Russian strike on supermarket in Ukraine’s east kills 14 people
Reuters A Russian missile struck a supermarket in the Ukrainian town of Kostiantynivka in the front-line Donetsk region on Friday, killing at least 14 people and injuring 43 others, Ukrainian officials said. Heavy black smoke clouds rose from the destroyed building in images and videos posted by officials. The interior minister later said the blaze […]
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…
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 […]
Ukrainian families divided as some flee fierce fighting in east
Kostiantynivka, Ukraine Reuters Olha Skachkova and her son, 11-year-old Denys, climbed out of an armoured van which had just whisked them out of their home town of Toretsk, close to the front lines where Ukrainian and Russian forces are fighting fierce battles. With the war grinding towards its second anniversary, millions of Ukrainians have already […]
Russia acknowledges retreat north of Bakhmut, Wagner boss calls it a “rout”
Kyiv/Kostiantynivka, Ukraine Reuters Moscow acknowledged on Friday that its forces had fallen back north of Ukraine’s battlefield city of Bakhmut after a new Ukrainian offensive, in a retreat that the head of Russia’s Wagner private army called a rout. The setback for Russia, which follows similar reports of Ukrainian advances south of the city, suggests […]
Ukraine conflict: North of Bakhmut, another key battle tests Ukraine’s defences
MIKE COLLETT-WHITE, of Reuters, reports from the frontline near Kreminna…
Three killed in Russian strike on east Ukraine city
Kostiantynivka, Ukraine Reuters A Russian strike killed three people in a residential district of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka on Saturday, the Regional Governor said. Fourteen other people were wounded in the attack, which also damaged four apartment buildings and a hotel, Donetsk Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said. Local residents stand at a site of […]