Why Adviika’s fall is so important to Putin - and what it means for Ukraine and the war
10 months, 1 week ago

Why Adviika’s fall is so important to Putin - and what it means for Ukraine and the war

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ukrainian forces are pulling out from the eastern frontline city of Avdiivka after a ferocious 10-year battle, the military chief has announced. Ukrainian journalist Yuri Butusov, who has just travelled back from Avdiivka, said Russian forces have had roughly 600 shells on the city in the past month. open image in gallery Ukrainian soldiers fire a French-made CAESAR self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions near Avdiivka Russia has been carrying out air strikes with targeting assistance from special forces, and using artillery, drones, helicopters and tanks as well as infantry, according to spare but regular Russian defence ministry updates. Avdiivka is seen as a gateway to Donetsk city, whose residential areas Russian officials say have been shelled by Ukrainian forces, sometimes from Avdiivka.

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Ukraine-Russia war map: Where Putin’s forces are making gains in eastern Ukraine
1 week, 1 day ago

Ukraine-Russia war map: Where Putin’s forces are making gains in eastern Ukraine

The Independent  

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Russian forces edge closer to key Ukrainian city as Putin faces ‘massive cost’
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1 week, 5 days ago

Russian forces edge closer to key Ukrainian city as Putin faces ‘massive cost’

The Independent  

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Russian forces edge closer to a key eastern Ukraine city in ‘intense’ fighting, officials say
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1 week, 5 days ago

Russian forces edge closer to a key eastern Ukraine city in ‘intense’ fighting, officials say

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Fighting around the key eastern Ukraine city of Pokrovsk is “extremely intense” after a monthslong Russian push, Ukraine’s top military commander said, with analysts estimating Russian forces are now within just a few kilometers of the city. “Russian occupiers are throwing all available forces forward, attempting to break through the defenses of our troops,” Ukrainian army chief …

Russia Forges Ahead in Eastern Ukraine, Capturing More Villages
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Russia Forges Ahead in Eastern Ukraine, Capturing More Villages

New York Times  

Russian troops in eastern Ukraine have seized at least 10 villages and settlements in roughly as many days, according to a group with ties to the Ukrainian Army that maps the battlefield, as Moscow presses on with slow but steady advances that have heightened pressure on Ukraine’s authorities to start cease-fire talks. The situation looks particularly precarious for Ukrainian forces …

Ukraine latest: Bad news mounts for Ukraine across the frontlines. But Russia is under pressure too
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1 month, 1 week ago

Ukraine latest: Bad news mounts for Ukraine across the frontlines. But Russia is under pressure too

CNN  

CNN — The bad news keeps coming. Barros, who leads the Russia and Geospatial Intelligence teams at the DC-based conflict monitoring group, said that Russia’s advantage on the battlefield makes it impossible for Ukraine to prepare for a possible counteroffensive. Diego Fedele/Getty Images Barros said that the Pokrovsk situation is just one example of Russia’s failure to achieve its own, …

Ukraine latest: Bad news mounts for Ukraine across the frontlines. But Russia is under pressure too
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1 month, 1 week ago

Ukraine latest: Bad news mounts for Ukraine across the frontlines. But Russia is under pressure too

CNN  

CNN — The bad news keeps coming. Barros, who leads the Russia and Geospatial Intelligence teams at the DC-based conflict monitoring group, said that Russia’s advantage on the battlefield makes it impossible for Ukraine to prepare for a possible counteroffensive. Diego Fedele/Getty Images Barros said that the Pokrovsk situation is just one example of Russia’s failure to achieve its own, …

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

Putin’s forces are desperate for a key eastern city and Ukraine will fight street to street to keep them out
3 months ago

Putin’s forces are desperate for a key eastern city and Ukraine will fight street to street to keep them out

The Independent  

The city of Pokrovsk, regarded as the key to controlling Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, has been the prize Vladimir Putin’s troops have sought for months – one for which Moscow has already sacrificed thousands of its troops. The Russians taking Pokrovsk would split Ukraine’s defensive line in the region and vastly complicate supplying its forces in the eastern part of …

Zelensky’s Kursk operation can be a costly gambit as Putin targets eastern Ukraine
3 months ago

Zelensky’s Kursk operation can be a costly gambit as Putin targets eastern Ukraine

Firstpost  

Russia not evicting the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk should not be viewed as a weakness but could be a deliberate move to achieve its bigger goal in eastern Ukraine On September 10, there were reports that Russia had captured the village of Novohrodivka, just 10 km from Pokrovsk, which is a key transportation hub sitting at the crossroads of major …

Mapped: Putin’s forces gain ground in east Ukraine as Russia opens up new lines of attack
3 months, 1 week ago

Mapped: Putin’s forces gain ground in east Ukraine as Russia opens up new lines of attack

The Independent  

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Russia-Ukraine War in Maps: Where are the frontlines now as Kremlin claims advances in Donetsk?
3 months, 1 week ago

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

The Independent  

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Russia says captured town, three villages in eastern Ukraine
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Russia says captured town, three villages in eastern Ukraine

The Hindu  

Russia's Defence Ministry on Tuesday said it had captured the town of Krasnogorivka in eastern Ukraine as well as three villages in different parts of the Donetsk region. Russian troops have been advancing steadily in the Donetsk region in recent weeks and are closing in on the town of Pokrovsk, a vital logistics and transport hub for Ukrainian forces. Russian …

It feels like the Ukraine invasion has made the Russian invasion more ferocious
3 months, 2 weeks ago

It feels like the Ukraine invasion has made the Russian invasion more ferocious

The Independent  

The city of Kostyantynivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk has become one of the main targets of relentless Russian attacks to capture the remaining strongholds held by Kyiv’s troops in the region. Outgoing Ukrainian fire could also be heard south of the city with a distinctive rapid whoosh-whoosh-whoosh signifying, says one civilian, one of the highly accurate US-provided multiple rocket launchers …

Russia says its forces seize another settlement in Ukraine's Donetsk region
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia says its forces seize another settlement in Ukraine's Donetsk region

The Hindu  

Russian forces have gained control of the Kirove settlement, known in Ukraine as Verezamske, in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, the defence ministry said on Saturday. Russia has been making incremental gains in the region at a time when Ukrainian troops seek to advance in Russia's Kursk region after a surprise cross-border attack that began on Aug. 6. Separately, the defence …

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

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

The Independent  

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Ukraine says it has recaptured land in the Kharkiv region, reversing some Russian gains there
4 months ago

Ukraine says it has recaptured land in the Kharkiv region, reversing some Russian gains there

Hindustan Times  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces say they have recaptured territory in the eastern region of Kharkiv, where Russia launched a large offensive in the spring that brought initial gains but the operation soon stalled. Ukraine says it has recaptured land in the Kharkiv region, reversing some Russian gains there Ukraine’s 3rd Separate Assault Brigade said in a statement late Thursday …

Ukraine says it has recaptured land in the Kharkiv region, reversing some Russian gains there
4 months ago

Ukraine says it has recaptured land in the Kharkiv region, reversing some Russian gains there

The Independent  

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Families flee as Vladimir Putin's forces close in on Ukrainian town as Russian advances towards big population centres in eastern Ukraine gathers pace
4 months ago

Families flee as Vladimir Putin's forces close in on Ukrainian town as Russian advances towards big population centres in eastern Ukraine gathers pace

Daily Mail  

Advances by Vladimir Putin's forces across eastern Ukraine gathered pace yesterday with reports they had seized another key town. Ukrainian soldiers prepare a vehicle adapted to fire helicopter shells as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in the direction of Toretsk, Ukraine Vladimir Putin's Russian troops heavily outnumber those defending in eastern Ukraine and are well supplied with artillery and weaponry Russia's …

Russia says it advances in eastern Ukraine and regroups after incursion
4 months ago

Russia says it advances in eastern Ukraine and regroups after incursion

The Hindu  

Russia said on Tuesday its forces had taken control of what it described as the strategically important logistics hub of Niu-York in eastern Ukraine, part of Moscow's grinding drive to capture the entire Donetsk region. Even as Ukrainian troops seek to advance in Russia's Kursk region after a surprise cross-border attack that began on Aug. 6, the fate of Niu-York …

Kursk photos show how Ukraine’s gamble on an incursion deep into Russia changed the battlefield
4 months, 1 week ago

Kursk photos show how Ukraine’s gamble on an incursion deep into Russia changed the battlefield

The Independent  

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Ukraine captures Russian town of Sudzha as Kyiv’s forces advance, Zelensky says
4 months, 1 week 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 …

Ukraine military takes control of 28 Russian towns, 180,000 people evacuated
4 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine military takes control of 28 Russian towns, 180,000 people evacuated

Live Mint  

Ukraine’s military has taken control of 28 towns and villages in Russia’s Kursk border region, prompting a sixth of its population to flee the incursion, Russian President Vladimir Putin was told. Putin said the Defense Ministry’s main task was to “drive out the enemy from our territories and, together with the Border Service, ensure reliable protection of the state border.” …

In a surprise attack, Ukraine sends a large force into western Russia
4 months, 2 weeks ago

In a surprise attack, Ukraine sends a large force into western Russia

NPR  

In a surprise attack, Ukraine sends a large force into western Russia toggle caption Acting governor of Kursk region Alexei Smirnov's Telegram channel/AP KYIV, Ukraine — In a brazen attack that caught Russia off-guard, Ukraine’s military has sent a large ground force across its border and into western Russia. The Ukrainian soldiers crossed the country's northeastern border Tuesday and now …

Ukrainian troops say Russia's front-line push has driven them out of two more eastern villages
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukrainian troops say Russia's front-line push has driven them out of two more eastern villages

The Independent  

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Ukrainian troops say Russia has driven them out of 2 more eastern Donetsk villages
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukrainian troops say Russia has driven them out of 2 more eastern Donetsk villages

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces have overrun two front-line villages in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, a Ukrainian army sergeant said Monday, after relentless assaults that are part of a Kremlin summer push to overwhelm battlefield defenses there. Separately, attacks in Russia’s Kursk region by the Security Service of Ukraine, also known as the SBU, struck a number of substations causing …

Ukrainian troops say Russia has driven them out of 2 more eastern villages
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukrainian troops say Russia has driven them out of 2 more eastern villages

LA Times  

In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on July 10, a Russian T-80 tank fires toward Avdiivka, Ukraine, from an undisclosed location. Russian forces have overrun two front-line villages in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, a Ukrainian army sergeant said Monday, after relentless assaults that are part of a Kremlin summer push to overwhelm battlefield defenses …

The Ukrainian army pulls out from another eastern village as Russia smashes defensive positions
5 months ago

The Ukrainian army pulls out from another eastern village as Russia smashes defensive positions

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s army has pulled out from the village of Urozhaine in the eastern Donetsk region, an official said Thursday, surrendering another front-line position as Russian forces blast Ukrainian defenses in a relentless onslaught. Despite valiant defending, analysts say, Ukrainian forces are being pushed back in some places along the front line by the bigger and better equipped …

Why Russia-Ukraine War Is So Hard to Win, and How It Might End
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Why Russia-Ukraine War Is So Hard to Win, and How It Might End

Bloomberg  

Russia’s war in Ukraine, which President Vladimir Putin once hoped to conclude in a few weeks, is grinding through its third year, with neither side able to gain a decisive upper hand. Bringing an end to the conflict — whether through one side’s clear victory, a messy compromise or simply a cessation of hostilities without a final deal — may …

Russia keeps up the front-line pressure before Ukraine receives a boost from Western military aid
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Russia keeps up the front-line pressure before Ukraine receives a boost from Western military aid

The Independent  

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Russia keeps up pressure on the front line as Ukraine gets a boost from Western military aid
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Russia keeps up pressure on the front line as Ukraine gets a boost from Western military aid

Associated Press  

DONETSK REGION, Ukraine — Relentless Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions defending the strategically important eastern town of Chasiv Yar are disrupting troop rotations and the delivery of some supplies, soldiers in the area say. Russian troops are seeking to press their advantage in troop numbers and weaponry before Ukrainian forces are bulked up by promised new Western military aid that …

Ukraine says it regains control in some areas of Kharkiv region, as Russian attacks continue
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Ukraine says it regains control in some areas of Kharkiv region, as Russian attacks continue

LA Times  

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday looks at burned books at Ukraine’s largest printing house after a deadly Russian missile attack in Kharkiv. Ukrainian forces have secured “combat control” of areas where Russian troops entered the northeastern Kharkiv region this month, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Russia’s Kharkiv push appears to be a coordinated new offensive that includes testing Ukrainian defenses …

Russian gains in Ukraine don’t point to a breakthrough for Moscow: US Generals
7 months, 1 week ago

Russian gains in Ukraine don’t point to a breakthrough for Moscow: US Generals

Live Mint  

BRUSSELS—American military leaders believe Russia lacks sufficient troops to break through on the new front in northeastern Ukraine, but is stretching Ukrainian forces there and creating a buffer zone for its own border. Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli, Supreme Allied Commander in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, …

Ukraine says it has checked Russia’s offensive in a key town, but Moscow says it will keep pushing
7 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine says it has checked Russia’s offensive in a key town, but Moscow says it will keep pushing

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian units locked in street battles with the Kremlin’s forces in a key northeastern Ukraine town have halted the Russian advance, military officials in Kyiv claimed Thursday, though a senior Moscow official said the frontline push had enough resources to keep going. Russian attempts to establish a foothold in the town of Vovchansk, which is among the …

Is Russia’s assault on northeastern Ukraine already losing steam?
7 months, 1 week ago

Is Russia’s assault on northeastern Ukraine already losing steam?

Al Jazeera  

Moscow’s troops have seized several villages in Kharkiv in recent days, but experts say Ukraine’s defence and Russia’s manpower woes will limit the advance. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow wants to create a “sanitary zone” in Kharkiv to protect the Russian region of Belgorod that lies north of it and has been heavily shelled by Ukrainian forces. Moscow’s push …

Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas and Zelenskyy postpones foreign trips amid Russian offensive
7 months, 1 week ago

Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas and Zelenskyy postpones foreign trips amid Russian offensive

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces withdrew from some parts of the country’s northeast and battled Russian troops in other areas Wednesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision to postpone all his upcoming foreign trips underscored the seriousness of the threat his soldiers face. AP AUDIO: Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas and Zelenskyy postpones foreign trips amid Russian offensive AP …

Ukraine will hold if it gets the arms it needs, says a top general
7 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine will hold if it gets the arms it needs, says a top general

Hindustan Times  

The circumstances under which Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavliuk assumed control of Ukraine’s ground forces in February could hardly have been less auspicious. “Russia knows that if we receive enough weapons within a month or two, the situation could turn against them.” Ukraine urgently needs more air defence, he says, and the anticipated delivery of F-16 fighter jets by early June …

Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas amid Russian offensive
7 months, 1 week 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, 1 week 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 …

Ukraine’s military chief admits ‘difficult situation’ in Kharkiv region
7 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine’s military chief admits ‘difficult situation’ in Kharkiv region

Al Jazeera  

General Syrskii says situation in northeastern oblast ‘significantly worsened’ this week as Russian forces continue to advance. Ukraine’s military chief has admitted his forces are facing a “difficult situation” in the northeastern region of Kharkiv, where thousands more people have fled their homes as Russian forces continue to advance. “There are ongoing battles in the border areas along the state …

Keep calm and carry on: Ukraine’s Kharkiv holds tight under Russian fire
7 months, 1 week ago

Keep calm and carry on: Ukraine’s Kharkiv holds tight under Russian fire

Al Jazeera  

As news of Russia’s spring offensive in Kharkiv started to spread through Kharkiv on Friday, Ukraine’s second biggest city did not descend into panic. “A direct attack on Kharkiv is quite unlikely because it is a big city,” says Jakub Palowski, a military expert and deputy editor in chief of Defence24.pl website. “Ukraine currently has a mobilised army and, in …

Russia tries to breach Ukraine’s defenses in the Kharkiv region
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Russia tries to breach Ukraine’s defenses in the Kharkiv region

LA Times  

The assault began at dawn. “There is a fierce battle,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters in the capital, Kyiv, hours after Russian troops launched an armored ground offensive in northeastern Ukraine, near the country’s second-largest city, Kharkiv. Ukraine’s defense ministry said its forces had blunted an initial Russian attempt to break through Ukrainian lines outside the border town of …

Russia pushing ‘at all costs’ to grab territory in Ukraine before fresh US weapons arrive
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Russia pushing ‘at all costs’ to grab territory in Ukraine before fresh US weapons arrive

The Independent  

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Kyiv’s forces facing big Russian push on eastern frontline, military says
7 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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Kyiv's forces are up against a concerted Russian push in eastern Ukraine, a military official says
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Kyiv's forces are up against a concerted Russian push in eastern Ukraine, a military official says

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — The situation on the front line in eastern Ukraine is worsening but local defenders are so far holding firm against a concerted push by Russia’s bigger and better-equipped forces, a senior Ukrainian military official said Thursday. “The situation is changing dynamically.” AP AUDIO: Kyiv’s forces are up against a concerted Russian push in eastern Ukraine, a military …

‘We stormed without support’: Ukraine towns fall to Russia in latest defeat
7 months, 3 weeks ago

‘We stormed without support’: Ukraine towns fall to Russia in latest defeat

Al Jazeera  

Outmanned and outgunned, Kyiv’s forces struggle to advance against Moscow’s troops as the war drags on. “I survived that war and will survive this one,” Lidya Stepanovna said, referring to World War II and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Russians intensified their attacks ahead of the arrival of US military aid that includes antitank missiles and 155mm-calibre shells that …

Russia pummels exhausted Ukrainian forces with smaller attacks ahead of a springtime advance
8 months ago

Russia pummels exhausted Ukrainian forces with smaller attacks ahead of a springtime advance

The Hindu  

Russian troops are ramping up pressure on exhausted Ukrainian forces to prepare to seize more land this spring and summer as muddy fields dry out and allow tanks, armoured vehicles and other heavy equipment to roll to key positions across the countryside. If the Russians stick to their multiple pushes across the front, he said, “Eventually they may find more …

Russia creeps forward as Ukraine strikes its air force and navy
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Russia creeps forward as Ukraine strikes its air force and navy

Al Jazeera  

Both sides pursued their strategies in the war, with limited success for each, as ammunition shortages plagued Ukraine. “Russia is using glide bombs, along with direct-attack munitions, in volume to overwhelm Ukrainian air defence,” said the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. “If confirmed, the possible loss of roughly five percent of Russia’s strategic Tu-95 bombers in a single strike …

Blow to Putin as Ukraine says it has shot down three more Russian warplanes
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Blow to Putin as Ukraine says it has shot down three more Russian warplanes

The Independent  

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Russia’s forces turn their focus on Ukraine’s northeast in what may be an ambitious new push
10 months ago

Russia’s forces turn their focus on Ukraine’s northeast in what may be an ambitious new push

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces are probing Ukrainian defenses for weak points in the country’s northeast, an official said Thursday, an area where analysts believe the Kremlin seeks to build on its recent success in taking a key city by mounting an ambitious four-pronged offensive to break through the front line. The front line running more than 1,000 kilometers across …

Russia’s forces turn their focus on Ukraine’s northeast in what may be an ambitious new push
10 months ago

Russia’s forces turn their focus on Ukraine’s northeast in what may be an ambitious new push

LA Times  

Flowers and toys lie on the ground at a makeshift memorial commemorating victims of a Dec. 30 missile attack by Ukraine in Belgorod, Russia, on Monday. Russian forces are probing Ukrainian defenses for weak points in the country’s northeast, an official said Thursday, an area where analysts believe the Kremlin seeks to build on its recent success in taking a …

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