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Goat wounds Russian soldiers after animal wandered into middle of battle zone

The Russian soldiers had also placed grenades around the outside of a Ukrainian hospital with tripwires installed in a circle as a means of defence - but a stray goat triggered tripwires and injured troops

Daily Mirror

Russian forces capture two settlements near Ukraine's Lysychansk

Russian forces have captured the settlements of Loskutivka and Rai-Oleksandrivka south of Ukraine's cities of Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk, which are the focus of the Russian offensive in the region, Luhansk governor Serhiy Gaidai said on Thursday.

Reuters

Ukraine bracing for Russia cruise missile blitz with warships poised to launch attack

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had predicted Russia would step up their deadly attacks ahead of Thursday’s EU summit on Thursday in Brussels, Belgium

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Russian forces capture several more settlements in Ukraine's Luhansk region

Russian forces have captured several settlements near the embattled cities of Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk in the Luhansk region, the regional governor and Ukraine's general staff said on Tuesday.

Reuters

EU reaches 'total consensus' on granting Ukraine candidate status

EU ministers on Tuesday backed granting war-torn Ukraine candidate status to join the bloc ahead of a summit expected to formally greenlight the move later this week, France's Europe minister said. In fighting on the ground, Ukraine said it was encountering difficulty in the east as Russian forces captured more…

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Russian-backed separatists report control of village south of key Ukraine battle

Russian-backed separatist forces in Ukraine said on Monday they had taken a village beside the main southern road towards the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, over which Russian and Ukrainian forces have been fighting for weeks.

Reuters

Russia intensifies attacks on key cities in eastern Ukraine, seizes territory

Russian forces captured territory along a frontline river in eastern Ukraine and intensified pressure on two key cities on Monday, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy predicted Moscow would escalate attacks ahead of an EU summit expected to welcome Kyiv's bid to join the bloc.

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Ukraine war ‘could last years’ and costs may be ‘high’, warns NATO chief

Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the west must continue to arm Ukraine ‘even if the costs are high’

Evening Standard

Ukraine’s forces remain on the defensive in the eastern Donbas region – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Air strike kills four civilians in Ukraine's Lysychansk, more feared trapped- governor

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.

Reuters

Here's what we know about the Azot chemical plant sheltering civilians during the Russian war in Ukraine

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Ukraine news – live: Putin likely still wants all of Ukraine, says US

Pentagon says Russian leader harbours imperial designs

The Independent UK

All bridges to Ukraine's Sievierodontesk destroyed but "access" remains- governor

All bridges to Ukraine's embattled eastern frontline city of Sievierodonetsk have been destroyed, rendering impossible the evacuation of civilians remaining there, the local governor said on Monday, adding that some "access" to the city remained.

Reuters

Putin’s troops ‘forced to undertake dangerous river crossings’ as Ukrainian forces blow up bridges, says UK

Vladimir Putin’s offensive in Ukraine is being slowed by Ukrainian forces blowing up bridges as they withdraw forcing his troops to undertake dangerous river crossing, British defence chiefs said on Monday.

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More bodies exhumed near Ukraine’s Bucha as battle rages for Severodonetsk

Ukrainian investigators exhumed seven bodies from makeshift graves in a forest near Bucha on Monday as Kyiv said its forces had been pushed back from the centre of Severodonetsk, the epicentre of a wider battle for control of the eastern Donbas region. All times Paris time (GMT+2).

Reuters

Amid fierce fighting, Russian forces cut last Sievierodonetsk escape route

Russian forces tightened their grip on the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on Monday, a Ukrainian official said, cutting off the last routes for evacuating citizens in a scene that echoed last month's siege of the port of Mariupol.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: ‘All Severodonetsk bridges destroyed’

Ukraine news from June 13: Destruction of bridges makes it impossible to evacuate civilians from city, governor says.

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Russia Destroys Bridge over Ukrainian River, Cutting Escape Route

Russian forces have blown up a bridge linking the embattled Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk to another city across the river, cutting off a possible evacuation route for civilians, local officials said on Sunday. Sievierodonetsk has become the epicenter of the battle for control over Ukraine's eastern region of Donbas. Parts…

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Vladimir Putin urges citizens to stand united in speech to mark Russia Day

The Russian president repeated praise for Peter the Great, who he said achieved ‘profound transformations’

Evening Standard

Russia forces using ‘thermobaric rocket artillery’ in Severodonetsk

Severodonetsk has become epicentre of the battle in eastern Ukraine for control over the industrialised Donbas region

Reuters

Russia destroys bridge over Ukrainian river, cutting escape route

Evening Standard

Zelensky: millions could starve due to Russian blockade of Ukraine’s ports

The Ukrainian president said the battle was ‘brutal’ and had become the epicentre of fighting in the region

Reuters

Ukraine says troops holding on to Sievierodonetsk, advance in south

Ukraine said on Thursday its forces were holding their positions in intense fighting in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk and had retaken ground in the south, targetting gains in the biggest swathe of territory seized by Russia since the invasion started.

Reuters

Ukraine will fight for all territory, stalemate 'not an option', Zelenskiy says

Ukraine will fight to recover all its territory occupied by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday, as his troops battled street-to-street in Sievierodonetsk in one of the bloodiest land battles of the war.

Reuters

Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk split in half between Ukrainian and Russian forces - regional governor

Control of Ukraine's city of Sievierodonetsk is split in half between Ukrainian and Russian forces, Serhiy Gaidai, governor or the Luhansk region where the eastern city is located, said on Sunday.

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