A Russian official rejects new allegations by the United Nations and the United States that Moscow is forcibly relocating Ukrainians to Russia, more than six months after a military conflict erupted between Russia and Ukraine.

North Korea is the third country, after Russia and Syria, to have recognized the breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent territories.

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Russian forces are set to seize full control of the Luhansk region within weeks, a senior US defense official was quoted as saying on Monday, amid heavy fighting in the eastern Ukrainian region.

Fierce street fighting rages in Ukraine’s strategic city of Severodonetsk, as Russia is pushing to completely bring the eastern Donbas region under its control.

The UK is set to send a “cutting edge” rocket system to Ukraine despite Moscow’s warning of not fanning the flames of war.

Russian forces are attempting to tighten their grip on the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, as they push deeper into the Donbass region.