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Russia controls most of Severodonetsk, governor says

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Update from key battlefields: Russia could seize Luhansk in weeks as Ukraine requests more weapons
About 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died during invasion, military adviser says
Russia could control all of Luhansk within weeks, U.S. official says
The gutted remains of cars sit along a road in Severodonetsk amid heavy front-line fighting. (Oleksandr Ratushniak/AP)
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Updated June 11, 2022 at 11:29 p.m. EDT|Published June 11, 2022 at 2:00 a.m. EDT
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Ukraine, on the brink of losing the eastern region of Luhansk to Russia, is warning that its outgunned military desperately needs faster deliveries of Western arms. Fierce street fighting is continuing in the strategic city of Severodonetsk, but “most of the city is controlled by Russians,” the Luhansk governor said Saturday. An adviser to Ukraine’s government said its forces could respond with only about one artillery round for every 10 fired by Russia.

The fighting continues despite about 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers already having died during the invasion, a Ukrainian military adviser said Saturday. Ukraine recently noted that between 100 and 200 soldiers are killed each day.  
Update from key battlefields: Russia could seize Luhansk in weeks as Ukraine requests more weapons
About 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died during invasion, military adviser says
Russia could control all of Luhansk within weeks, U.S. official says

Here’s what else to know

  • President Biden said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “didn’t want to hear” U.S. warnings of a potential Russian attack before the invasion began, according to the Associated Press. Ukrainian officials have objected to Biden’s assertion.
  • Speaking via video at the Shangri-La Dialogue, a key annual security summit in Singapore, Zelensky said that it’s “too late” to persuade Russia to end its invasion, and that it’s up to the world to put Russia “in its place.”
  • Ukraine’s attorney general said the deaths of 24 more children have been recorded in the southern city of Mariupol, bringing the confirmed number of children killed in Ukraine since the war began to 287. The United Nations says it has confirmed the deaths of 274 children. Both totals have been acknowledged as incomplete.
  • The Washington Post has lifted its paywall for readers in Russia and Ukraine. Telegram users can subscribe to our channel.
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President Biden said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “didn’t want to hear” U.S. warnings of a potential Russian attack before the invasion began, according to the Associated Press. Ukrainian officials have objected to Biden’s assertion.
Speaking via video at the Shangri-La Dialogue, a key annual security summit in Singapore, Zelensky said that it’s “too late” to persuade Russia to end its invasion, and that it’s up to the world to put Russia “in its place.”
Ukraine’s attorney general said the deaths of 24 more children have been recorded in the southern city of Mariupol, bringing the confirmed number of children killed in Ukraine since the war began to 287. The United Nations says it has confirmed the deaths of 274 children. Both totals have been acknowledged as incomplete.
The Washington Post has lifted its paywall for readers in Russia and Ukraine. Telegram users can subscribe to our channel.

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