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 […]
Ukraine reports fierce fighting in north-east
Reuters A senior Ukrainian official reported heavy fighting in the north-east of the country on Sunday, with Kyiv’s forces holding their lines and making gains in some areas. Russia’s military said it had halted Ukrainian forces in the north-east. The military also said it brought down down three Ukrainian drones which had tried to strike […]
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 conflict: North of Bakhmut, another key battle tests Ukraine’s defences
MIKE COLLETT-WHITE, of Reuters, reports from the frontline near Kreminna…
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 […]
Putin says Ukraine mobilisation should be finished in two weeks
Astana, KazakhstanReuters Russia should be finished calling up reservists in two weeks, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, promising an end to a divisive mobilisation that has seen hundreds of thousands of men summoned to fight in Ukraine and huge numbers flee the country. Putin also said Russia had no plans “for now” for more […]
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 […]
Ukraine reclaims full control from Russia of logistics hub, expects more gains
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine on Sunday claimed full control of the eastern logistics hub of Lyman, its most significant battlefield gain from Russia in weeks, providing a potential staging post for further attacks to the east while heaping further pressure on the Kremlin. The stinging setback for Russian President Vladimir Putin was delivered after he proclaimed […]
Ukraine troops say they take key town, Putin ally mulls possible nuclear response
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian troops said on Saturday they had taken the key bastion of Lyman in occupied eastern Ukraine, a stinging defeat that prompted a close ally of President Vladimir Putin to call for the possible use of low-grade nuclear weapons. The capture came just a day after Putin proclaimed the annexation of four Ukrainian […]