Russia presses on with drive on Ukrainian town of Avdiivka
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian forces pressed on with a long-running drive to capture the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka on Tuesday and both sides said they had made gains. Russian attacks killed four people in eastern and southern regions, including strikes on an aid centre and a medical building in the southern city of Kherson, […]
Russian forces advancing on Ukrainian town from all sides
Reuters Russian forces are intensifying their drive to capture the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka, trying to advance on all sides after weeks of fighting, the town’s top official was quoted as saying on Monday. Russian troops have been pressing land and air-based attacks on Avdiivka, since mid-October as the focal point of their slow-moving […]
Ukraine says Russians intensify bombardment of Avdiivka
Reuters Fighting gripped the area around the shattered eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka, Ukraine’s military said on Monday, with Moscow’s forces intensifying air bombardments and trying to move forward with ground forces. Officials said Russian forces had suffered heavy losses around the city. They also said Ukrainian forces had repelled Russian attacks in other areas […]
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 […]
Ukrainian forces hold line in shattered eastern town of Avdiivka – military
Reuters Russian forces, their numbers swelled by reserves, tightened their vise around the shattered eastern city of Avdiivka on Wednesday, but Ukrainian forces are holding defensive lines, Ukrainian military officials said. The Russian military has focused on eastern Ukraine after failing to advance on Kyiv in the early days of Russia’s February, 2022, invasion and […]
Ukraine says troops repel Russian attacks along front line
Lviv, Ukraine Reuters 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 […]
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 […]
New Russian strikes on Ukrainian town of Avdiivka, top general says fighting further north has worsened
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia’s military pressed on with fierce assaults on the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka on Saturday, with shelling so fierce that emergency crews were unable to recover the dead from wrecked buildings, the town’s top administrative official said. It was the fifth straight day of assaults on the town in Ukraine’s industrial […]
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 […]