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Finland made its application for NATO membership official on Sunday.
Sweden is expected to follow suit, with the ruling Social Democratic Party having endorsed a candidacy.
Ukrainian forces expect an intensification of attacks in the Donbass.
Attacks are particularly feared in Severodonetsk (north-west of Luhansk).
Ukraine “can win” the war, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday.
For British military intelligence, the Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine has “lost momentum”.
06:38
Counter-offensive around Kharkiv
The Ukrainian forces are subjected to a counter-offensive against the Russians in the Kharkiv region.
They would even be close to the border with Russia, according to the adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry.
06:30
Small Ukrainian victory
The Ukrainian army announces that it has blown up a railway bridge controlled by the Russians, linking Rubizhne and Severodonetsk, two objectives of Moscow in the Luhansk region.
06:20
New offensive expected in the Donbass
"We are preparing for new attempts by Russia to attack Donbass, to somehow intensify its movement towards southern Ukraine," says Volodymyr Zelensky in a new video, published this Sunday evening.
The Russians are transferring troops from the Kharkiv region (north) to that of Lugansk, in the Donbass, with the aim of taking Severodonetsk, specifies for his part the Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovich.
06:10
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