Tweets On The Russia - Ukraine War

Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 20 June 2022

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🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/FwRvFrbyLb

— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) June 20, 2022

#UPDATE Moscow's blockade of Ukrainian grain exports and a rail transit row sparked fresh tensions between Russia and the European Union on Monday, as Kyiv warned that Russian troops were intensifying their battle for control of eastern Ukraine ▶️ https://t.co/TwrJcL9x7S pic.twitter.com/W9hGCR6Zdn

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 20, 2022

“It’s just hell there. Everything is engulfed in fire."

The Russian military is grinding down Ukraine's defenses in the eastern Luhansk region. The local governor says shelling and airstrikes have intensified around Sievierodonetsk. https://t.co/b3LhiHBS80

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 20, 2022

VIDEO: 🇺🇦 Ukraine: Residents leave heavily-shelled #Lysychansk

More people are being evacuated from Lysychansk amid heavy Russian shelling. Bombardments continue to strike buildings and facilities in the eastern city, which lies just across the river from Severodonetsk pic.twitter.com/4wf6Z3eVPQ

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 20, 2022

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy predicted Russia will escalate its attacks this week, as European Union leaders consider whether to back his country's bid to join the bloc and Russia presses its campaign to win control of east Ukraine https://t.co/CGtBiXKqkf pic.twitter.com/3KnWwuTqH8

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 20, 2022

EU nations push for new Russia sanctions, more military aid to Ukraine https://t.co/xNSIKDllnM pic.twitter.com/lGcYDRwNYA

— CNA (@ChannelNewsAsia) June 20, 2022

“I want our beautiful city to be preserved. But we will persevere, we will stand.”

Under a sky filled with the sound of missiles soaring overhead, people in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut try to carry on with normal life. pic.twitter.com/2jakVpUKHB

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 20, 2022

Russia blockading Ukrainian grain is a 'real war crime' says EU chief https://t.co/2YpcTXVvfU

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 20, 2022