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Russia 'raising hell' in east as Donetsk bombardment intensifies

"The eyes of all aggressive political movements and regimes in the world are now on what Russia is doing to us," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Saturday.

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Ukraine's President Zelenskyy says "superhuman efforts" will be needed to defend the rest of the Donbas after Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the eastern Luhansk region.

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The Uragan missile strike on a line for water in Lysychansk, killing 8 and injuring 21, is the latest of attacks across the country hitting civilian targets.

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Russian troops storm Sievierodonetsk as Donbas is heavily bombarded

By Sunday, the Russian assault had "extremely escalated" in Sievierodonetsk, where some 1,500 civilians out of the prewar population of 100,000 had died from the fighting.

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Some 90% of Sievierodonetsk has been "systematically destroyed" by the Russian forces while at least 1,500 people have died there because of the war, the Luhansk city mayor claims.

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Meanwhile, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pledged that the Donbas will remain Ukrainian as fighting intensified around several cities and towns in the eastern region.

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Officials say the number of people applying for Russian passports has increased in recent weeks as tensions around Ukraine soared.

17/02/2022

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The steel cable holding the lift broke as the men descended to the bottom of a mine shaft, emergency services said.

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Forest fires in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk have killed least nine people and 14 others have been hospitalised.

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While Russia is waging an illegal invasion into Ukraine, Amazon is profiting from the symbols of that conflict, such as the banners that represent Russian proxy forces.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this year promised fast-tracked citizenship to anyone living in Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts.

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US, EU and NATO line up behind Kyiv in condemnation of he Sunday votes in the Donetsk & Luhansk Peoples' Republics.

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Talks in Paris aimed at getting the fragile Minsk peace agreement back on track in eastern Ukraine failed to make progress on Thursday ahead of a

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Jailed in Russia, Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko has been awarded the title ‘Hero of Ukraine’ as fears grow for her health more than two

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Last week’s rebel advance has dashed a five-month truce and reignited the war in Ukraine which has killed more than 5,000 people. In Lysychansk, near

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