Ukraine to hold “in-depth” talks on foreign troop contingent Friday, Zelenskiy says
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine will hold in-depth talks on Friday with a small group of foreign countries about contributing forces to a contingent that would act as a security guarantee for Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday. The Ukrainian leader told a news conference with Germany’s foreign minister that he was awaiting “more concrete” […]
At least 14 killed, 37 wounded in Russian missile strike on Ukraine, Kyiv says
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters At least 14 people were killed and 37 wounded, including five children, in Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine’s eastern city of Dobropillia and a settlement in Kharkiv region overnight, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said on Saturday. Russian forces attacked Dobropillia with ballistic missiles, multiple rockets, and drones, causing damage to […]
Russian troops intensify attacks on Ukrainian forces in east, military says
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian troops have sharply stepped up their attacks in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv’s military said on Sunday, as a NATO official predicted Moscow would increase the pace and intensity of its assaults with talks to end the war approaching. The main attacks were concentrated near the imperilled logistics hub of Pokrovsk, Kyiv said, […]
Battle rages in western Russia as Moscow reports gains in Ukraine
Reuters Russia said on Monday its forces had made important gains in eastern Ukraine while continuing to fend off a new Ukrainian offensive inside the Kursk region of western Russia, where a second day of fierce fighting was under way. The Russian defence ministry said its forces had captured the town of Kurakhove, 32 kilometres […]
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 […]
Ukraine has lost over 40 per cent of Russia’s Kursk region to counter-attacks, Kyiv military source says
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine has lost over 40 per cent of the territory in Russia’s Kursk region that it seized in a surprise incursion in August as Russian forces have mounted waves of counter-assaults, a senior Ukrainian military source said. The source, who is on Ukraine’s General Staff, said Russia had deployed 59,000 troops to […]
Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s Odesa kills 10, injures 44, governor says; Zelenskiy visits frontline
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters A Russian missile attack killed 10 people and wounded 44 in Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa on Monday, local Governor Oleh Kiper and national police said. Four children were among the wounded while three people were in serious condition, Kiper said on the Telegram messenger. A resident carries outs items from […]