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A local resident walks next to a building destroyed by a Russian military strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the town of Bakhmut, in Donetsk Region, Ukraine May 29, 2022. REUTERS/Serhii Nuzhnenko

Zelenskiy calls Donbas situation 'extremely difficult'

Service members of pro-Russian troops wait before the expected evacuation of wounded Ukrainian soldiers from the besieged Azovstal steel mill in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in Mariupol, Ukraine 16 May, 2022. Photo: Reuters

Advancing Russian forces reach key highway out of Donbas cities

People walk towards a monument to the Liberators of Donbass in the rebel-held city of Donetsk, Ukraine 27 January 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Russia launches new assault on eastern Ukraine towns

A wounded service member of Ukrainian forces from the besieged Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol is transported on a stretcher out of a bus, which arrived under escort of the pro-Russian military in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in Novoazovsk, Ukraine May 16, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Putin takes Mariupol, but wider Donbas victory slipping from reach

A satellite image shows armoured vehicles and trucks of a military convoy moving south through the Ukrainian town of Velykyi Burluk, Ukraine, April 8, 2022. Picture taken April 8, 2022. Satellite image 2022 Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS

Russia says it strikes Ukraine positions in battle for Donbas