Russia-Ukraine war: invasion ‘starting to fail’ and Russian forces suffering huge losses, says UK – as it happened
by Tom Ambrose (now); Martin Belam and Samantha Lock from World news | The Guardian on (#62CQ0)
At a meeting of European defence ministers, Ben Wallace says Russia unlikely to ever succeed in occupying Ukraine'. This live blog is now closed
Heavy fighting raged around the eastern Ukrainian town of Pisky on Thursday as Russia pressed its campaign to seize all of the industrialised Donbas region.
An official with the Russia-backed Donetsk People's Republic said Pisky, on the frontlines just 10km (6 miles) northwest of provincial capital Donetsk, was under control of Russian and separatist forces.
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