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  • Ukraine claims to have recaptured "half" of Severodonetsk and to make progress in this key Donbass city under heavy fire from Russian forces.

  • Volodymyr Zelensky went to the eastern front on Sunday to support his soldiers there.

    The Ukrainian president announced that he had visited Lyssytchansk, a neighboring town of Severodonetsk.

    He also went to Zaporijjia, in the south of the country, where he met residents of Mariupol who had managed to flee the bombardments.

  • If the fighting is concentrated in the South and the East, "kyiv remains the main objective of the Russian occupier", assured the Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defense Ganna Malyar.

    The capital was hit by several Russian strikes on Sunday morning, for the first time since late April.

  • Vladimir Putin threatened further strikes on new sites, if the West supplied long-range missiles to Ukraine.

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8:12 am: kyiv claims to be progressing in Severodonetsk

Ukraine affirmed on Sunday, through the voice of the governor of the Lugansk region, Serguiï Gaïdaï, to have taken back “half” of Severodonetsk.

In this key city of Donbass under heavy fire from Russian forces, the Ukrainian army even assures us that it is doing better than holding its own and regaining ground.

In an interview broadcast on social networks, Serguiï Gaïdaï explained that an intensification of the Russian offensive is to be expected to take the city "before June 10".

To support his remarks, he notably cited interceptions of communications from the Russian command.

“We expect that, in the near future, all the reserves to which they have access, all the machines, all the troops, will be put to work to achieve” this objective, also assured the governor.

8:02 am: Zelensky meets residents who fled Mariupol

During his trip on Sunday, the Ukrainian president also visited Zaporijjia, in the south of the country.

In addition to the regional authorities, he met residents of Mariupol who had managed to flee the Russian bombardments.

“Each family has its own story.

Most were without men,” he noted.

“One's husband has gone to war, another's is in captivity, yet another's, unfortunately, is dead.

A tragedy.

No home, no love.

But we have to live for the children.

True heroes, they are among us”.

7:57 am: Visit of Zelensky in the Donbass

Volodymyr Zelensky announced in his daily video message on Sunday that he had visited his troops in Lyssychansk, a neighboring town of Severodonetsk.

“We brought something to the army.

I will not talk about it in detail,” he reported.

7:51 am: Ukraine fails to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar

On Sunday evening, the Ukrainian national team lost 1-0 in Cardiff against Wales.

This score is synonymous with non-qualification for the World Cup in Qatar.

Galvanized by a flag signed by soldiers from the front hung on the wall of their locker room, the players put together all the ingredients to win this match: desire, combat, technique, tactics.

All but one: efficiency.

“I think we did everything we could but (…) we are sorry not to have scored (…), that was the biggest obstacle”, admitted coach Oleksandr Petrakov.

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The fighting is still fierce in Severodonetsk, a strategic city for the conquest of the Donbass mining basin.

The Ukrainians claim to have taken over part of the city from the Russians.

To galvanize his troops, Volodymyr Zelensky also went to the front line in this region on Sunday.

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