Zelenskiy visits front line amid speculation about the fate of top general
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Ukrainian troops on the southeastern front and handed out medals, his office said on Sunday, and his spokesperson said he came very close to exchanges of fire on the front line. Zelenskiy undertook the journey to Zaporizhzhia region amid speculation that his popular army chief could soon be […]
Ukraine welcomes Western allies’ air defence coalition
Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his defence minister welcomed the formation by Ukraine’s Western allies on Thursday of a 20-nation “coalition” to boost air defences, seen as a key element in the country’s campaign against Russian forces. Zelenskiy said the group, one of several devoted to specific areas of Ukraine’s defence, was formed at a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy warns against excessive expectations
Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned on Tuesday against expecting too much success too quickly in Ukraine’s campaign to reclaim occupied lands as the military said Russian forces were gearing up for fresh attacks in different sections of the front. There has been little movement along the 1,000-kilometre front line in recent months. A Ukrainian counter-offensive […]
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 […]
Russia, Ukraine dispute control over devastated village of Andriivka
Reuters Russia and Ukraine on Saturday disputed control of the devastated village of Andriivka near Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, as Ukraine ramped up its efforts to inch closer to reassert control over the pivotal city. Russia’s Defence Minister dismissed a Ukrainian claim to have recaptured Andriivka, which Kyiv has portrayed as a stepping stone to […]
Danger lurks behind “every bush” for brigade in Ukrainian counter-offensive
Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine Reuters For soldiers in Ukraine’s “Spartan” brigade, danger could lurk behind every bush and in every field as they fight in Kyiv’s counter-offensive against deeply entrenched Russian forces. Progress through vast Russian minefields and heavily fortified defences has been slower than many Ukrainians had hoped since the counter-offensive began in early June. […]