Esperanto: Russia-Ukraine latest: Kyiv ‘controls half of Severodontesk’

Latest updates June 5, 2022: Kyiv says it has retaken 50 percent of the eastern city as Ukraine’s military pushes Russian forces back.

Ukraine called for new sanctions on Russia following the missile attack [Vladyslav Sodel/Reuters]

Ukraine says that its forces control half of Severodonetsk as the fight rages on with Russia over the contested city.
Russia’s defence ministry claims its attacks destroyed tanks and other armoured vehicles on the outskirts of Kyiv that had been provided to Ukraine by European countries.
President Vladimir Putin has warned the West that Russia will raid new targets if the United States starts supplying Ukraine with longer-range missiles.
At least one person is reported wounded as powerful explosions rock Kyiv after weeks of calm.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the main church at Sviatohirsk Lavra, one of the country’s holiest Orthodox Christian sites, has burned down following a Russian attack.

INTERACTIVE Russia Ukraine War Who controls what in Ukraine Day 102