Russia accuses Ukraine of striking supermarket in Donetsk
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russia accused Ukraine on Friday of carrying out a missile strike on a supermarket in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Denis Pushilin, who heads the parts of Donetsk region controlled by Russia, said on Telegram that he had “confirmed information” that four people were injured in the attack in […]
Russia captures two villages in Ukraine as Moscow’s forces advance on two cities
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russian forces captured two villages in Ukraine, one in Kharkiv region in the north-east and one in eastern Donetsk region, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday. Donetsk region is where Moscow is concentrating most of its efforts to seize two cities. Russian forces, making steady progress across Donetsk region, are moving […]
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 […]
Ukraine loses ground near strategic hub of Pokrovsk
Reuters Russian troops destroyed or captured several Ukrainian positions near the eastern city of Pokrovsk, Kyiv’s military said on Wednesday, as Moscow bears down on the strategic logistics hub that is home to a unique Ukrainian coking mine. After months of accelerating advances towards Pokrovsk, Moscow’s forces are now as close as three kilometres from […]
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 […]
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 […]
Zelenskiy says Ukrainian forces holding positions in Russia’s Kursk region
Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Russian forces had tried to oust Ukrainian troops from positions in Russia’s Kursk border region, but that Kyiv’s forces were holding their lines. “Regarding the Kursk operation, Russia tried to push back our positions, but we are holding the designated lines,” Zelenskiy said in his nightly video […]
Russia captures Vuhledar after two years of Ukrainian resistance
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russian troops on Wednesday took charge of the eastern Ukrainian town of Vuhledar, a bastion that had resisted intense attacks since Russia launched its full-scale assault in 2022. The advance of Moscow’s forces, which control just under a fifth of Ukraine, has underlined Russia’s vast superiority in men and materiel as Ukraine […]
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 […]
Russian attacks on Ukraine kill four and injure 37, local authorities say
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia launched attacks on northern, eastern and southern Ukraine, killing at least four people and injuring 37, Ukrainian military and local authorities said on Sunday. Overnight attacks targeted Ukraine’s frontline regions of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Donetsk, Ukraine’s air force said on the Telegram messaging app. People stand near the rubble of […]