Russia-Ukraine live updates | Group of NATO leaders pledge support for Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine live updates | Group of NATO leaders pledge support for Ukraine

Russia told Ukrainian forces holed up in a chemical plant in embattled Severodonetsk to lay down their arms by early Wednesday as it fights to maintain momentum in its battle for control of eastern Ukraine. Ukraine is calling for an increase in Western heavy weapons after Russia committed the bulk of its firepower to the […]

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Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Russia takes small cities, aims to widen east Ukraine battle

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Russia takes small cities, aims to widen east Ukraine battle

Russian forces stepped up their assault on the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on May 28 after claiming to have captured the nearby rail hub of Lyman, as Kyiv intensified its calls for longer-range weaponry from the West to help it fight back in the Donbas region. Slow, solid Russian gains in recent days point to […]

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Russia-Ukraine live updates | Ukraine says troops may retreat from eastern region as Russia advances

Russia-Ukraine live updates | Ukraine says troops may retreat from eastern region as Russia advances

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesnkyy spoke defiantly on May 27 in two speeches about his country’s ultimate victory over Russian forces in both the most pressing battle in eastern Ukraine and the war, generally. “Ukraine is a country that has destroyed the myth about the extraordinary power of the Russian army – an army that supposedly, […]

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Ukraine rules out ceasefire as fighting intensifies in Donbas

Ukraine rules out ceasefire as fighting intensifies in Donbas

Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or concessions to Moscow while Russia intensified an offensive in the eastern Donbas region and stopped providing gas to Finland, as Polish President Andrzej Duda prepared to address the Ukrainian parliament on Sunday. After ending weeks of resistance by the last Ukrainian fighters in the strategic southeastern city of Mariupol, […]

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