Ukraine’s army chief says eastern front under intense Russian assault
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine’s army chief said on Saturday the situation on the eastern front had worsened in recent days as Russia has intensified its armoured assaults and battles rage for control of a village west of the devastated city of Bakhmut. The statement by Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi more than two years since Russia’s […]
Independent vote monitor says Russian elections are “most secret” ever
London, UK Reuters The head of an independent vote-monitoring group that Russia has labelled a “foreign agent” says the presidential election that began on Friday and is widely expected to re-elect Vladimir Putin is the least transparent the country has seen. Stanislav Andreichuk, co-chairman of Golos (Voice), said the use of electronic voting for the […]
Ukraine’s Donetsk region pounded by up to 2,500 Russian strikes daily – Governor
Donetsk region, Ukraine Reuters Russia is firing between 1,500 and 2,500 shells and rockets at Ukraine’s war-ravaged Donetsk region every day and is targeting critical infrastructure to make it harder for people to remain there in winter, its Governor told Reuters. The eastern province, 57 per cent of which is occupied by Russia, has been […]
Twenty-seven killed after Ukraine shells Russian-controlled city of Donetsk – officials
Reuters Twenty-seven people were killed and 25 injured when Ukrainian forces shelled the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Denis Pushilin, the Russian-appointed head of the Donetsk region, said on Sunday. According to Alexei Kulemzin, the city’s Russian-installed mayor, Ukrainian forces bombarded a busy area where shops and a market are located. Pushilin said […]
Fighting intensifies in Ukraine’s east as Russia steps up offensive action
Near Bakhmut, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian artillery forces fighting near the Russian-occupied city of Bakhmut say Russian troops are constantly making offensive assaults as fighting intensifies and Kyiv waits for more military aid from the West. Ukrainian forces have taken up a more defensive stance in many areas of the snow-bound front after a counter-offensive last […]
Russian missile attack kills 11 in Pokrovsk in Ukraine’s east: Governor
Reuters A Russian missile strike killed 11 people on Saturday in and around the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, the Governor of the Ukrainian-controlled part of Donetsk region said. “Eleven dead, including five children – these are the consequences for now of strikes on Pokrovsk district,” Vadym Filashkin wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Rescuers […]
10 years of conflict: For eastern Ukrainians, the ordeal of war is entering its second decade
MAX HUNDER, of Reuters, reports on life for some in eastern Ukraine…
Zelenskiy praises Ukrainians for battles with Russia and the weather
Kyiv, UkraineReuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday thanked Ukraine’s military for fighting Russian attacks and its rescue services for tackling the consequences of extreme winter weather that he said had deprived about 400 settlements in 10 regions of power. In his nightly video address, Zelenskiy said relentless, intense battles were ongoing in the eastern regions […]
Thousands of Ukrainian children taken to Belarus – Yale research
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsReuters More than 2,400 children from Ukraine aged between six and 17 years old have been taken to 13 facilities across Belarus since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, research published by Yale University said on Thursday. Ukraine’s prosecutor general said in May that he was investigating the alleged role of […]
Ukrainian families divided as some flee fierce fighting in east
Kostiantynivka, Ukraine Reuters Olha Skachkova and her son, 11-year-old Denys, climbed out of an armoured van which had just whisked them out of their home town of Toretsk, close to the front lines where Ukrainian and Russian forces are fighting fierce battles. With the war grinding towards its second anniversary, millions of Ukrainians have already […]