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 […]
Zelenskiy tells Ukrainians to prepare for Russian winter onslaught
Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Ukrainians on Sunday to prepare for new waves of Russian attacks on infrastructure as winter approached and said troops were anticipating an onslaught in the eastern theatre of the war. A military spokesman said Russian attacks on the shattered eastern town of Avdiivka had eased in the past day, but […]
Ukraine says troops repel Russian attacks along front line
Lviv, UkraineReuters Ukraine’s military said on Tuesday its troops had repelled Russian assaults in widely separated sectors of the war and braced for a fresh attempt to capture the key frontline eastern town of Avdiivka. Russia is engaged in a slow-moving campaign in eastern areas of the 1,000-kilometre front line after failing in its bid […]
Russian forces pound eastern Ukraine’s Avdiivka
Reuters Russian forces pounded the shattered eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka on Tuesday, but heavy losses forced them to switch to air attacks and rely less on full-on ground advances, Ukrainian officials said. Russia has focused on advancing in the east – in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk – after failing to move on […]
Russian forces apply pressure on Ukraine’s Avdiivka, Kupiansk
Reuters Russian forces on Monday pressed their attacks on two frontline areas of eastern Ukraine, seeking to sever the sole supply route into the devastated city of Avdiivka and advance on the key town of Kupiansk farther north. The General Staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said its troops had repelled about 10 Russian attacks on […]
Fierce fighting rages around Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine
Reuters Russian and Ukrainian forces fought fierce battles around the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka on Thursday after Moscow launched one of its biggest military offensives in months. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukrainian forces were holding their ground on the third day of battle, but municipal officials said the Russian attacks were relentless. A local […]
Ukraine general says Klishchiivka village near Bakhmut recaptured
Reuters The general in command of Ukraine’s ground forces said on Sunday that Ukrainian forces had recaptured the eastern village of Klishchiivka on the southern flank of Bakhmut, which the Russians claimed control of in January. “Klishchiivka was cleared of the Russians and liberated,” Alexander Syrskyi, commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, said in a post […]
Ukraine retakes village but warns of trouble in north-east – Kyiv
Kyiv/Kupiansk, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine announced the recapture of the village of Urozhaine from Russian troops in the south-east on Wednesday, but warned the situation on the north-eastern front was deteriorating amid Russian counter-attacks. Urozhaine, on the edge of Donetsk region, is the first village Kyiv says it has retaken since 27th July, a sign of […]
Ukraine reports fierce fighting, “some success” in counter-offensive
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine on Monday reported fierce fighting along its entire front line and “some success” in pushing back Moscow’s troops in one part of the southeast where Ukrainian forces are trying to retake Russian-occupied territory. Progress has been hampered by widespread Russian-laid minefields and strong fortifications, Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said. Lyubov Tolchina, […]
Zelenskiy says Russian bomb hits blood transfusion centre
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said a Russian guided aerial bomb hit a blood transfusion centre in the town of Kupiansk in eastern Kharkiv region late on Saturday. “There are dead and wounded,” he said on his Telegram channel. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Kupiansk is a railway hub fewer than 10 […]