Russian troops attempting to gain full control over Luhansk, Donetsk: Ukraine

Russian troops are attempting to gain full control over Ukraine’s Luhansk and Donetsk regions, but their efforts have been unsuccessful so far, the Ukrainian General Staff said Thursday.

Russian shelling in eastern regions continues

In its daily briefing, Russia’s ministry of defense has said that Russian high-precision missiles have hit three command posts and 13 areas where Ukrainian soldiers and military equipment were located in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Lugansk. 

Zelenskyy says cities ‘will return’ to Ukraine

Zelenskyy has said Ukraine is determined to reclaim control over the southern cities of Kherson, Melitopol, Berdiansk, Enerhodar and Mariupol, now occupied by Russian troops.

Russian forces have carried out 48 airstrikes in Kharkiv, Donetsk over past 24 hours: Ukraine

Russian forces have carried out 48 airstrikes in Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Donetsk regions in the last 24 hours, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said Monday.

Air-raid sirens, more explosions in Mykolaiv region

Air-raid sirens have been activated in the Mykolaiv region in the last hour, with a local official reporting explosions in the southern area.

Explosions heard in Mykolaiv

Air raid sirens have been activated in Mykolaiv, with several reports of explosions heard.

Ukrainian army shells convoy of refugees from LPR near Kharkov, two people killed - TASS

Ukraine’s armed forces shelled a convoy of refugees from the Lugansk People’s Republic in the Kharkov Region, the republic’s office of the Prosecutor General reported on Thursday.

Kyiv expects Russian attack in eastern Ukraine ‘will begin soon’ | Al Jazeera

Kyiv expects Russia will launch a major offensive in eastern Ukraine “soon”, a spokesman for the country’s defence ministry has said.

Ukraine says situation in Mariupol much worse than Bucha

Ukraine’s foreign minister said Monday that what happened in the city of Bucha is just the "tip of the iceberg” and the situation in Mariupol is much worse.

Russia has not invaded Ukraine and will not invade any other country — Lavrov - TASS

Russia has not invaded Ukraine and doesn’t plan to attack other countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday after talks with his Ukrainian and Turkish counterparts, Dmitry Kuleba and Mevlut Cavusoglu.

Macron wants to ‘bend Ukraine over’ – Klimkin — RT

French President Emmanuel Macron wants to force Ukraine to make concessions to Russia on a major peace deal designed to bring an end to fighting in the Donbass, Kiev’s former foreign minister has claimed.

Ukrainian, French presidents discuss eastern Ukraine - AA

The president of Ukraine and his French counterpart spoke via telephone Friday and discussed the situation in eastern Ukraine, according to the presidency.

US says Russia is planning sabotage to justify invasion of Ukraine • FRANCE 24 English

 

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Le président Volodymyr Zelensky attendu sur le front dans l'est de l'Ukraine

 

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 Le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky s'est rendu, jeudi, sur la ligne de front du conflit avec les séparatistes prorusses. 

If Zelensky launches a full-scale war in Donbass, Russia will intervene & it will mean the ‘end of Ukraine’, warns key Putin aide — RT

 

Russia will be forced to protect the residents of Donbass if Ukraine launches full-scale hostilities against the region. That’s according to Dmitry Kozak, President Vladimir Putin’s deputy chief of staff, who is himself Ukrainian.

Russia probes reported killing of child in Ukraine attack | THE DAILY STAR

Moscow said Monday it was probing the death of a five-year-old child allegedly killed by Kiev forces in eastern Ukraine held by Russian-backed separatists.

Putin pledges help to unrecognized Donbass republics, warns Ukraine against attack

Vladimir Putin has said that any aggravation of the military conflict in Ukraine would "inflict a tremendous damage" to the country's statehood and added that Russian support for the Donbass republics will continue.

Russia blasts Ukrainian Donbas law as preparations for war

The Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday that it saw Ukraine's new law on the return of the insurgent Donbas region in eastern Ukraine as "preparations for a new war."

Echange de prisonniers sans précédent entre Kiev et séparatistes

Les autorités ukrainiennes et les séparatistes prorusses ont commencé mercredi à procéder à un échange de prisonniers qui pourrait concerner un total de 380 personnes dans l'Est rebelle de l'Ukraine, soit le plus important en près de quatre ans de conflit, ont constaté des journalistes de l'AFP.

Transatlantic vaccination against the Russian virus of aggression: Ukraine 'grateful' to US decision to provide arms

President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday thanked the U.S. for its decision to supply Ukraine with lethal defensive weapons.