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Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 27

by VOA News

   For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit [1]Flashpoint
   Ukraine.

   The latest developments in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. All
   times EDT:

   1:04 a.m.: The New York Times reports that Ukraine President Volodymyr
   Zelenskyy used his nightly address to express frustration that the
   European Union hasn't approved new sanctions against Russia.

   The sanctions, which would be the sixth such package, would include an
   oil embargo.

   12:02 a.m.: Al Jazeera, citing the mayor of Severodonetsk, reports that
   at least 1,500 people have been killed in the east Ukrainian city.

   Mayor Oleksandr Stryuk said only 12 people were evacuated Thursday and
   some 12,000-13,000 remained.

References

   1. https://www.voanews.com/z/6932