Ukrainian forces advance in south, hold “initiative”, says Zelenskiy
Reuters Ukrainian troops pressed on with their campaign to recapture Russian-held areas in the southeast on Sunday as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in broadcast comments that his country’s forces had “taken the initiative” after an earlier slowdown. Russian accounts said heavy fighting gripped areas outside the eastern city of Bakhmut, captured by Russian mercenary Wagner […]
Ukraine reports “particularly fruitful” few days in counter-offensive
Kyiv, UkraineReuters A Ukrainian counter-offensive against Russian forces has been “particularly fruitful” in the past few days and Ukraine’s troops are fulfilling their main tasks, a senior security official said on Tuesday. The comments by Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, were Kyiv’s latest positive assessment of the month-old counter-attack although […]
Ukraine notes progress after “difficult’ week”, upsurge in Bakhmut fighting; Russian drones kill two in Sumy
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine said on Monday its troops had regained more ground along eastern and southern fronts in what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described as progress in a “difficult” week for Kyiv’s counter-offensive against Russian forces. Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar also noted a surge in fighting around the shattered eastern city of Bakhmut, captured by […]
Ukraine reports Russian attacks in east, progress in south
Reuters Ukrainian forces are resisting a Russian onslaught in eastern areas of the front and face difficulties in the northeast, but are making progress near the shattered city of Bakhmut and in the south, the deputy defence minister said on Sunday. Russian accounts of the front line said Moscow’s forces had repelled Ukrainian attacks near […]
Ukraine reports small advances in “extremely fierce” fighting
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine reported incremental advances in its counter-offensive against Russian forces on Wednesday in what it described as “extremely fierce” fighting. In a post on the Telegram messaging app, Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said the Ukrainian actions had “partial” success. A Ukrainian self-propelled howitzer Caesar is seen, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, […]
Russian strikes kill three in Odesa, hit Poltava air base – Ukraine
Kyiv/Odesa, Ukraine Reuters Russia fired missiles and drones at targets across Ukraine in the early hours of Saturday, killing three civilians in the Black Sea city of Odesa and striking a military air field in the central Poltava region, Kyiv authorities said. The attacks, in which a 29-year-old was also killed in the northeast Kharkiv […]
Russia says it thwarted major attack in Ukraine but lost some ground
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Moscow said on Monday it had thwarted a major offensive against its forces in eastern Ukraine, although it was unclear whether the attack formed the beginning of Ukraine’s long-anticipated counter-offensive. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was enigmatic in his nightly video, hailing “the news we have been waiting for” in Bakhmut in the east. […]
Russia fights cross-border raid that Ukraine says is Russian opposition
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia said on Monday it was battling a cross-border incursion by saboteurs who burst through the frontier from Ukraine, in what appeared to be one of the biggest attacks of its kind since the war began 15 months ago. The Governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said a Ukrainian “sabotage group” had […]
Ukraine aims to encircle Bakhmut as Russia says it captures city
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine said on Sunday that its forces were still advancing around the edges of Bakhmut, aiming to encircle the ruined eastern city after Moscow congratulated the Wagner private army and Russian troops for capturing it. Russia said on Saturday it had completely taken Bakhmut, which, if confirmed, would mark an end to the […]
Russia says Ukrainian city of Bakhmut captured; Pope asks Italian cardinal to carry out peace mission
Reuters Russia claimed on Saturday to have fully captured the smashed eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, which would mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the 15-month war. The assault on the largely levelled city was led by troops from the Wagner Group of mercenaries, whose leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said earlier in […]