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shooting. and the platinum jubilee celebrations in the u.k. minus the guest of honor. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with michael holmes. welcome, everyone. the war in eastern ukraine now being described as a grinding slog with neither side appearing to make any significant gains in recent days. ukraine concedes russian troops have made some modest in roads in and around the key city of severodonetsk but were pushed back from nearby towns. britain's defense ministry says it expects russians will control all of the luhansk region within two weeks. the i...

From kyiv. the russian president putin is pushing back against accusation that he is using food as a weapon of war. ukraine says half of its grain exports are held up because of russia's blockade of its ports. but mr. putin claims russia is not stopping ukraine from exporting its food. rather he told a state broadcaster ukraine mind its ports not russia. the russian president also said russia can increase its grain production next year to help fill gaps in global supply. meanwhile the african union leader went directly to mr. putin to talk food supply. chairman matthew sall met with the russ...