Russia Ukraine War Nato Chief Says War Could Last For Years. Ukrainian Governor Reports Fierce Fighting Near Sievierodonetsk Live Ukraine

Russia’s war in Ukraine could last for years, said the NATO Secretary General. Jens Stoltenberg said the supply of state-of-the-art weapons to Ukraine would increase the chances of liberating the eastern Donbass region from Russian control, the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported. “We have to prepare for the fact that it may take years,” Stoltenberg said. “We must not give up our support for Ukraine, even if the costs are high, not only because of military support but also because of rising energy and food prices.” Russia has been sending large numbers of reserve troops to Sivierodonetsk from other battle zones to try to gain full control of the besieged eastern city, the governor of Ukraine’s Luhansk region said on Sunday. “Today, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, they will drop all their stocks … because there are already too many of them, they are in critical mass,” Serhiy Gaidai told national television. Two senior fighter jets defending the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol have been flown to Russia for investigation, Russia’s state-run Tass news agency reported. Citing an anonymous Russian law enforcement source, Tass said late Saturday that Svyatoslav Palamar, deputy commander of the Azov Battalion, and Serhiy Volynsky, commander of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, had been transferred to Russia. A large explosion shook an area near Sievierodonetsk on Saturday. Rodion Miroshnik, an official from the self-proclaimed separatist administration of the Luhansk People’s Republic, posted a video of what he said was the cloud in the Telegram messaging app. Five civilians were killed Saturday in Ukrainian raids on the eastern separatist city of Donetsk, according to local authorities. “As a result of the bombardment by the Ukrainian forces, five people were killed and another 12 were injured in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the authorities said in a statement posted on the Telegram. Several Russian missiles hit a gas plant in the Izium region of eastern Ukraine, said Kharkov regional governor Oleh Synehubov. “Large-scale fire broke out, rescuers located the fire,” he wrote in the Telegram messaging app on Saturday. Reuters quoted him as saying that some other buildings had also been damaged. Russian missiles destroyed a fuel depot in Novomoskovsk, a city in eastern Ukraine. According to the head of the regional administration on Saturday, three people have been transported to the hospital. The Pentagon is considering sending four more rocket launchers to Ukraine, Politico reports. The Pentagon says the United States may send four more high-mobility missile systems, bringing the total to about eight, according to Pentagon officials. The decision will be “based on the immediate needs of Ukraine,” an official said. Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners, the Kyiv Independent reports. Five Ukrainian captives were returned to Ukraine on June 18 in exchange for five Russian captives, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. Yuliia Paievska AKA “Taira”, the Ukrainian prisoner of paramedics released from Russian captivity during the week, posted a video thanking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for her release. “I always thought everything would be just like that, and everyone on the other side now knows that everything will be fine,” he said. Zelensky presented state awards to border guards in Odessa as he visited troops in southern Ukraine. “I want to thank the people of Ukraine, our state, for the great work you are doing, for your heroic service,” the president said on Saturday. “It’s important to be alive. “As long as you live, there is a strong Ukrainian wall that protects our country.”

Hello, I’m Adam Fulton in Sydney and welcome to the ongoing coverage of the war in Ukraine. Updated at 08.20 BST The Ukrainians, who are being hosted by the British under the Homes for Ukraine program, are facing a “cliff edge” of support that collapses when their placements end and could be excluded from renting privately, refugee organizations have warned. They said it could be impossible for many refugees to pass checks on would-be private tenants.

Families have already reported being frozen out after failing a reporting test due to a lack of work or tax history that spans many years Even those with secure jobs, savings and no debt history are stuck Thousands could be affected in the coming months as placements end Opora, a network that helps Ukrainians, urged the government to act now to avoid problems

Read the full report, by Shanti Das and Mark Townsend, here: Hello, I am Klea Skopeliti and I will update the blog for the next few hours. The time is 10.15 in Kyiv. Updated at 08.32 BST German Chancellor Olaf Soltz says the Group of Seven leading democracies will make it clear at the next summit that Ukraine can expect to receive the support it needs “for as long as it takes”. In an interview with the German news agency dpa on Saturday, Solz said he wanted to use next week ‘s meeting with other G7 leaders in the Bavarian village of Elmau to discuss Ukraine’ s long – term prospects. “We will continue to support Ukraine as long as necessary,” Scholz said. “We want to ensure that the Russian president [Vladimir Putin’s] the calculations do not come out. “Putin obviously hopes that everything will fall into place as soon as he has enough land and the international community will return to work as usual,” he added. “This is an illusion.” The Associated Press reports that Scholz said he and his French, Italian and Romanian counterparts discussed further arms supplies to Ukraine, including ammunition and artillery, with President Volodymyr Zelensky during a visit to Kyiv on Thursday. The four leaders also backed Ukraine’s bid to join the European Union, a stance Scholz said he hoped all bloc countries would support at a rally in Brussels next week. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he had visited troops on the southern front in the Mykolaiv region, about 550 kilometers (340 miles) south of Kiev. “I spoke to our defenders – the army, the police, the national guard,” he told a Telegram video Sunday that appeared to have been recorded on a moving train. “Their mood is assured: not everyone doubts our victory,” Zelenski said. “We will not give the south to anyone and we will take back what is ours.” Another video showed Zelensky with his trademark khaki T-shirt handing out medals and posing for selfies with soldiers. Reuters reported that Zelensky’s office said it had also visited National Guard posts in the southern Odessa region west of Mykolaiv. Travel time was not disclosed. Zelensky stayed mostly in Kyiv since the Russian invasion, although in recent weeks he has made unannounced visits to Kharkov and two eastern cities near the battlefield. The besieged city of Sievierodonetsk was again hit by heavy artillery and rockets as Russian forces attacked areas around it, the Ukrainian army said. The army’s general staff acknowledged that their forces had retreated to the settlement of Metolkine, just southeast of Sievierodonetsk, as the battle for the industrial city in eastern Ukraine continued. “As a result of artillery fire and an attack, the enemy has had some success in the village of Metolkine, trying to gain ground,” he said in a Facebook post late Saturday. Serhiy Gaidai, the Ukrainian-appointed governor of Luhansk, referred to a separate online post on “tough battles” on Metolkine, Reuters reported. The Russian news agency Tass, citing a source working for the Russian-backed separatists, said many Ukrainian fighters had surrendered to Metolkine. Smoke and flame rise after a military attack on a complex of the Sievierodonetsk Azot chemical plant in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters

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It is approaching 10 in the morning in Kyiv and here is a summary of the latest developments.

title: “Russia Ukraine War Nato Chief Says War Could Last For Years. Ukrainian Governor Reports Fierce Fighting Near Sievierodonetsk Live Ukraine " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-05” author: “Jeremy Jenkins”

Read the full report, by Shanti Das and Mark Townsend, here: Hello, I am Klea Skopeliti and I will update the blog for the next few hours. The time is 10.15 in Kyiv. Updated at 08.32 BST German Chancellor Olaf Soltz says the Group of Seven leading democracies will make it clear at the next summit that Ukraine can expect to receive the support it needs “for as long as it takes”. In an interview with the German news agency dpa on Saturday, Solz said he wanted to use next week ‘s meeting with other G7 leaders in the Bavarian village of Elmau to discuss Ukraine’ s long – term prospects. “We will continue to support Ukraine as long as necessary,” Scholz said. “We want to ensure that the Russian president [Vladimir Putin’s] the calculations do not come out. “Putin obviously hopes that everything will fall into place as soon as he has enough land and the international community will return to work as usual,” he added. “This is an illusion.” The Associated Press reports that Scholz said he and his French, Italian and Romanian counterparts discussed further arms supplies to Ukraine, including ammunition and artillery, with President Volodymyr Zelensky during their visit to Kyiv on Thursday. . The four leaders also backed Ukraine’s bid to join the European Union, a stance Scholz said he hoped all bloc countries would support at a rally in Brussels next week. Updated at 08.39 BST Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he had visited troops on the southern front in the Mykolaiv region, about 550 kilometers (340 miles) south of Kiev. “I spoke to our defenders – the army, the police, the national guard,” he told a Telegram video Sunday that appeared to have been recorded on a moving train. “Their mood is assured: not everyone doubts our victory,” Zelenski said. “We will not give the south to anyone and we will take back what is ours.” Another video showed Zelensky with his trademark khaki T-shirt handing out medals and posing for selfies with soldiers. Reuters reported that Zelensky’s office said it had also visited National Guard posts in the southern Odessa region west of Mykolaiv. Travel time was not disclosed. Zelensky stayed mostly in Kyiv since the Russian invasion, although in recent weeks he has made unannounced visits to Kharkov and two eastern cities near the battlefield. The besieged city of Sievierodonetsk was again hit by heavy artillery and rockets as Russian forces attacked areas around it, the Ukrainian army said. The army’s general staff acknowledged that their forces had retreated to the settlement of Metolkine, just southeast of Sievierodonetsk, as the battle for the industrial city in eastern Ukraine continued. “As a result of artillery fire and an attack, the enemy has had some success in the village of Metolkine, trying to gain ground,” he said in a Facebook post late Saturday. Serhiy Gaidai, the Ukrainian-appointed governor of Luhansk, referred to a separate online post on “tough battles” on Metolkine, Reuters reported. The Russian news agency Tass, citing a source working for the Russian-backed separatists, said many Ukrainian fighters had surrendered to Metolkine. Smoke and flame rise after a military attack on a complex of the Sievierodonetsk Azot chemical plant in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters

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It is approaching 10 in the morning in Kyiv and here is a summary of the latest developments.

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title: “Russia Ukraine War Nato Chief Says War Could Last For Years. Ukrainian Governor Reports Fierce Fighting Near Sievierodonetsk Live Ukraine " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-05” author: “Jeremy Jenkins”

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