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Russia claims Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk after one of the war’s bloodiest fightsRussian forces seized full control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on Saturday, both sides said. Ukraine called its retreat from the city a "tactical withdrawal."WorldJun 25, 2022
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Ukrainian troops begin retreating from besieged eastern city to stronger positionsThe planned withdrawal from Sievierodonetsk in the Luhansk region comes after relentless Russian bombardment that has reduced most of the industrial city to rubble.WorldJun 24, 2022
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Russia controls 80% of key Ukrainian city in Donbas, official saysAbout 12,000 people remain in Sievierodonetsk, a Ukrainian city with a population of 100,000 before Russia began its war on Feb. 24.WorldJun 14, 2022
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Russia swarms eastern Ukrainian city, Sievierodonetsk, mirroring Mariupol assaultRegional governor Sergei Gaidai said on social media that Russian forces now controlled about 70 per cent of Sievierodonetsk, and were destroying it "quarter by quarter."WorldJun 13, 2022
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Ukraine needs more artillery to maintain fight in key Donbas city, commander saysThe battle amid the ruins of Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk, a small industrial city, has become one of the war's bloodiest, with Russia concentrating its invasion force there.WorldJun 9, 2022
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Fears of global food crisis on the rise amid Russia’s war on UkraineUkraine, known as the ``bread basket of Europe,'' is one of the world's biggest exporters of wheat, corn and sunflower oil, but much of that flow has been halted by Russia's war.ConsumerJun 8, 2022
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Just 20% of key Donbas city remains in Ukrainian control, official saysIf Russia captures the city and its smaller twin Lysychansk on the higher west bank of the Siverskyi Donets river, it will hold all of Luhansk in the Donbas.WorldJun 1, 2022
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Russian forces take half of key Ukrainian city in Donbas, mayor saysUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the situation in the Donbas remains “extremely difficult” as Russia has put its army’s “maximum combat power” there.WorldMay 31, 2022
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Russian troops entering key Ukraine city amid Donbas fight, mayor saysSievierodonetsk, 143 kilometres south of the Russian border, has emerged in recent days as the epicentre of the Donbas fighting in Ukraine.WorldMay 30, 2022
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