Russia - Ukraine War News Updates -- June 15, 2022

 

BBC News: Ukraine war: Thousands of civilians trapped in Severodonetsk 

Thousands of civilians are trapped in the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk with essential supplies running out, the United Nations is warning. 

Many of them are sheltering in bunkers beneath the city's Azot chemical plant. 

The last bridge leading out of the city was destroyed in fighting earlier this week - effectively trapping its 12,000 remaining residents inside. 

For weeks capturing Severodonetsk has been a top military goal for Russia, which now controls most of the city.  

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 Russia - Ukraine War -- Live Updates

 Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine ‘still holds’ Sievierodonetsk’s industrial area, mayor says, as UN warns thousands are trapped – live -- The Guardian  

Live: US President Biden announces $1 billion arms package to support Ukraine -- France 24  

US to send Ukraine another $1 billion in military aid — live updates -- DW 

 Ukraine: As It's Happening -- Moscow Times

Latest Russia-Ukraine war news: Live updates -- Washington Post

 Russia-Ukraine Latest News: June 15, 2022 -- Bloomberg 

Russia - Ukraine War News Updates -- June 15, 2022  

French, German and Italian leaders to meet Zelensky in Kyiv. -- WSJ  

Besieged city of Sievierodonetsk refuses to surrender to Russian forces, United States to send $1.4 billion in weapons -- ABC News Australia  

Russia Strikes Depot in West Ukraine, Battle for Severodonetsk Rages -- Moscow Times/AFP  

Ukraine ignores Russian ultimatum to surrender Sievierodonetsk -- The Guardian  

Russia's 'scorched-earth method' making mass evacuation from Sievierodonetsk impossible -- ABC News Australia  

Heavy exchange of fire in eastern Ukrainian city of Lysychansk -- BBC 

 Pro-Russia Separatists Say Ukrainian Forces Shelled Market in Donetsk, Killing 5 People -- Newsweek 

 In Ukraine, mines take lives even after fighting moves on -- AP  

Kiev being pressed into concessions to Moscow – Zelensky -- RT  

Ukraine pleads for weapons as 100-200 soldiers die a day -- AP  

Accounts of interrogations, strip-searches emerge from Russian ‘filtration’ camps in Ukraine -- France 24 

Ukraine Deploys Anti-Ship Harpoon Missiles to the Edge of Black Sea, MoD Says -- USNI News

'Out Of Ammo': Life On Mykolayiv's Front Lines In Southern Ukraine -- RFE  

First two US fighters are captured by Russian soldiers in battle for Kharkiv amid fears they will be handed death sentences like two British soldiers caught by Putin's army -- Daily Mail  

Conference Room in Germany Becomes Nerve Center for Weapons Shipments to Ukraine -- VOA  

Snake Island Reinforced By Russia With Additional Surface-To-Air Missiles -- Warzone/The Drive  

Putin axes five generals in latest purge of top Russian commanders: Report -- Washington Examiner  

Putin 'likely still has designs on all of Ukraine,' Pentagon warns... as official remains tight-lipped over how US will respond to future North Korea nuke tests: 'Final decisions have not been made' -- Daily Mail

US announces plan to build silos on Ukraine border to export grain -- The Guardian  

Shipping movement continues in the Black Sea despite Ukraine war, sanctions -- France 24  

Ukraine war: 'Almost every family has lost someone close to them' -- BBC