Donbas

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Russia has criticized the United States for sending artillery systems to Ukraine

Russia has condemned US plans to send more modern artillery systems to Ukraine and accused Washington of "adding fuel to the fire".

"The main road to northern Donetsk is likely to remain under Ukrainian control, but Russia continues to achieve stable local wins. However, Russian forces have also suffered losses in the process," the ministry said in its latest intelligence report.

An adviser to the Ukrainian president has accused Europe and the United States of having an "irrational fear" of Russia. Mykhailo Podolyak told Interfax Ukraine that the West's financial priorities take precedence in decision-making.

The United States has denied Ukraine long-range missiles, the EU with a compromise oil embargo, the Netherlands is running out of gas. Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Russian forces advance in Sievierodonetsk

Turkey to take on the role of mediator between Ukraine and Russia, and truce talks to be held in Istanbul with the participation of the UN. This was suggested by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin.

The situation in eastern Ukraine remains tense, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

After the confusing launch of the invasion, it seems that the Russian army is on the way to conquer the entire Donbas, where two self-proclaimed "people's republics" which Moscow recognized are situated.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Sievierodonetsk almost destroyed

President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the front line in the Kharkiv region for the first time since the beginning of the war.
A few hours after he left this city, several explosions were heard in it, and a large black cloud was seen in the northeast of the city.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

"Indescribably difficult": Zelensky acknowledged that Ukraine could not regain all its territory by force

Russian forces engaged in an all-out battle in eastern Ukraine have captured the strategic town of Lyman and surrounded a key industrial centre, Moscow has claimed.

But a Ukrainian official has denied that the city of Severodonetsk -- the focus of weeks of fierce fighting -- has been encircled, saying government troops had repelled Russian forces from its outskirts.