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Ukraine set to restart soccer league as war rages on

Shakhtar Donetsk's players ran out onto the pitch for their final training session on Monday before Ukraine begins an extraordinary new season of its national soccer league. As Ukrainian soldiers battle Russian forces in the east and south, Shakhtar are due to play Metalist 1925 from the embattled eastern city of Kharkiv in the opening game of Ukraine's Premier League at 1000 GMT on Tuesday. The match in Kyiv kicks off a day before Ukraine marks six months since Russia invaded its smaller neighbour in a war that has killed thousands of people, displaced millions, destroyed whole cities and is still raging on.

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Racked by worry for family, anger at Russian colleagues, and uncertainty about the future, Ukrainian swimmers are seeking world championship success in Budapest under the shadow of war. Scattered around Europe since Russia's invasion in February, life for top swimmers like Mykhailo Romanchuk whose father is "fighting on the eastern front" has been upended. "Every morning he sends me (a message) that he is OK," said Romanchuk, 25, after winning a bronze medal in the 800m freestyle onTuesday.

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While the United States liberally sells weapons of war over the counter, Ukraine is pleading for all the military hardware it can get. As the world marked 90 days of war, it was the week when the eastern city of Severodonetsk emerged as the new Mariupol. Surrounded on three sides, Ukrainian forces now endure a pounding while Russian forces shell the country's second city of Kharkiv at a distance.

Ukraine live: fighting intensifies in Sievierodonetsk, with fierce close-quarter combat

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joined officials in Kharkiv on Sunday for his first visit to the eastern frontline since Russia's assault on the country began.

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Following the reports of Moscow having to reactivate its T-62 tanks — Soviet-era armour introduced in 1961 — Ukrainian officials stated its forces destroyed about 30% of Russia's more modern ones, a figure that is only expected to increase according to Interior Ministry advisor Viktor Andrusiv.

Live: Fighting around Sievierodonetsk intensifies as Russia fails to capture city

While Russian troops claim to have taken the strategic town of Lyman and the fighting for Sievierodonetsk continues to rage, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Moscow should not think that it will be holding the cities as they will eventually return to Ukraine.

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Ukraine set to restart soccer league as war rages on

Ukrainian Swimmers Seek Pool Success At World Championships Under Shadow Of War

John Cena: WWE post footage of legend meeting teenager who fled Ukraine

Texas school shooting, Battle for Donbas, Indo-Pacific tensions, Women's rights in Spain

Ukraine live: fighting intensifies in Sievierodonetsk, with fierce close-quarter combat

Live: Ukraine claims it destroyed about one-third of Russia's modern tanks

Live: Fighting around Sievierodonetsk intensifies as Russia fails to capture city

Sergei Baltacha reveals agony over Ukraine but St Johnstone hero hopes for unity at World Cup play off