Russia has launched its all-out assault on east Ukraine, seizing its first town after unleashing thousands of troops in what Ukraine is calling the Battle for Donbas. In its first major reported success in Ukraine, Russia has seized Kreminna, a frontline town of 18,000 people in the Luhansk region, one of the two Donbas provinces. In Mariupol Russian troops again urged Ukrainians in the besieged port to lay down arms. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has condemned the Russian government for blocking attempts to organise humanitarian corridors and save people.
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A man paints an egg with wax during a master class Easter painting in a bomb shelter for children of migrants and Lviv residents. Source: Sipa USA Mykola Tys / SOPA Images/Sipa US
Russia is intensifying its attack on Ukraine's east, seizing a frontline city and looking for a decisive victory in Mariupol, prompting Western governments to pledge more arms and sanctions.
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