Ukrainians advance, front falls silent after Russia orders retreat
Frontline north of Kherson, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian troops pushed forward and a battle-scarred stretch of the front fell silent on Thursday, after Moscow ordered one of the war’s biggest retreats, though Kyiv warned that fleeing Russians could still turn Kherson into a “city of death”. A small group of Ukrainian soldiers was shown on Ukraine’s […]
US encourages Ukraine to be open to talks with Russia – Washington Post
Washington DC, US/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters The United States is privately encouraging Ukraine to signal an openness to negotiate with Russia, the Washington Post reported, as the State Department said Moscow was escalating the war and did not seriously wish to engage in peace talks. The newspaper cited unnamed sources as saying the request by American […]
Kyiv wary as Russian official signals new retreat in southern Ukraine
Kyiv, UkraineReuters A Russian-installed occupation official in southern Ukraine said on Thursday Moscow was likely to pull its troops from the west bank of the Dnipro River, signalling a huge retreat that, if confirmed, would be a major turning point in the war. Still, Ukrainian officials and Western analysts remained cautious about signs that Russia […]
Russia declares end of Ukraine mobilisation campaign, US sending more arms
Frontlines north iof Kherson, Ukraine Reuters Russia said on Friday it had finished calling up reservists to fight in Ukraine, having drafted hundreds of thousands in a month and sending more than a quarter of them already to the battlefield after a divisive mobilisation campaign that was its first since World War II. The United […]
Ukraine faces power cuts after Russian strikes, more flee Kherson
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters More than a dozen Russian missiles pounded critical infrastructure across Ukraine on Saturday, the Ukrainian air force said, with several regions reporting strikes on energy facilities and power outages. At the same time, Russian occupation authorities in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson urged civilians to leave immediately citing what they called […]
Zelenskiy calls on West to warn Russia not to blow up dam
Frontline north of Kherson, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the West to warn Russia not to blow up a dam that would flood a large area of southern Ukraine, as his forces prepared to push Moscow’s troops from the occupied city of Kherson. In a television address, Zelenskiy said Russian forces had planted […]
Russian commander admits situation is ‘tense’ for his forces in Ukraine
Kyiv, UkraineReuters The new commander of Russian forces in Ukraine made a rare acknowledgment of the pressures they are under from Ukrainian offensives to retake southern and eastern areas that Moscow claims to have annexed just weeks ago. And in another sign of Russian concern about the situation on the ground eight months into its […]
Civilians in ‘annexed’ Kherson start to flee to Russia amid Ukrainian advances
Updated: 12:20pm (AEST)Kyiv/Kupiansk, Ukraine Reuters Evacuees from Ukraine’s southern Kherson region were expected to begin arriving in Russia on Friday after a Moscow-installed official suggested residents should leave for safety, a sign of Moscow’s weakening hold on territory it claims to have annexed. “We suggested that all residents of the Kherson region, if they wish, […]
Putin finalises ‘annexation’ in Ukraine even as troops flee front
Lyman/Bila Tserkva, Ukraine Reuters President Vladimir Putin signed a law to incorporate four partially occupied Ukrainian regions into Russia on Wednesday, in what Kyiv called the act of a “collective madhouse” at a time when Russia’s forces have been fleeing from the front lines. The new law would incorporate around 18 per cent of Ukraine’s […]
Ukraine forces advance on two fronts, cross Russian lines in the south
Sviatohirsk/Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian forces achieved their biggest breakthrough in the country’s south since the war began, bursting through Russian defences and advancing rapidly along the Dnipro River on Monday, threatening supply lines for thousands of Russian troops. In a sign Ukraine is building momentum on two fronts, 300 km to the north-east Reuters saw columns […]