Residents of Ukraine’s besieged Pokrovsk hunker down as Russia advances
Pokrovsk/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian pensioner Oleksandr Sopov barely reacts to the boom of artillery outside Pokrovsk, the eastern city where fierce battles are raging between Russian and Ukrainian forces. “What should I be afraid of? I’m 64 years old – I’ve lived already,” he said. A local resident who refuses to be evacuated, carries wood […]
Russia accelerates advance in Ukraine’s east
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russian forces are advancing in Ukraine at the fastest rate since the early days of the 2022 invasion, taking an area half the size of London over the past month, analysts and war bloggers said on Tuesday. Russian troops swept through swathes of Ukraine in early 2022 before being pushed back to […]
Ukraine ‘holding back’ powerful Russian offensive, Kyiv top commander says
Reuters Ukrainian forces are restraining one of Russia’s most powerful offensives since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion on its smaller neighbour, the top commander of Kyiv’s forces said on Saturday. Russian troops advanced in September at their fastest rate since March, 2022, the month after President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion, according to open-source […]
Russian forces capture two villages in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv acknowledges Russian pressure
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russian forces have captured the villages of Serebrianka and Mykolaivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday, as military blogs reported Russian advances near key frontline towns. Ukraine’s military made no acknowledgement of either village falling into Russian hands, but said both areas of the front were gripped […]
Essay: Russia’s ‘meat grinder’ tactics in Ukraine have proved effective in past wars – but at terrible cost
In an article first published on The Conversation, BECKY ALEXIS-MARTIN says Russia’s “meat-grinder” approach to the conflict in Ukraine has been nine decades in the making…
Russian troops reach centre of Ukrainian bastion Vuhledar
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian troops have reached the centre of Vuhledar, a bastion on strategic high ground in eastern Ukraine that had resisted Russian assaults since Moscow’s full-scale invasion, the regional Governor of Ukraine’s Donetsk region said on Tuesday. Footage posted to social media showed Russian soldiers waving a flag from atop a bombed-out multi-storey […]
Russia takes Ukrainian town in advance on Pokrovsk
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russia said on Sunday its forces had taken full control of a town in eastern Ukraine as Moscow’s forces advance on the strategically important city of Pokrovsk and seek to pierce the Ukrainian defensive front lines. Russian forces, which control about a fifth of Ukraine since invading in February, 2022, are advancing […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy pushes allies to step up aid and involvement in war
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Western allies are taking too long to make key decisions on military support for Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Reuters in an exclusive interview in Kyiv on Monday. He also said he was pushing partners to get more directly involved in the war by helping to intercept Russian missiles over Ukraine and […]
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’s army chief says eastern front under intense Russian assault
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine’s army chief said on Saturday the situation on the eastern front had worsened in recent days as Russia has intensified its armoured assaults and battles rage for control of a village west of the devastated city of Bakhmut. The statement by Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi more than two years since Russia’s […]