Russian troops mount pressure on Ukrainian logistics hub of Pokrovsk
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine’s top commander said on Monday that Russian forces were staging relentless assaults to try to advance towards the town of Pokrovsk, a logistics hub in the east, and that there was active fighting taking place along the entire front line. Nearly 29 months since the full-scale invasion, Ukraine has stepped up […]
Two dead in Russian ‘double tap’ attack on town near Ukraine’s Kharkiv
Reuters Russian forces launched a “double tap” missile attack on Saturday on a small town near Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, killing two people, an emergency services official and a police officer, officials said. Officials also reported four dead in a series of attacks in Donetsk region to the south-east and two more in southern […]
Russia claims control of part of Chasiv Yar; five killed, 53 injured in Dnipro
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that its forces had taken control of a district in the key Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar, while Ukraine said the area was engulfed by intense fighting. Chasiv Yar stands on high ground 20 kilometres to the west of Bakhmut, a town Russian forces seized a […]
Ukraine military says Russian troops pushed out of part of key eastern town
Reuters Ukraine’s military said on Thursday its forces had forced Russian troops out of a district in the town of Chasiv Yar on the war’s eastern front seen as Moscow’s next target in its slow advance through the area. But a Russian report said Moscow’s forces had destroyed a communications tower near the town and […]
Russia appears to make headway in key Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar
Reuters Russian forces appear to be making headway towards their longstanding goal of capturing the strategic Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar, according to reports on Sunday from both sides of the more than two-year-old conflict. Chasiv Yar stands on high ground about 20 kilometres to the west of Bakhmut, a town Russian forces seized a […]
Inflection point: Ukraine struggles to hold eastern front as Russians advance on cities
DAN PELESCHUK, of Reuters, reports from Donetsk in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine…
Ukraine says Russian shelling targets civilians in Kharkiv region
Kharkiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine said Russian shelling targeted civilians in two cities in the north-eastern region of Kharkiv on Saturday while President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reported successes by troops fighting a renewed Russian assault there. Ukrainian prosecutors said they were investigating as a potential war crime a Russian air strike on a residential area of the […]
Ukrainians in embattled east mark third Easter under fire
Kostiantynivka, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainians in the embattled east flocked to church on Sunday to mark their third wartime Easter as Russian troops inched closer to threatening some of the region’s key cities. Fighting on the eastern front has worsened in recent weeks, particularly around the town of Chasiv Yar, while Kyiv’s troops await crucial US […]
Ukraine pulls back from three villages in east, Zelenskiy pleads for weapons
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine’s top commander said on Sunday Kyiv’s outnumbered troops had fallen back to new positions west of three villages on the eastern front where Russia has concentrated significant forces in several locations. The statement by Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi reflected Ukraine’s deteriorating position in the east that Kyiv hopes it can stabilise […]
Ukraine’s top commander says Russia aims to capture Chasiv Yar by 9th May
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine’s top commander said on Sunday Russian forces aimed to capture the town of Chasiv Yar by 9th May, setting the stage for an important battle for control of high ground in the east where Russia is focusing its assaults. The fall of the town west of the shattered city of Bakhmut […]