Breaking:Ukraine War Latest: Zelensky ‘to get supply of heavy weapons from the West’

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Here are some of the latest headlines:

• Ukraine’s President Zelensky expects “good news” on the supply of heavy weapons from the West next week, he said in his regular nightly address
• Zelensky also admitted the situation on the front line in Donbas and parts of Kharkiv region is “indescribably difficult” for the Ukrainian army
• He accused Russian forces of trying to prevent the “departure” of Ukrainians from occupied areas of the Kherson region in the south
• Elsewhere, heavy fighting is continuing near Severodonetsk in Luhansk Region, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed forces says
• The update also claims hospitals in annexed Crimea are suspending the admission of civilians in order to free up beds for wounded Russian soldiers

• Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz this morning
• In the call the Russian leader was urged to hold “serious negotiations” with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky
• The French and German leaders asked Putin to release Ukrainian fighters who were holed up inside the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol and who were subsequently taken prisoner by Russia after surrendering
• Moscow said the city of Lyman has fallen under the full control of Russian and Russian-backed forces
• Lyman is a small city in the Donetsk region but is another significant victory for Russian forces in the eastern Donbas
• There are battles taking place in the streets of Severodonetsk, the regional governor says
• Russia has scrapped its age limit for professional soldiers, paving the way for more civilians to be recruited for the Ukraine conflict