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One of Severodonetsk's ruined buildings on May 18. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images)

Lyman overtaken by Russians; French journalist killed in Severodonetsk area

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Russian forces closing in on the city of Severodonetsk killed a French journalist who was covering evacuations in one of the last major Ukrainian-held areas of the country’s eastern Luhansk oblast, officials said Monday.  
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked leaders of the European Union to hasten his nation’s entry into the 27-nation bloc and further isolate Russia with a new package of sanctions.
A senior U.S. official said Monday that President Biden has not ruled out sending Ukraine the Multiple Launch Rocket System, or MLRS, after Biden told reporters earlier that the United States would not “send to Ukraine rocket systems that can strike into Russia.”
Billionaire Roman Abramovich sold the Chelsea soccer club to a group that includes a partial owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday after Western authorities pushed for the Russian oligarch’s ouster.
The Washington Post has lifted its paywall for readers in Russia and Ukraine. Telegram users can subscribe to our channel.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked leaders of the European Union to hasten his nation’s entry into the 27-nation bloc and further isolate Russia with a new package of sanctions.
A senior U.S. official said Monday that President Biden has not ruled out sending Ukraine the Multiple Launch Rocket System, or MLRS, after Biden told reporters earlier that the United States would not “send to Ukraine rocket systems that can strike into Russia.”
Billionaire Roman Abramovich sold the Chelsea soccer club to a group that includes a partial owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday after Western authorities pushed for the Russian oligarch’s ouster.
The Washington Post has lifted its paywall for readers in Russia and Ukraine. Telegram users can subscribe to our channel.
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