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The Latest Breaking News from Sievierodonetsk

Russia pushes Ukrainian forces to outskirts of key eastern city

Ukrainian forces pulled back to the outskirts of the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday in the face of a fierce Russian assault, the regional governor said, another big swing in momentum in one of the bloodiest battles of the war.

Reuters

Russian assault on Sievierodonetsk redoubled after counterattack

Non-stop street fighting and bombardments as Kremlin seeks full control of Luhansk province

The Guardian - UK

Russia Claims Advances in Ukraine amid Fierce Fighting

Russia on Tuesday claimed to have taken control of 97% of one of the two provinces that make up Ukraine's Donbas, bringing the Kremlin closer to its goal of fully capturing the eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Moscow’s forces hold nearly…

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Ukrainian Troops Bomb Russian Targets In Hotly Contested Sievierodonetsk

This is the moment Ukrainian troops bomb Russian targets in the hotly contested city of Sievierodonetsk.

Zenger

Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk are ‘dead cities’ due to Russian bombing, says Zelensky

Despite being outnumbered, Ukrainian president says his troops have ‘every chance’ of regaining territory

The Independent UK

Street fighting, constant shelling as Russia pushes for control of Ukraine's Donbas

KYIV: Ukrainian troops were engaged in fierce street fighting with Russian soldiers in the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk, while other towns were under constant shelling, as the Kremlin pushed for control of the eastern Donbas region.

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Zelenskiy says stalemate with Russia is ‘not an option’ – as it happened

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy says it will fight for all territory amid fierce battle in east

Ukraine will fight to recover all its territory occupied by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday, as his troops struggled to hold their ground in bloody street-to-street fighting in the city of Sievierodonetsk.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 104 of the invasion

Russia claims control of 97% of Luhansk as UN warns war is creating a human trafficking crisis

The Guardian - UK

Fighting rages in fierce battle for Ukraine's east

Street fighting between Ukrainian and Russian troops raged in the battle for the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk as Moscow's forces pushed to conquer Ukraine's eastern Donbas, seeking a decisive win more than 100 days into the invasion.

Reuters

Zelenskiy says Ukrainian forces not giving up positions in Sievierodonetsk

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his troops are not giving up positions in Sievierodonetsk, a city where some of the war's biggest ground battles have been taking place.

Reuters

Ukraine needs many more rocket launchers from west, says adviser

UK and US have so far promised a handful; official says with 60 they can stop Russians ‘dead in their tracks’

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine has 'every chance' to fight back in Sievierodonetsk, Zelenskiy says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Russian forces had the numerical advantage in the battle for the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, but that Ukraine's forces had "every chance" of fighting back.

Reuters

Ukraine has enough forces to beat back Russian attacks on Sievierodonetsk - mayor

Ukraine has concentrated enough forces to repel Russian attacks in the frontline eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, but neither side is preparing to withdraw and street fighting rages, mayor Oleksandr Stryuk told Ukrainian television.

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The Independent UK

Zelensky visits frontline as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine

‘What you all deserve is victory,’ Ukrainian president tells his troops

The Guardian - UK

Zelenskiy visits Ukrainian troops on frontline as Russia pushes them back

President makes rare publicised visit outside Kyiv to Lysychansk

Reuters

Ukraine says position has 'worsened a little' in Sievierodonetsk fighting

The position of Ukrainian forces fighting in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk has "worsened a little", the regional governor said on Monday.

The Guardian - AU

Zelenskiy says Russian troops intend to capture the city of Zaporizhzhia – as it happened

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Zelensky says Ukraine’s forces ‘holding out’ but outnumbered in Severodonetsk

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday said “we’re holding out” in the flashpoint eastern city of Severodonetsk but said of Russian forces there that “there are more of them and they are stronger”. Zelensky's remarks came after he met with frontline troops in neighbouring Lysychansk on Sunday.

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.

ABC News

Explosions rock Kyiv, Ukraine rebukes Emmanuel Macron for calls not to 'humiliate' Russia

As more explosions rock Kyiv, Ukraine's Foreign Minister tells the French President that a warning not to humiliate Russia could only humiliate France, and that Russia needs to be put "in its place".

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.

The Guardian - AU

Putin warns that Moscow will hit new targets if the west supplies Ukraine with long-range missiles – as it happened

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Ukraine counterattacks contested city of Sievierodonetsk, Britain says

Ukrainian forces have counterattacked in the contested city of Sievierodonetsk in eastern Ukraine, Britain's defence ministry said on Sunday.

France 24

Ukraine says its military controls 'half' of Severodonetsk

Ukraine said Sunday its forces now control half of Sievierodonetsk in east Ukraine, but expect a Russian counter-attack in coming days as the battle for Donbas continues. On Sunday morning, Russia launched missiles towards Kyiv via Tu-95 strategic bombers, said the Ukrainian government. Meanwhile, Russia said it struck tanks supplied…

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