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1 year, 6 months ago

Russia claims Ukraine is launching major attacks; Kyiv accuses Moscow of misinformation

Ukrainian forces were making a major effort to punch through Russian defensive lines in southeast Ukraine for a second day, a Moscow-installed official claimed on June 5 as Russia's Defence Ministry asserted it had foiled an assault in another illegally annexed region of the invaded country. Vladimir Rogov, an official in the Russia-backed administration of Ukraine's partly occupied Zaporizhzhia province, …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Russia claims it thwarted Ukrainian attacks in provinces annexed by Moscow

The Hindu

Russian officials on June 5 said their forces had thwarted large Ukrainian attacks in two provinces of Ukraine annexed by Moscow on Sunday. Russia’s Defence Ministry said in a rare early-morning video on Monday that its forces had pushed back a “large-scale” assault at five points in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk province, one of four regions that President Vladimir Putin claimed …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Russian troops ‘fall back to regroup’ north of Ukraine’s Bakhmut

Al Jazeera

Wagner forces chief has called the move a ‘rout’ as Ukraine announced gains made around the battlefield city. Moscow has acknowledged that its forces had fallen back north of the battlefield city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, in a retreat that the head of Russia’s Wagner private army called a “rout”. Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner forces that have …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Russia says it took Soledar, Ukraine denies its capture

Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia claimed Friday that its forces captured the fiercely contested salt-mining town of Soledar in what would mark a rare victory for the Kremlin after a series of setbacks in its war in Ukraine. “The liberation of the town of Soledar was completed in the evening of Jan. 12,” said Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, the Russian Defense …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Russia is touting a rare military victory, but Ukraine disputes that claim

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Russia is touting a rare military victory, but Ukraine disputes that claim Enlarge this image toggle caption LIBKOS/AP LIBKOS/AP KYIV — After months of fighting, Russia's Defense Ministry says its forces captured the eastern Ukrainian town of Soledar — a claim that Ukrainian military officials denied and that prompted bitter infighting with a pro-Kremlin mercenary group involved in the offensive. …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Russia says it has captured the town of Soledar, which Ukraine denies

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Ukrainian forces launch rockets at Russian positions on the front line near the embattled town of Soledar, which Moscow claims to have captured. “The liberation of the town of Soledar was completed in the evening of Jan. 12,” Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, the Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman, said, adding that the development was “important for the continuation of offensive operations …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Russian forces hold the line in Kherson as Ukraine counterstrikes

Al Jazeera

Moscow’s defence ministry says it repelled a major attack by Kyiv’s troops in the south and inflicted ‘significant losses on the enemy’. Russian soldiers held their positions during “fierce fighting” in the Kherson region and Ukrainian troops were also targeted in the eastern region of Donetsk, Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday. Ukraine’s presidential office said Moscow’s military shelled towns …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Russia, Ukraine trade claims of nuclear plant attacks

The Hindu

Russia and Ukraine traded claims of rocket and artillery strikes at or near Europe's largest nuclear power plant on Sunday, intensifying fears that the fighting could cause a massive radiation leak. Ukraine's atomic energy agency painted an ominous picture of the threat on Sunday by issuing a map forecasting where radiation could spread from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Rescue teams hunt for survivors of Russian missile strike on central Ukraine

LA Times

Rescuers work at the scene of a building in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, damaged by a deadly Russian missile attack. Late Friday, cruise missiles fired by Russian strategic bombers struck a southeastern Ukrainian city, killing at least three people and wounding 15, as air raid sirens went off across the country, officials said. Alluding to talks this week in Istanbul among Russia, …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Bucolic Ukraine forest is site of mass grave exhumation

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BUCHA, Ukraine — The lush green beauty of a pine forest with singing birds contrasted with the violent deaths of newly discovered victims of Russia’s war in Ukraine, as workers exhumed bodies from another mass grave near the town of Bucha on Kyiv’s outskirts. “The hands tied behind the back with tape say that people had been held for a …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Live updates | UN Chief: War in Ukraine driving world hunger

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UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations chief said Wednesday he is in “intense contacts” with Russia and other countries to stop escalating global hunger exacerbated by the war in Ukraine by allowing the export of grain stored in Ukrainian ports and ensuring Russian food and fertilizers have unrestricted access to world markets. He said the team “emphatically supported the entry …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Live Updates | Russians fight in streets of Ukrainian town

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KVIV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian military official said street battles have begun and evacuation is impossible in the town of Kreminna. ___ KVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia has launched its long-feared, full-scale offensive to take control of Ukraine’s east, “Now we can already state that the Russian troops have begun the battle for the Donbas,” he …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Live Update | Zelenskyy: Troops inflict ‘deliberate terror’

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LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian troops in southern Ukraine have been carrying out torture and kidnappings, and he called on the world Sunday to respond. The Russian Defense Ministry gave the Ukrainians at Mariupol’s giant Azovstal steel mill until 1 p.m. Sunday to surrender, saying that those who put down their weapons will be “guaranteed to …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Mariupol fighters hold out

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Ukraine news from April 17: Ukrainian fighters are holding out in the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol. “And it is very it is extremely difficult to be able to bring more supplies and more weapons to people who are … defending Mariupol because of course, the Russian pressure is not only exercised on the city itself, also all of …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Russia says Mariupol ‘completely cleared’, urges surrender

Al Jazeera

Strategic port city has been completely cleared with a small group of holdout fighters on the outskirts told to ‘lay down their arms’, Russian defence ministry says. “The entire urban area of Mariupol has been completely cleared … remnants of the Ukrainian group are currently completely blockaded on the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant,” said Igor Konashenkov, the Russian …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Live updates: UN chief warns war is hurting poor countries

Associated Press

The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations chief warned Monday that Russia’s war on Ukraine is holding “a sword of Damocles” over the global economy, especially poor developing countries that face skyrocketing food, fuel and fertilizer prices and are now seeing their breadbasket “being bombed.” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters that “Russia and Ukraine …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Mercenaries find a place in Russia-Ukraine conflict: Understanding who they are and the role they are playing

Firstpost

Fourteen days into the war, reports are emerging that Russia and Ukraine are recruiting ‘soldiers of fortune’. Follow all LIVE updates from the Russia-Ukraine conflict HERE The Pentagon’s claim was backed up by a report published in the UK newspaper The Times that mercenaries from the Wagner Group, a Russian private military company recently sanctioned by the European Union for …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Russia says mercenaries sent by West to Ukraine not to get POW status

Op India

Mercenaries deployed by the western countries in Ukraine will not be treated as prisoner-of-war and will be subject to criminal liability, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Thursday, reports Russian News Agency TASS. Amidst the ongoing clashes between NATO-backed Ukrainian and Russian troops, the Russian Defense Ministry has said that the mercenaries the West is sending to Ukraine …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Latest Ukraine updates: US slams Russian nuclear plant attack

Al Jazeera

The US has condemned Russia for its attack and capture of the largest nuclear power station in Europe at an emergency UN Security Council meeting, calling it “reckless” and “dangerous”. We support the initiative of IAEA Director General Grossi announced today for an agreement between Ukraine and Russia to ensure the safety and security of nuclear facilities in Ukraine.” 4 …

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2 years, 9 months ago

China says ‘highly concerned’ about civilian casualties in Ukraine - The Hindu

The Hindu

The Indian embassy in Ukraine issued an urgent advisory asking Indian nationals to immediately leave Kharkiv and reach the outskirts of the city which saw continued pounding by Russian airstrikes on Wednesday. According to excerpts released on Tuesday ahead of his first State of the Union address, Mr. Biden said that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was premeditated …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates |

The Hindu

Almost four days after Russia began its military operation, Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that a delegation will meet with Russian officials at an unspecified location on the Belarusian border. “We are facing a tragedy for Ukraine, but also a major regional crisis with potentially disastrous implications for us all.” In a reference to President Vladimir Putin’s decision to place …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Live updates: Zelenskyy declines US offer to evacuate Kyiv

Associated Press

The latest on the Russia-Ukraine crisis: KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was asked to evacuate Kyiv at the behest of the U.S. government but turned down the offer. French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday called the Belarus government “an accomplice” in Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine and said it will also be targeted with sanctions. The Kremlin said …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Latest Russia-Ukraine updates: Kyiv to hold talks with Moscow

Al Jazeera

Ukraine news from February 27: Putin puts Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert as Kyiv agrees to negotiations at the Ukraine-Belarus border. 27 Feb 2022 - 14:35 GMT Ukraine will ‘prevail’ amid Russia’s assault, foreign minister says Kuleba says Russia’s goal is to “destroy Ukraine as a state”. 27 Feb 2022 - 10:51 GMT World in ‘new era’ after Russian …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Latest Russia-Ukraine updates: Battles rage for Ukraine’s cities

Al Jazeera

UN refugee chief says internal displacement is also growing as Ukrainian forces battle multi-pronged assault. “But the really impressive aspect of Ukraine’s resistance so far is how strong and how wide it has been … there is a sense of Russia having rolled the dice.” 26 Feb 2022 - 18:35 GMT Zelenskyy says he welcomes potential move to cut Russia …

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Russia claims Ukraine is launching major attacks; Kyiv accuses Moscow of misinformation

Russia claims it thwarted Ukrainian attacks in provinces annexed by Moscow

Russian troops ‘fall back to regroup’ north of Ukraine’s Bakhmut

Russia says it took Soledar, Ukraine denies its capture

Russia is touting a rare military victory, but Ukraine disputes that claim

Russia says it has captured the town of Soledar, which Ukraine denies

Russian forces hold the line in Kherson as Ukraine counterstrikes

Russia, Ukraine trade claims of nuclear plant attacks

Rescue teams hunt for survivors of Russian missile strike on central Ukraine

Bucolic Ukraine forest is site of mass grave exhumation

Live updates | UN Chief: War in Ukraine driving world hunger

Live Updates | Russians fight in streets of Ukrainian town

Live Update | Zelenskyy: Troops inflict ‘deliberate terror’

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Mariupol fighters hold out

Russia says Mariupol ‘completely cleared’, urges surrender

Live updates: UN chief warns war is hurting poor countries

Mercenaries find a place in Russia-Ukraine conflict: Understanding who they are and the role they are playing

Russia says mercenaries sent by West to Ukraine not to get POW status

Latest Ukraine updates: US slams Russian nuclear plant attack

China says ‘highly concerned’ about civilian casualties in Ukraine - The Hindu

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates |

Live updates: Zelenskyy declines US offer to evacuate Kyiv

Latest Russia-Ukraine updates: Kyiv to hold talks with Moscow

Latest Russia-Ukraine updates: Battles rage for Ukraine’s cities