* Russia has claimed it has hit more than 1,200 Ukrainian targets with missiles, airstrikes and artillery
* Russia gave Ukrainian troops a two-hour window to lay down arms in Mariupol or face being killed
* Several cities and towns in eastern Ukraine were pounded by Russian shelling and artillery last night
* The war in Ukraine has now entered a new phase as Russia doubles down on efforts to seize the territories of Donetsk and Luhansk
Russia has claimed it has hit more than 1,200 Ukrainian targets with missiles, airstrikes and artillery and street battles have broken out as Vladimir Putin's troops launched their new offensive in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine.
Russian troops managed to take control of the eastern city of Kreminna after hours of relentless bombing, as gunfights between Putin's men and battling Ukrainian forces continue.
'Control over the city of Kreminna is lost, street fights are taking place,' Luhansk regional governor Serhiy Haidai said, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had begun 'the battle for the Donbas'.
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Live Updates
Live: Ukraine war could last to end of next year - Johnson -- BBC
Live: UN confirms Bucha killings, satellites show suspected Mariupol mass graves -- France 24
Live updates | Mariupol officials: Second mass grave found -- AP
Russia-Ukraine war latest: Russia still bombing Azovstal steelworks, Ukraine says; UN secretary general to meet Putin – live -- The Guardian
Ukraine latest: Russia's second phase aims for full control of Ukraine's south and corridor to Moldova, commander says -- ABC News Australia
Russia says it seeks 'full control' of southern Ukraine, access to Moldova's Transnistria region — Live updates -- DW
Live Updates: Russia's war in Ukraine -- CNN
Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Moscow wants to capture eastern Donbas and south, general says -- NBC
Russia-Ukraine live news: Russia confirms Moskva ship casualties -- Al Jazeera
Ukraine-Russia war: Russian forces capture 42 villages in Donetsk region, Joe Biden announces new military aid for Ukraine — as it happened -- ABC News Australia
Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 59 of the invasion -- The Guardian
Russia - Ukraine War News Roundup -- April 22, 2022
Ukraine: Russians shift elite units to the new battleground -- AP
Russia pours in more troops and presses attack in the east -- AP
New surrender deadline in Mariupol as West promises Ukraine more arms -- Reuters
UN documents 'unlawful' killings in Ukraine as Russia vows bigger campaign -- France 24
UN chief to meet with Putin to press for peace in Ukraine -- AP
Russia reveals status of Ukraine peace talks -- RT
Putin accuses Ukraine of ‘inconsistency’ in negotiations -- Al Jazeera
Mariupol steelworks: 'We have wounded and dead inside the bunkers' -- BBC
Mariupol holds out while EU calls for the opening of humanitarian corridors -- France 24
Sailors’ families seek answers about Russian ship sinking -- AP
Ukraine war: Inside Kyiv's trench defences -- BBC
Ukraine War: Country needs $7bn a month in aid, Zelensky says -- BBC
France sending ‘significant equipment’ to Ukraine to fight Russia -- Al Jazeera
Biden announces more military aid, questions Russian claims of controlling Mariupol -- France 24
An important shift in Ukraine – and the US hopes more weapons will help -- Zachary B. Wolf, CNN
US sets meeting on Ukraine long-term security in Germany -- France 24
Britain to reopen embassy in Kyiv, Boris Johnson announces -- The Guardian
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