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The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

Kremlin: Any Attack on Annexed Territory Will be an Attack on Russia

The Kremlin said on Friday that attacks against any part of the swathe of Ukraine that President Vladimir Putin was about to annex would be considered aggression against Russia itself, adding that Russia would fight to take the whole of the Donbas region. President Vladimir Putin is due to proclaim…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine advance on Russian outpost challenges Putin’s grip on Donbas

(This Sept 29 story has been refiled to correct date)

Reuters

Russia plans to annex parts of Eastern Ukraine – an Eastern European expert explains 3 key things to know about the regions at stake

Russia is set to formally annex four occupied territories in eastern Ukraine, claiming the region as its own more than six months after it first invaded its neighboring country.

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Controversy breaks out over presence of Indian “observer” in Donbas referendum

The message from the Russian authorities has named Purnima Anand who worked as “an observer from India” during the referendum

The Hindu

Sniper: The White Raven review – raw account of Ukrainian resistance in Donbas

Made before Russia’s full-scale invasion, this story of a hippy who turns warrior after his wife is killed could not be more urgent but feels oddly cliched

The Guardian - UK

Far-right German politicians accused of pro-Putin ‘propaganda trip’

Five AfD politicians currently in Russia and planning to travel to occupied Donbas in eastern Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine Marches Farther into Liberated Lands, Separatist Calls for Urgent Referendum

Ukraine said its troops have marched farther east into territory recently abandoned by Russia, paving the way for a potential assault on Moscow's occupation forces in the Donbas region as Kyiv seeks more Western arms. "The occupiers are clearly in a panic," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a televised…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Macron slams planned referendums in Russia-controlled regions in Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday dismissed planned referendums in Russian-controlled regions as a farce, saying France would not recognise their results. Meanwhile, the Russian foreign ministry accused Paris of "unacceptable" arms deliveries to Ukraine. Read about the day's events as they unfolded on our liveblog. All times are Paris…

France 24

Ukraine, West denounce Russian referendum plans for occupied regions

Russian-installed leaders in occupied areas of four Ukrainian regions on Tuesday set out plans for referendums on joining Russia, a challenge to the West that could sharply escalate the war and sparked condemnation from Ukraine and its allies.

Reuters

Ukraine troops focus on Donbas ‘de-occupation’ from Russia

Ukraine troops advance along the key Oskil River threatening Russian forces in the Donbas – Moscow’s prized territory.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine accuses Russia of strike on southern nuclear plant

Ukraine's nuclear energy agency on Monday accused Moscow's troops of an attack on the country's second largest nuclear plant in the south. The accusations come after the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine – Europe's largest atomic facility – faced frequent shelling in recent months, raising fears of a nuclear…

France 24

Izium: after Russian retreat, horrors of Russian occupation are revealed

As the Ukrainian city’s five-month ordeal ends, the evidence of dead bodies and survivors’ testimonies suggests Izium could be another Bucha

The Guardian - UK

Putin warns Russia could intensify attacks on Ukraine

Mr Putin said he has no plans to revise his goal of ‘liberating’ the entire eastern Donbas region in his first public comments since advances by Ukraine’s forces

Evening Standard

‘We don’t know where the rest of the bodies went’: the search for answers in Izium

Ukrainians in recaptured town where 445 graves have been uncovered tell of suffering during Russian occupation

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War in Ukraine: Citizens of Kramatorsk face dilemma of whether to leave

Despite the Ukrainian army's rapid counter-offensive, Russian forces still occupy vast swathes of Ukraine, including much of Donetsk and Luhansk, the two regions that make up the Donbas. Cities in the Ukrainian-held parts of the Donetsk region suffer regular shelling, suffering significant damage to infrastructure and putting local people in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine's Zelensky Vows 'Victory' on Visit to Liberated Kharkiv Region

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday promised "victory" on a visit to the strategic city of Izyum that was recently recaptured from Russia by Kyiv's army in a lightning counter-offensive. The visit came at a decisive moment in Russia's six-month-old invasion, with Ukraine expelling Moscow's forces from swathes of the…

Tribune News Service

Russia confirms flight of troops from Ukraine’s Kharkiv region

Thousands of Russian troops retreated in the face of a lightning Ukrainian offensive in the Kharkiv region that threatens to derail the Kremlin’s bid to cement control of Ukraine’s east.

The Independent UK

Ukraine claims one of the most significant victories of the war as Russia retreats from key city

The advance made by Ukrainian troops has taken Moscow by surprise, writes Kim Sengupta in Kyiv

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Evening Standard

Ukrainian counter-offensive making ‘verifiable progress’ against Putin’s troops in south

Ukraine’s counter-offensive against Vladimir Putin’s troops in the south of the country is making “verifiable progress,” military experts said on Monday.

The Independent UK

N. Korea may send workers to Russian-occupied east Ukraine

As the war in Ukraine stretches into its seventh month, North Korea is hinting at its interest in sending construction workers to help rebuild Russian-occupied territories in the country’s east

Reuters

Ukraine launches counter-offensive in south as Russia shells port city

Ukrainian troops bolstered by stepped-up Western military aid launched a long-awaited counter-offensive to retake territory in the south on Monday as Russian forces shelled residential areas of the Black Sea port city of Mykolaiv.

Evening Standard

Attacks in the Donbas intensifying amid ‘major’ Ukrainian offensive rumour , says UK

In its latest daily update, the ministry added that there has been “intense fighting” near the towns of Siversk and Bakhmut in the Donetsk region

The Independent UK

Moscow film festival opens with praise of soldiers in Donbas

The 44th Moscow International Film Festival has opened with reduced foreign representation amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine’s independence day was always important. Now it is a matter of life and death

In Kyiv, we are marking the day under the constant threat of Russian attack, says Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin is a 'clown' and has been outplayed by Ukraine, blasts former ally

Igor Girkin - an intelligence and army veteran who was central to Vladimir Putin’s seizure of Crimea and parts of the Donbas in 2014 - has mocked the Russian ruler’s performance

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