Ukraine battles to push back Russian advance in northern Donetsk
Kyiv/Kramatorsk, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine has so far staved off any major Russian advance into the north of its Donetsk region, but pressure is intensifying with heavy shelling on the city of Sloviansk and nearby populated areas, the Ukrainian military said on Wednesday. Russia and separatist proxies were already in control of the southern part of […]
Russia pounds Ukraine’s Donetsk region after seizing Luhansk
Sloviansk/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian forces struck targets across Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region on Tuesday, a day after President Vladimir Putin declared victory in the neighbouring province of Luhansk after months of gruelling attritional warfare in which both sides lost many men. Donetsk and Luhansk comprise the Donbas, the industrialised eastern part of Ukraine that has […]