Ukraine ignores Sievierodonetsk ultimatum, urges faster arms deliveries
Kyiv/Niu-York, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine ignored a Russian ultimatum to surrender the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday as the United States announced more weapons for Kyiv, which warned that arms deliveries were taking too long. Sievierodonetsk, now largely in ruins, has become the focal point of the war. Russia had told Ukrainian forces holed up […]
Ukraine struggles to evacuate civilians from devastated eastern city
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine said its forces were still trying to evacuate civilians from embattled Sievierodonetsk on Tuesday after Russia destroyed the last bridge to the city, Moscow’s main target in its battle for control of eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian forces were holding out against the Russians after ground changed hands several times over the past few […]
Amid fierce fighting, Russian forces cut last Sievierodonetsk escape route
Kyiv/Bakhmut, Ukraine Reuters Russian forces tightened their grip on the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on Monday, a Ukrainian official said, cutting off the last routes for evacuating citizens in a scene that echoed last month’s siege of the port of Mariupol. Amid heavy bombardment, regional Governor Sergei Gaidai said on social media that all […]
Russia destroys bridge over Ukrainian river, cutting escape route
Kyiv/Lviv, UkraineReuters Russian forces have blown up a bridge linking the embattled Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk to another city across the river, cutting off a possible evacuation route for civilians, local officials said on Sunday. Sievierodonetsk has become the epicenter of the battle for control over Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. Parts of the city have […]
Russian shelling triggers fire in eastern city of Sievierodonetsk – Governor
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russian shelling of the Azot chemical plant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk ignited a big fire on Saturday after a leak of tonnes of oil, the regional governor said, as the battle for the city raged on. In neighbouring Donetsk province, Russian media reported that a huge cloud of smoke could […]
Updated: Ukraine pleads for more weapons, cholera spreads in Mariupol
Updated: 12:50pm (AEST)Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine pleaded to Western countries for faster deliveries of weapons as better-armed Russian forces pounded the east of the country, and for humanitarian support to combat growing outbreaks of deadly diseases. In Sievierodonetsk, the small city that has become the focus of Russia’s advance in eastern Ukraine and one of […]
Updated: Ukraine says troops holding on to Sievierodonetsk, advance in south
Updated: 11amKyiv/Sloviansk, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine said on Thursday its forces were holding their positions in intense fighting in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk and had retaken ground in the south, targetting gains in the biggest swathe of territory seized by Russia since the invasion started. Russia has concentrated its invasion force around Sievierodonetsk, a small […]
Russia pushes Ukrainian forces to outskirts of key eastern city
Kyiv/Sloviansk, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian forces pulled back to the outskirts of the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday in the face of a fierce Russian assault, the regional governor said, another big swing in momentum in one of the bloodiest battles of the war. Russia has concentrated its troops and firepower on the small industrial […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says it will fight for all territory amid fierce battle in east
Kyiv/Druzhkiva, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine will fight to recover all its territory occupied by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday, as his troops struggled to hold their ground in bloody street-to-street fighting in the city of Sievierodonetsk. “We have already lost too many people to simply cede our territory,” Zelenskiy said by video link […]
Battle for Ukraine’s Sievierodonetsk rages through city’s streets
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian and Russian troops fought street by street for control of the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on Monday in a pivotal battle of the Kremlin offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. Which side had the upper hand was unclear, with “the situation changing from hour to hour,” Oleksandr Stryuk, head of administration in […]