Sievierodonetsk

Fighting between the Ukrainian army and Russian forces continues in the east of the country.
Reports of civilian shelling victims in Kharkov and Mykolaiv were registered yesterday.
The International Energy Agency warns that Moscow could completely cut off gas supplies to Europe.

EU leaders will gather in Brussels on June 23 to discuss calls to formally grant war-torn Ukraine "candidate status" to join the bloc, as Russian forces slowly advance in the eastern Donbas region despite fierce resistance from Kyiv's military.

Ukrainian forces are facing "massive" and relentless artillery attacks in a battleground eastern city, Kiev warned, as Russian troops gained ground throughout the Donbas region.

Moscow's troops have been pummelling eastern Ukraine for weeks and are slowly advancing, despite fierce resistance from the outgunned Ukrainian military.

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

Russia owns all of Sievierodonetsk without its largest plant, Ukraine confirmed

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

Ukraine has confirmed that it has lost control of a settlement near Sievierodonetsk

Ukraine has said it has lost control of a settlement near the key eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, for which it has been fighting fierce battles with Russian troops for weeks.

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

Lysychansk is under fire, heavy fighting continues in Sievierodonetsk

President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed Brussels' support for Ukraine's European Union bid a historic achievement, as his country's eastern Donas region faced intense Russian shelling.

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

Attacks continue in Lysychansk, Sievierodonetsk and Bakhmut

Four people were killed in an air strike by the Russian army against a building where civilians are hiding in the city of Lysychansk in the Luhansk region of Ukraine.

The battle for Severodonetsk continues to rage in the east

Russia said it would establish a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from a chemical plant in Severodonetsk starting Wednesday as Ukrainian forces wage a desperate battle for control of the city.

The industrial hub is under intense bombardment as Russia focuses its offensive on the eastern Donbas region in an effort to seize a swathe of Ukraine.