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Images show heavy fighting in the eastern Ukrainian city of Soledar, where residents seek cover in basements as artillery fire roars through the streets. Soledar found itself on the path of Russian troops pushing to take over the Donetsk region, causing many of its residents to flee. IMAGES
Russian forces are now largely in control of the key eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk amid fierce fighting, Kyiv said Wednesday. FRANCE 24's Jonathan Walsh just got back from reporting in Ukraine, he speaks about the situation near Severodonetsk.
The city in the Donbas of key strategic importance was not surrounded and Ukrainian soldiers were fighting in the outskirts, local authorities reported on Saturday morning.
Smoke billows on the horizon in the Ukrainian city of Rubizhne where fighting continues. Ukraine authorities say the region is facing "round the clock shelling" as Russian forces focus their assault on the east of the country. IMAGES
Russian troops have entered Ukraine's second city Kharkiv and fighting was under way on Sunday, the head of the regional administration said on the fourth day of Moscow's invasion of the pro-Western country. FRANCE 24's Senior Reporter Catherine Norris-Trent has the latest.