{O/C} Fighting has intensified in Ukraine's besieged east where Russian forces claimed to have overtaken Lysychansk, the remnants of Ukrainian stronghold.
Meanwhile, Ukraine got its back on Russia after blasts went off in a Russian city near the Ukrainian border.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to stay the course amid the most gruelling of times.
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This is a display of Ukrainian resilience in the Russian city of Belgorod near Ukraine.
Shelling roundly decimated over 50 apartment buildings and houses, coupled with ear-splitting explosions.
Three people perished in the hostile retaliation.
Russian lawmakers were fuming mad, demanding an annihilatory blow to Ukraine.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Ukrainian missiles targeting Belarusian territory three days ago were all intercepted by its anti-missile system.
Back in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted his country's fair share of trouble, given over 30 air strikes battered on Sunday alone.
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to President Putin that Russian troops have gained complete control of Lysychansk, the last Ukrainian toehold.
Luhansk's governor said Lysychansk was ablaze thanks to inexcusable Russian tactics, but maintained Ukrainian troops remained undeterred.
Meantime, those at the tip of the Ukrainian spear spoke out.
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The commander of the Svoboda battalion on Ukraine's side said it was Russia raining down bombs that made for what he described as a smouldering wreck.
Russian troops have sucked the life out of the entire nation by obliterating whatever potential strongholds with ceaseless artillery.
Rescuers are still trawling through this nine-storey residential block in Odesa, where a missile strike was unleashed, killing several residents.
A vestige of hope is what's driving residents in the wiped-out east who continue fending for themselves.
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