Ukraine’s top commander says Russia aims to capture Chasiv Yar by 9th May
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine’s top commander said on Sunday Russian forces aimed to capture the town of Chasiv Yar by 9th May, setting the stage for an important battle for control of high ground in the east where Russia is focusing its assaults. The fall of the town west of the shattered city of Bakhmut […]
Ukraine battles rage, Kyiv reported to rethink counter-offensive after leak
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian forces pressed attacks on frontline cities in eastern Ukraine on Monday, while Ukrainian officials played down a report that Kyiv is amending some plans for a counter-offensive due to a leak of classified US documents. The Russians were pounding Ukrainian positions around besieged Bakhmut in the eastern Donetsk region and other […]
To stay or go? The dilemma Ukrainians near front face every day
Kalynivka, Ukraine Reuters It was finally time for Vasyl Kurlyshchuk to leave. When Ukraine’s State Emergency Service evacuation team arrived outside the gate of his small home in the eastern village of Kalynivka on Tuesday, the 74-year-old began slowly sorting through his papers and faded picture albums. Residents queue to fill up bottles with fresh […]
Mortars, artillery and small arms fire as battle for Bakhmut rages
Near Bakhmut, Ukraine Reuters From a mortar position behind a ridge beyond which frontline Ukrainian and Russian troops face off outside the hotly contested city of Bakhmut, a crew adjusted its weapons before firing off seven rounds. The impact of each could be heard in the distance seconds later, while the constant boom of outgoing […]
Russia tries to close ring on Bakhmut as Ukrainians mount ‘furious resistance’
Near Chasiv Yar, Ukraine Reuters Russian forces carried out relentless attacks on Bakhmut on Wednesday, trying to encircle and storm the small eastern Ukrainian city and claim their first major prize for more than half a year after some of the bloodiest fighting of the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Moscow of throwing waves […]
Rescuers pull survivors from ruined Ukrainian apartment building
Chasiv Yar/Kyiv, UkraineReuters Rescuers pulled survivors on Monday from an apartment block destroyed by a Russian missile strike that killed 31 people in eastern Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said while lamenting Moscow’s firepower advantage despite billions in Western aid. The civilian deaths hammered home the human cost of Russia’s invasion, now in its fifth month, […]
Death and devastation as Russian rockets hit Ukraine apartment block – local officials
Chasiv Yar/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters At least 15 people were killed and two dozen more are feared trapped after Russian Uragan rockets hit a five-storey apartment block in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, local officials said on Sunday as rescuers picked their way through rubble. Ukraine also reported clashes with Russian troops on fronts in the east and […]