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Live Updates: Ukraine’s Pleas Grow Louder as Soldiers Are Outgunned and Putin Talks of Empire

As his military suffers heavy losses in eastern Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky and other Ukrainian leaders are stepping up their pleas for the quick delivery of heavy weapons to help them in the current battles and for deeper political integration into Europe for a greater sense of security when the war is over.

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Ukraine-Russia War Live News: Latest Updates

With smoke rising from Sievierodonetsk and the rattle of gunfire echoing from vicious street-by-street combat, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has described the battle for the eastern city as a crucial moment in the war as his outgunned forces struggle to deny Russian forces another foothold in the Donbas region.

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Latest Russia-Ukraine War News: Live Updates

As Russia continues to pound towns and villages across eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin is trying to deepen its hold on occupied territory in the south, restoring transportation links and other key infrastructure to secure a “land bridge” from Russia to the Crimean Peninsula.

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Latest Ukraine and Russia News: Live Updates

More than 40,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed or injured since Russia invaded Ukraine and roughly three million are now living under Russian occupation, according to the Ukrainian government, underscoring both the toll of the war and the steep challenges Ukraine faces as it seeks to win back territory.

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Latest Russia-Ukraine War News: Live Updates

On the 100th day since Russia invaded Ukraine, the war is deep into its second phase as Moscow pivots from a failed attempt to take the capital — and control of the country — to a push in the east where it is pressing its military advantages toward a more limited goal.

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Latest Russia-Ukraine War News: Live Updates

As Ukrainian forces struggled to hold onto territory along the war’s eastern front on Thursday, Ukraine said it was making progress in its limited counterattack in the south of the country, trying to take advantage of Moscow’s decision to concentrate its campaign — and its forces — in the east.

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What Happened on Day 97 of the War in Ukraine

BRUSSELS — Russian troops battled their way into the devastated Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on Tuesday, as their slow, brutal offensive in eastern Ukraine shifted from indiscriminate shelling to street fighting, with thousands of civilians still trapped among the ruins.

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Latest Russia-Ukraine War News: Live Updates

As Russian and Ukrainian forces traded blistering artillery barrages and engaged in fierce fighting across towns and villages in eastern Ukraine, European Union leaders gathered on Tuesday for the second day of a summit aimed at pressing efforts to punish Russia while bolstering the battered Ukrainian economy.

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What Happened on Day 95 of the War in Ukraine

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Ukrainian soldiers, seeking to spread Russian forces thin, launched a counteroffensive on Sunday in Kherson, the key southern city that Moscow considered so securely under its thumb that it had introduced the ruble.

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