraine? The conflict explained

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

Al Jazeera

‘Enemy moving in’: Fierce battle as Russian troops storm key city

An estimated 15,000 civilians in Severodonetsk remain trapped by heavy fighting amid a constant barrage of artillery.

The Independent UK

Russian troops entering Sievierodonetsk in eastern Ukraine

The Russian-battered eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk appeared to be on the brink of becoming another Mariupol on Monday as services and aid have been cut and Moscow seeks to capture all of Ukraine’s industrial Donbas region

Reuters

Spain backs new sanctions against Russia, no EU agreement yet - foreign minister

Spain supports a new package of EU sanctions against Moscow but there is no agreement yet as some member states remain heavily dependent on Russian crude imports and are reluctant to block them, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Monday.

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EU summit to agree sanctions should include Russian oil embargo with pipeline exemption - draft

European Union leaders are due to agree at a summit later in the day that the sanctions package under preparation should include an embargo on Russian oil imports as punishemnt for Moscow invading Ukraine, but exempt pipeline crude deliveries.

Reuters

Russian-controlled Kherson region in Ukraine starts grain exports to Russia - TASS

The Russian-controlled Ukrainian region of Kherson has begun exporting grain that was harvested last year to Russia, the TASS news agency cited a senior local official as saying on Monday.

Reuters

Analysis-How the Ukraine conflict is reshaping global oil markets

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has reconfigured the global oil market, with African suppliers stepping in to meet European demand and Moscow, stung by Western sanctions, increasingly tapping risky ship-to-ship transfers to get its crude to Asia.

Bangkok Post

Ukrainian defenders hold out in Donbas city

KYIV/KHARKIV: European Union leaders will meet on Monday to reiterate support for Ukraine as Russian forces intensified attacks to capture Sievierodonetsk, a key city in the southeastern Donbas region that Moscow has prioritised taking over.

Reuters

EU bans most Russian oil; Zelenskiy calls Donbas situation 'extremely difficult'

European Union leaders agreed on Monday to ban most imports of Russian oil to the 27-nation bloc as Ukrainian and Russian forces battled on the outskirts of Sievierodonetsk, the last city still held by Kyiv in Ukraine's strategic Luhansk province.

France 24

French foreign minister demands probe into journalist’s death in Ukraine

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna on Monday called for an investigation into the death of a French journalist while he was covering an evacuation mission in eastern Ukraine. Colonna was on a visit to Ukraine, where she met with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Read our liveblog to see how all the…

The Guardian - UK

Farmers in Odesa sound alarm over blockade: ‘It’s a question of survival’

Russia has blockaded and occupied all of Ukraine’s seaports, meaning about 22m tonnes of produce is stuck

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