The Russian government says it has no intention to cut gas supplies to any more European countries as Moscow’s scheme of receiving gas payments in rubles is working as planned.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday said the country’s forces have seized full control of the residential areas of Sievierodonetsk, a key city in Ukraine's east, after weeks of fighting.

Russian forces are attempting to tighten their grip on the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, as they push deeper into the Donbass region.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called the liberation of Ukraine's Donbas region an “unconditional priority” for Moscow, while other Ukrainian territories should decide their future.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov says his country has started receiving Harpoon anti-ship missiles from Denmark and self-propelled howitzers from the United States.