Ukraine claims victory on Oskil river front, says pushed back Russia’s advancing forces
1 month, 1 week ago

Ukraine claims victory on Oskil river front, says pushed back Russia’s advancing forces

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A video published by the military showed Ukrainian soldiers pushing back Russian forces near the village of Novomlynsk. The army said that the western bank of the Oskil River is officially under Ukrainian control as soldiers raised a state flag in Novomlynsk FILE - Ukrainian soldiers carry shells to fire at Russian positions on the front line. The army said that the western bank of the Oskil River is officially under Ukrainian control as soldiers raised a state flag in Novomlynsk. Kyiv said Russian forces had tried to cross the Oskil River, which has long been a de facto front line across the east of the war-scarred country.

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Russia claims it has captured another town in eastern Ukraine but Kyiv doesn’t confirm the loss
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5 days ago

Russia claims it has captured another town in eastern Ukraine but Kyiv doesn’t confirm the loss

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian troops in eastern Ukraine have captured the stronghold of Kurakhove after a monthslong battle, Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed Monday, adding the wrecked town to the Kremlin’s list of conquests in the partially occupied Donetsk region during the almost three-year war. The claim, which drew no response from Ukrainian authorities, came a day after the Russian Defense …

Russia claims it has captured another town in eastern Ukraine but Kyiv doesn't confirm the loss
5 days ago

Russia claims it has captured another town in eastern Ukraine but Kyiv doesn't confirm the loss

The Independent  

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Ukraine-Russia war map 2025: Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline?
5 days, 21 hours ago

Ukraine-Russia war map 2025: Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline?

The Independent  

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Ukraine-Russia war map 2025: Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline?
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Ukraine-Russia war map 2025: Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline?

The Independent  

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Ukraine-Russia war map 2025: Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline?
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1 week, 1 day ago

Ukraine-Russia war map 2025: Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline?

The Independent  

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Ukraine-Russia war map 2025: Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline?
1 week, 3 days ago

Ukraine-Russia war map 2025: Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline?

The Independent  

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Ukraine says its soldiers recaptured a Russian stronghold after hand-to-hand fighting
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukraine says its soldiers recaptured a Russian stronghold after hand-to-hand fighting

LA Times  

Smoke, dust and debris can be seen after a Russian attack that hit a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Ukrainian troops engaged in hand-to-hand combat as they drove Russian forces out of a huge processing plant in the town of Vovchansk in Ukraine’s northeast that had been occupied for four months, officials said Tuesday. The plant, a partly …

Russia-Ukraine War in Maps: Where are the frontlines now as Kremlin claims advances in Donetsk?
4 months ago

Russia-Ukraine War in Maps: Where are the frontlines now as Kremlin claims advances in Donetsk?

The Independent  

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What is happening in Ukraine’s east frontline as Putin’s forces advance?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

What is happening in Ukraine’s east frontline as Putin’s forces advance?

The Independent  

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Ukraine captures Russian town of Sudzha as Kyiv’s forces advance, Zelensky says
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukraine captures Russian town of Sudzha as Kyiv’s forces advance, Zelensky says

CNN  

CNN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces have taken control of the Russian town of Sudzha, over a week after his forces launched a cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region. Kyiv’s forces have been in the town, located 105 kilometers southwest of the city of Kursk, since last Wednesday, but this is the first confirmation …

Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas amid Russian offensive
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas amid Russian offensive

LA Times  

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken visit the Memory Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine outside St. Michael’s Cathedral in Kyiv on Wednesday. Oleksii Kharkivskyi, head of the city’s patrol police, said Russian troops were taking up positions in the city, while the Ukrainian General Staff said its forces were trying to …

Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv region
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv region

Al Jazeera  

Kyiv says Russian forces having ‘tactical success’ in assault on northeastern region on shared border. Russia has widened its ground assault in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, attacking new areas to try to expand the front and stretch Ukraine’s forces, the region’s governor says. On Friday, Moscow’s troops entered Ukraine near Kharkiv city, opening a northeastern front in a war that has …

Kyiv’s forces facing big Russian push on eastern frontline, military says
8 months, 1 week ago

Kyiv’s forces facing big Russian push on eastern frontline, military says

The Independent  

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Ukraine says it is pushing Russia back in ‘successes’ on Dnipro River’s east bank
1 year, 1 month ago

Ukraine says it is pushing Russia back in ‘successes’ on Dnipro River’s east bank

The Independent  

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Ukrainian marines claim multiple bridgeheads across a key Russian strategic barrier
1 year, 1 month ago

Ukrainian marines claim multiple bridgeheads across a key Russian strategic barrier

The Independent  

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Ukraine claims gains against Russian positions on Dnipro east bank
1 year, 1 month ago

Ukraine claims gains against Russian positions on Dnipro east bank

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine shoots down nine out of 10 drones above several regions and gains ‘a foothold on several bridgeheads’ of the Dnipro river. Ukraine’s armed forces claim to have made significant headway via a series of attacks on the Russian-occupied east bank of the Dnipro river. The country’s Marine Corps said in a statement published on social media on Friday that …

Russia admits Ukrainian troops crossed Dnipro river but says ‘fiery hell’ awaits them
1 year, 1 month ago

Russia admits Ukrainian troops crossed Dnipro river but says ‘fiery hell’ awaits them

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Ukraine says it’s gained a foothold on eastern bank of Dnipro River near Kherson
1 year, 1 month ago

Ukraine says it’s gained a foothold on eastern bank of Dnipro River near Kherson

LA Times  

Ukrainian marines move along the Dnipro River at the front line near Kherson, in southern Ukraine, in October. A top Ukrainian official said Ukrainian troops have established a beachhead on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region, an important advance in bridging one of Russia’s most significant strategic barriers in the war. Ever since Russian forces …

Ukraine’s frontline troops say they are facing intensifying attacks by Putin’s forces – and ammo’s running out
1 year, 2 months ago

Ukraine’s frontline troops say they are facing intensifying attacks by Putin’s forces – and ammo’s running out

The Independent  

While the eyes of the world have turned towards the dreadful scenes in Israel and Gaza, the fighting is fierce across multiple points on the hundreds of miles of front line between Ukrainian and Russian forces. So there isn’t any alternative to fighting and defeating the Russians.” Barna and his men are based in a rural settlement called Spirne, at …

Ukraine holds the line against Russian attacks, makes small gains
1 year, 3 months ago

Ukraine holds the line against Russian attacks, makes small gains

Al Jazeera  

What happened in the 84th week of Russia’s war in Ukraine? Russian forces appeared to have lost a kilometre-long trench west of Verbove, a village on the front line of the main Ukrainian thrust through Russian defences in the Zaporizhia region in southeastern Ukraine. He also said Russian President Vladimir Putin has lost control of the war he started and …

Ukraine reports fierce fighting, 'some success' in southwest during counteroffensive
1 year, 4 months ago

Ukraine reports fierce fighting, 'some success' in southwest during counteroffensive

India Today  

Ukraine on Monday reported fierce fighting along its entire front line and "some success" in pushing back Moscow's troops in one part of the southwest where Ukrainian forces were trying to retake Russian-occupied territory. But the Ukrainian military had pushed forward around the village of Staromaiorske, around 60 miles southwest of Russian-held Donetsk, and was pressing on two fronts in …

Ukraine reports fierce fighting, 'some success' in counteroffensive
1 year, 4 months ago

Ukraine reports fierce fighting, 'some success' in counteroffensive

Firstpost  

Ukrainian forces have made incremental gains since kicking off their long-awaited operation in June, but officials in Kyiv have acknowledged that progress has been slower than they would have liked and hampered by rigid Russian defences Ukraine on Monday reported fierce fighting along its entire front line and “some success” in pushing back Moscow’s troops in one part of the …

Ukraine’s push to smash Russian defences on the battlefield: ‘Small advances have colossal meaning’
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine’s push to smash Russian defences on the battlefield: ‘Small advances have colossal meaning’

The Independent  

The mutiny by the Wagner mercenaries over the weekend raised hopes that the turmoil in Russia would dramatically propel Ukraine’s offensive to recapture territory occupied by Moscow. Syrotyuk said that the regular Russian army has bolstered its forces around the city with airborne units and attack helicopters supporting reserve troops and “lots of completely new guys”. That’s why they are …

Ukraine takes Zaporizhia village amid fierce front-line battles
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine takes Zaporizhia village amid fierce front-line battles

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine’s counteroffensive continues with small advances as Russia conducts ‘effective’ defensive operations in the south, analysts say. A Russian-installed official in the partly-occupied Zaporizhia region, Vladimir Rogov, said Ukraine had taken “operational control” of the settlement and that Russian troops were trying to counterattack with shelling. Ukraine is on the offensive in these areas and “made small advances”, it said, …

Ukraine attacks the front line; Russia says big losses inflicted
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine attacks the front line; Russia says big losses inflicted

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine says its forces recaptured 100 square kilometres, but Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says counteroffensive attacks have ‘catastrophically’ failed. But Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine was suffering “catastrophic” losses and Kyiv’s casualties were 10 times greater than Moscow’s. Russia’s defence ministry said initial attacks were repelled, but two days later the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War said …

Ukraine’s counteroffensive begins: What do we know so far?
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine’s counteroffensive begins: What do we know so far?

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera’s Defence Editor Alex Gatopoulos explains the dynamics of a new phase in the 16-month war. Ukrainian forces have proved highly adept at masking their strategic aims with feints, disinformation and by shuffling troops from one area to another, keeping Russian military planners guessing as to their next move. The restoration of this water supply, initially cut by Ukraine …

Russia claims progress in battle for Bakhmut
1 year, 8 months ago

Russia claims progress in battle for Bakhmut

The Hindu  

April 24, 2023 04:31 am | Updated 01:21 pm IST Russia's Defence Ministry on Sunday said its forces had advanced in Bakhmut, while a top Ukrainian commander posted photographs with his forces saying they were holding the frontline that runs through the city, all but destroyed in some of the bloodiest combat of the 14-month war. Also on Sunday, the …

Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow says it has gained more ground in battle for Bakhmut
1 year, 8 months ago

Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow says it has gained more ground in battle for Bakhmut

Hindustan Times  

Russia's defence ministry on Sunday said its forces had captured more territory in Bakhmut as they pursue their bid to seize full control of the city. Russia's defence ministry on Sunday said troops secured two more blocks in Bakhmut's western districts and that airborne units were providing reinforcements to the north and south. Also on Sunday, the Russian-installed head of …

Russia forces may go to Ukraine’s Kyiv or Lviv cities: Official
1 year, 9 months ago

Russia forces may go to Ukraine’s Kyiv or Lviv cities: Official

Al Jazeera  

Security Council official Dmitry Medvedev’s comments come amid reports of an imminent counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces in the besieged city of Bakhmut. Russian forces may have to advance as far as Kyiv or Lviv in Ukraine, Russia’s former president Dmitry Medvedev says, amid reports Moscow was losing momentum in the war-torn city of Bakhmut. Ukraine’s top ground forces commander Oleksandr …

Russia- Ukraine war: Vladimir Putin faces increasing protest, led by women
1 year, 9 months ago

Russia- Ukraine war: Vladimir Putin faces increasing protest, led by women

Live Mint  

As the war between Russia and Ukraine is still continuing without any end to it in near sight, President Valdimir Putin is now facing voices of dissent rising in Russia as the Russian women are protesting the govt's move to send thousands of Russian soldiers to fight in the battlefields of Ukraine with limited training. A group of Russian women …

Ukraine forces break through Russian defences in south, advance in east
2 years, 3 months ago

Ukraine forces break through Russian defences in south, advance in east

India Today  

Ukrainian forces have broken through Russia's defences in the south of the country while expanding their rapid offensive in the east, seizing back more territory in areas annexed by Moscow and threatening supply lines for Russian troops. Making their biggest breakthrough in the south since the war began, Ukrainian forces recaptured several villages in an advance along the strategic Dnipro …

Russian army maps show major retreats in Ukraine’s Kherson region
2 years, 3 months ago

Russian army maps show major retreats in Ukraine’s Kherson region

Al Jazeera  

Russia’s forces occupying Ukraine’s southern Black Sea region of Kherson have suffered serious territorial losses to Kyiv’s troops over recent days, maps published by Moscow’s defence ministry show. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that Ukraine’s military had made major, rapid advances against Russian forces and freed from occupation dozens of towns in the south and east of the country. …

Ukrainian forces advance southward, mirroring success in the east
2 years, 3 months ago

Ukrainian forces advance southward, mirroring success in the east

Al Jazeera  

Ukrainian forces achieved their biggest breakthrough in the country’s south since Russia invaded, pushing across Moscow’s defence lines on Monday and advancing along the Dnieper River, recapturing a number of villages along the way and threatening enemy supply lines. Kyiv gave little information about the gains in the south, but Russian sources acknowledged that Ukrainian troops had advanced dozens of …

Ukraine troops focus on Donbas ‘de-occupation’ from Russia
2 years, 3 months ago

Ukraine troops focus on Donbas ‘de-occupation’ from Russia

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine troops are advancing along the strategic Oskil River, threatening Russian forces in the Donbas – Moscow’s prized territory. Ukraine’s military said its troops crossed the strategic Oskil River and is preparing an assault on Russia’s occupation forces in the eastern Donbas – the region Moscow has promised to conquer. Russia’s rapid losses over the past few weeks have shaken …

Ukrainian troops say they have recaptured more than 20 villages, reached the Russian border
2 years, 3 months ago

Ukrainian troops say they have recaptured more than 20 villages, reached the Russian border

ABC  

Ukraine says it has liberated one village after another and claiming that in one region it pushed the invaders back right up to the border. Key points: Ukraine's military said its troops had liberated more than 20 settlements within the last day A Russian-installed official said that Ukrainian forces had outnumbered Russian forces by eight times The British defence ministry …

Ukraine says some troops advancing ‘dozens of kilometres’ in south
2 years, 4 months ago

Ukraine says some troops advancing ‘dozens of kilometres’ in south

The Hindu  

Ukrainian troops along the southern front line in some regions are advancing dozens of kilometres into territory captured by Russian troops at the beginning of the invasion, a military spokeswoman said on September 10, 2022. “Our troops are advancing along the southern front lines in various sections from between two and several dozens of kilometres,” Nataliya Gumenyuk, a spokeswoman for …

Ukraine retakes territory in Kharkiv region as Russian front crumbles
2 years, 4 months ago

Ukraine retakes territory in Kharkiv region as Russian front crumbles

India Today  

Ukrainian forces have seized an expanding area of previously Russian-held territory in the east in a "very sharp and rapid" advance, a Russian-installed regional official said on Friday, in a breakthrough that may mark a turning point in the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy later said Kyiv's forces had liberated more than 30 settlements in the Kharkiv region so far …

Russia sends reinforcements to Kharkiv as Ukraine counterattack advances
2 years, 4 months ago

Russia sends reinforcements to Kharkiv as Ukraine counterattack advances

ABC  

Ukrainian forces have seized an expanding area of previously Russian-held territory in the east in a "very sharp and rapid" advance, a Russian-installed regional official said, in a breakthrough that may mark a turning point in the war. Key points: Moscow-installed official acknowledges rapid Ukraine advance Analysts say offensive could shut Russian supply lines Fierce battles continue in Donbas and …

Analysis: Russia caught out by Ukraine’s double offensive
2 years, 4 months ago

Analysis: Russia caught out by Ukraine’s double offensive

Al Jazeera  

Ukrainian forces continue to retake territory in the Kharkiv region as Russians reportedly abandon key cities of Kupyansk and Izyum. Ukraine’s seizure of Kupyansk means that Russian units to the north will have more difficulty resupplying, as the Russian military is largely reliant on railways for keeping its forces fed, fuelled and armed. The canal was a strategic Russian war …

Ukrainian forces claim gains on southern front
2 years, 4 months ago

Ukrainian forces claim gains on southern front

Deccan Chronicle  

KYIV: Ukrainian forces have claimed gains in a counter-offensive against the Russian army in southern Ukraine, saying they have re-captured several areas and destroyed targets including a pontoon bridge. Ukraine's southern command said on Facebook late on Sunday that it also hit an ammunitions depot and a Russian army control centre southeast of Kherson, a city taken by Moscow in …

Is Ukraine’s counteroffensive progressing?
2 years, 4 months ago

Is Ukraine’s counteroffensive progressing?

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine’s troops say some southern areas have been retaken, but Russia has reportedly slowed their advance. “We have launched offensive operations in many directions … we can confirm that we have broken through the first line of defence,” said a spokesperson for Ukraine’s southern command, Natalia Gumenyuk, on August 29. Serhiy Khlan, a former adviser to Kherson’s governor, said Ukrainian …

Russian forces seize frontline Donbas village: Ukrainian official
2 years, 6 months ago

Russian forces seize frontline Donbas village: Ukrainian official

Al Jazeera  

Head of the Severodonetsk district military administration says Toshkivka is now ‘controlled entirely by the Russians’. Russian forces have pushed deeper into eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, with Ukrainian officials announcing the fall of a front-line village near the strategically important cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk. Russian forces turning Luhansk ‘into ruins’ The battles have spanned the Siverskyi Donets River that …

Russia-Ukraine latest: Moscow able to fight war for another year
2 years, 7 months ago

Russia-Ukraine latest: Moscow able to fight war for another year

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate believes that Russia can continue its war for another year, warning that Kyiv is significantly outgunned on the frontlines. “Therefore everything now depends on what weapons the Western partners give us.” 10 Jun 2022 - 16:06 GMT Obama hails Ukrainian people’s “heroic resistance” United States former President Barack Obama has said the human costs in Russia’s …

Ukraine resists Russia in east, strikes back in north, south
2 years, 7 months ago

Ukraine resists Russia in east, strikes back in north, south

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine is pursuing a resilient defence and counter-offensive, but Russia is also moving to assimilate occupied regions. “In the early days of the Russian occupation … people started going out with Ukrainian flags protesting that Kherson belongs to Ukraine. They’re trying to make sure that Ukrainian fighters don’t infiltrate the local population and attack them from the rear when they …

Russia-Ukraine latest: Moscow controls 20 percent of Ukraine
2 years, 7 months ago

Russia-Ukraine latest: Moscow controls 20 percent of Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

Russia-Ukraine war news from June 2: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian army has taken over swaths of land as Kyiv calls for more weapons. 2 Jun 2022 - 14:35 GMT Russia warns US about military aid to Ukraine Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, has said the supply of US advanced rocket systems to Ukraine increases the risk of a …

Russia pulls back from Kharkiv, fighting continues in the east: Ukraine military
2 years, 7 months ago

Russia pulls back from Kharkiv, fighting continues in the east: Ukraine military

The Hindu  

Russian troops are withdrawing from around Ukraine’s second-largest city after bombarding it for weeks, the Ukrainian military said on Saturday, as Kyiv and Moscow’s forces engaged in a grinding battle for the country’s eastern industrial heartland. Ukraine’s general staff said the Russians were pulling back from the northeastern city of Kharkiv and focusing on guarding supply routes, while launching mortar, …

Photos from Ukraine as Russia advances into country from all directions
2 years, 10 months ago

Photos from Ukraine as Russia advances into country from all directions

ABC  

Russia is continuing its push into neighbouring Ukraine, amid global condemnation. These photos show Ukrainian forces continuing to take up arms to defend the country, as civilians attempt to flee. Military vehicles were seen near Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Ukraine's Territorial Defence Forces have pushed back against Russian troops. Satellite images show Russian forces assembling near a hydroelectric power plant …

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