[LIVE] 3 months of war in Ukraine, the Luhansk region under fire

Part of a rocket driven into the ground in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Friday, May 13, 2022. AP - Leo Correa

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On the 90th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this Tuesday, May 24, follow live the latest information on the conflict which is entering its fourth month.

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The main points:

► The war in Ukraine is entering its

fourth month

, as Russian troops focus their offensive on the last pocket of resistance in the

Luhansk region of Donbass

.

► The

sanctions of the international community

against Moscow " 

should be maximum 

", with in particular " 

no trade with Russia

 ", declared the Ukrainian president during a speech by videoconference during the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. 

► The first Russian soldier tried for

a war crime

since Russia invaded Ukraine was found guilty and sentenced to 

life in prison on

 Monday in Kiev.

► Twenty countries pledged to provide

additional weapons

to Ukraine to deal with Russian forces at a meeting of allies on Monday.

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04:00: The war in Ukraine enters its fourth month

Three months of war in Ukraine, when Russian troops are concentrating their offensive on the last pocket of resistance in the Luhansk region, in the Donbass (east).

After having removed the Russian forces from the two largest cities of the country, the capital Kiev at the end of March and the beginning of April then Kharkiv in May, the Ukrainians have recognized for a few days "

difficulties

" in the Donbass, formed by the oblasts of Luhansk and Donetsk.

The next weeks of war will be difficult

,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Monday evening in his daily televised address.

The Russian occupiers are trying to show that they will not abandon the occupied areas of the Kharkiv region (north-east), that they will not return the Kherson region (south), the occupied territories of the region from Zaporizhia (south-east) and the Donbass (east).

They are moving somewhere.

They are strengthening their positions elsewhere

,” he continued.

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