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Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
Date: July 11, 2022
(Reuters) – Rescue workers pulled more bodies and some survivors from an apartment building destroyed by a missile strike that killed 24 people in eastern Ukraine, while a Russian bombardment killed at least three in the second largest city Kharkiv. nL4N2YS0DR] FIGHTING * Russia’s defence ministry said on Monday its missiles had struck ammunition depots...

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
Date: June 13, 2022
(Reuters) – Ukrainian defenders were fighting fiercely for “every metre” of Sievierodonetsk, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as Russian forces pounded a zone where Ukrainian officials said hundreds of civilians were sheltering. FIGHTING * Luhansk Governor Serhiy Gaidai said: “About 500 civilians remain on the grounds of the Azot plant in Sievierodonetsk, 40 of them are...

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
Date: June 13, 2022
(Reuters) – Ukrainian defenders were fighting fiercely for “every metre” of Sievierodonetsk, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as Russian forces destroyed a bridge to another city across the river, leaving stranded civilians with just one way out. FIGHTING * Luhansk Governor Serhiy Gaidai said: “About 500 civilians remain on the grounds of the Azot plant in...

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
Date: June 6, 2022
(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he had visited two cities very close to one of the most active front lines between his country’s troops and Russian forces, where a regional official said the situation had worsened for the Ukrainian side. FIGHTING * Ukraine’s position “worsened a little” in the eastern Ukrainian city of...

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
Date: June 2, 2022
(Reuters) – Russian forces tightened their grip on an industrial Ukrainian city as part of their drive to control the eastern Donbas region and targeted rail links used to ferry in weapons from Kyiv’s Western allies as the war nears its 100th day on Friday. FIGHTING AND WEAPONS * Russian forces in Ukraine’s east are...

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
Date: May 27, 2022
(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the West to stop playing around with Russia and impose tougher sanctions on it end its “senseless war”, adding his country would remain independent, the only question was at what price. FIGHTING * The military situation in eastern Ukraine is even worse than people say it is and...
