Zelenskiy says Ukrainian forces undeterred; Russia hails Luhansk victory
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday his armed forces were undeterred in their efforts to “break” Moscow’s will to pursue a nearly five-month war, while Russia’s Vladimir Putin hailed his military’s victory in the grueling battle of Luhansk. Russia captured the city of Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, bringing an end […]
Fighting intensifies for Ukraine’s last bastion in eastern Luhansk province
Kyiv, Ukraine/Konstyantynivka, Ukraine Reuters Fighting intensified on Saturday for Lysychansk, Ukraine’s last bastion in the strategic eastern province of Luhansk, while blasts shook a southern city after the civilian toll from Russian strikes climbed in towns well behind the front lines. Rodion Miroshnik, ambassador to Russia of the pro-Moscow self-styled Luhansk People’s Republic, told Russian […]
Volunteers evacuate the elderly from Ukraine’s Bakhmut, fearing Russian advance
Bakhmut, UkraineReuters Since Sievierodonetsk fell to Russian troops Ukrainian volunteer Eduard Skoryk has been getting more calls to evacuate frail and elderly people from Bakhmut, 70 kilometres away, who fear their city in eastern Ukraine may be next. Tamara Kanonchenko, 81, is helped by volunteers from the organisation Vostok SOS during the evacuation of civilians […]
Sievierodonetsk falls to Russia after one of war’s bloodiest fights
Kyiv/Pokrovsk, Ukraine Reuters Russian forces seized full control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on Saturday, both sides said, confirming Kyiv’s biggest battlefield setback for more than a month following weeks of some of the war’s bloodiest fighting. Ukraine called its retreat from the city a “tactical withdrawal” to fight from higher ground in […]
Ukraine set to quit ruined Sievierodonetsk as Russians close in
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine was set to pull its troops from the ruined city of Sievierodonetsk after weeks of street fighting and bombardment, the Regional Governor said, in what would be a significant gain for Russia as it grinds out its offensive in the east. Russian troops also occupied a town about 10 kilometres further south, […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy looks to EU offer as Russia pounds cities
Kyiv/Kharkiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday hailed the European Union’s expected offer of candidate status for his battle-weary nation as Russian forces pounded Ukraine’s second-biggest city Kharkiv and the eastern Donbas region. European leaders will formally set Ukraine on the long road to EU membership at a summit in Brussels on Thursday. […]
Russia intensifies attacks on key cities in eastern Ukraine, seizes territory
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine on Monday acknowledged difficulties in fighting in the east of the country as Russian forces captured territory along a frontline river and intensified pressure on two key cities ahead of an EU summit expected to welcome Kyiv’s bid to join the bloc. The Governor of the Luhansk region, scene of the heaviest […]
Russia advances in battle for eastern Ukraine city as NATO warns of long war
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia said on Sunday it seized a village near Ukraine’s industrial city of Sievierodonetsk, a prime target in Moscow’s campaign to control the country’s east, as the head of NATO predicted the war could last for years. Russia’s defence ministry said it had won Metyolkine, a settlement of fewer than 800 people before […]
After EU’s nod, Ukraine vows to prevail as it battles Russian assaults
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters With a blessing for its EU ambitions and a pledge of unwavering support from Britain, Ukraine vowed on Saturday to prevail against Moscow as it battled Russian assaults near a key eastern city and multiple locations came under shell and missile attack. European Union countries are expected at a summit next week […]
European leaders visit Ukraine, dangling hope of EU membership; UK sanctions Patriarch Kirill
Kyiv/Irpin, Ukraine Reuters The leaders of Germany, France and Italy, all criticised in the past by Kyiv for support viewed as too cautious, visited Ukraine on Thursday and offered the hope of EU membership to a country pleading for weapons to fend off Russia’s invasion. Air raid sirens blared in Kyiv as the visit by […]