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The Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk is now under the "full occupation" of Russian forces following a weeks-long battle. Mayor Oleksand Stryuk said on national ...

economic damage" he would resign as he would have accepted he had "lost a very important argument". "Too many countries are saying this is a European war that is unnecessary... He underscored his personal support for Ukraine by telling the BBC that if the British government decided that "we had to abandon the Ukrainian cause because it was simply getting too difficult and... Mr Johnson, who is in the Rwandan capital Kigali for a Commonwealth summit, said the consequences of Russian President Vladimir Putin being able to get his way in Ukraine would be dangerous to international security and "a long-term economic disaster". The Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk is now under the "full occupation" of Russian forces following a weeks-long battle. South of Lysychansk, Ukrainian soldiers were forced to retreat from the towns of Hirske and Zolote in the face of overwhelming Russian forces, according to an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

No running water, gas or electricity and apartment blocks destroyed at random… Now civilians in Ukraine's second biggest city are facing a new Russian ...

For many in Saltivka, the symbolic moves have made little difference to their daily struggle to survive and keep on going. Before the war, it was the biggest market in Europe and one of the busiest. Western leaders have started to warn that it might take years before the war winds down. Some of the few shops that remain open on the abandoned, rubbish-infested passageway there sell flowers. Over the past week, Kharkiv has experienced some of the worst Russian shelling it has seen to date, killing more than 15 people, as worries grow in Kyiv that Russia is now mounting another attack on the city. Somewhere on the front line was Marchenko’s son, she said, pointing to a small shrine she had made for him in her flat. “But now we see this was always the plan – to target civilian infrastructure.” Yet she calls herself one of the lucky ones. To make matters worse, the relative calmness that prompted Marchenko and others to return was, in the end, deceptive. “At least I am staying fit, but this is not how I was imagining my pension,” said Marchenko, who worked for 30 years at the local post office. Others emerged from the nearby underground metro stations that were turned into shelters where they had spent weeks living. Now, the neighbourhood feels like a ghost town.

The eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk is "completely under Russian occupation," the city's head of military administration said Saturday, ...

The Russian goal appears to be to cut off Ukrainian forces in a pocket of Luhansk and Donetsk regions. It said '"Russian bombers hit directly from the territory of Belarus. Six Tu-22M3 aircraft were involved, which launched 12 Kh-22 cruise missiles." Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, said: "The enemy continues to suffer significant losses. are under growing pressure from Russian forces that have taken territory to the south of the city. It said Ukrainian soldiers had stopped the advance of Russian infantry near Volodymyrivka, which is 5 kilometers from the highway. The head of the military administration said "about 10 missiles" had been shot down by Ukrainian defenders. But the two sides' versions of what was targeted differ. North of Sloviansk, the Ukrainian military reported continuing battles in areas that have been on the front lines for months. Severodonetsk was one of the last major Ukrainian strongholds in the area. "Civilians are leaving the territory of the Azot plant, they [the Russians] shoot propaganda videos with them. Regional military officials said Friday that the last troops in Severodonetsk had been ordered to leave, as it was impossible to keep defending their positions. We will facilitate the evacuation, but so far there is no such opportunity," Striuk said.

Dozens of Russian missiles have simultaneously hit military facilities in western and northern Ukraine, local officials say. Ukraine's military says attacks on ...

In the Chernihiv region, also in the north, governor Vyacheslav Chaus said the small town of Desna, which is home to a training centre for Ukraine’s infantry forces, had come under fire. “Nearly 30 missiles were launched at one military infrastructure facility very near to the city of Zhytomyr,” Bunechko said, adding that nearly 10 missiles had been intercepted and destroyed. “Russia is using the tactic … it used in Mariupol: wiping the city from the face of the earth. “The activities happening in the area of Severodonetsk are a tactical regrouping of our troops. “Around 5:00 o’clock in the morning (02:00 GMT) the Chernigiv region suffered a massive bombardment by missiles. Katyn is a Russian memorial.” Even less so after the frankly anti-Russian comments by Polish political leaders,” Andrei Borisov said on social media platform VKontakte. “They [Ukraine military] say they are moving to safe position, in order to be able to consolidate those positions, to put up some kind of defensive fight. Severodonetsk gives them a hold over that river but moving armoured personnel … and other equipment across has been very difficult for them.” So the Ukrainian forces are leaving for higher ground to continue the defence operations,” he said. “Today’s strike is directly linked to Kremlin efforts to pull Belarus as a co-belligerent into the war in Ukraine,” the intelligence service, which is part of the defence ministry, said on Telegram. Ukraine is regrouping its forces from the rubble of the city of Severodonetsk to higher ground in neighbouring Lysychansk to gain a tactical advantage over Russia, the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency has said.

This strike comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko are to meet on Saturday in Saint Petersburg in Russia.

"Many Su-25 (aircraft) are in service with the Belarusian army," said Putin. "They could be upgraded in an appropriate way. "There can't be a Polish flag on Russian monuments. "All essential infrastructure has been destroyed. "These people have lived almost three months of their lives in basements, shelters," he said. “Around 5:00 a.m. (2:00 GMT), the Chernigiv region came under massive missile bombardment. 90% of the city is damaged, 80% of the houses will have to be destroyed," he said. "I stressed the need to achieve fire parity with the enemy, which will allow us to stabilise the situation in the most threatened region of Lugansk," said commander-in-chief of Ukraine's army Valeriy Zaluzhnyi on Friday, after a conversation with US military officials. Kyiv has said it requires "fire parity" with Russian forces to "stabilise" the situation in the country's east, following its troop withdrawal from Sievierodonetsk. "Today's strike is directly linked to the Kremlin's efforts to draw Belarus into the war in Ukraine as a co-belligerent," said the Ukrainian Defence Ministry on Telegram. Moscow is now in almost complete control of the Lugansk region, which includes Severodonetsk, and "street fighting" is underway in the neighbouring city of Lysytchansk, according to Russian-backed separatists. The capture of Sievierodonetsk by the Russian army comes after several weeks of intense fighting in the region, which is fiercely hotly contested by Ukrainian and Russian forces. “The city is completely occupied by the Russians,” Striouk said in a televised address, after the Ukrainian army withdrew to the neighbouring town of Lyssytchansk yesterday.

Russia started the fifth month of its invasion with what Ukraine's army called a “massive bombardment,” including in far western areas some 800 miles from ...

A Ukrainian soldier was killed and another injured as Russian troops fired over 40 missiles at Chernihiv as well as Zhytomyr regions on Saturday.

He also stated that these missiles were fired by the Russian military from the territory of Belarus. "We awoke this morning to the loud blast sounds. The missiles were launched with the help of aircraft that entered from Belarus," Sukhomlyn stated, Ukrinform reported. They fired more than 40 missiles at the region's territory," Bunechko wrote on Telegram. According to reports, military infrastructure facilities were also damaged during the attack.