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Data from satellites reveal the vast extent of fighting in Ukraine
1 year, 10 months ago

Data from satellites reveal the vast extent of fighting in Ukraine

The Economist  

Briefing | A hail of destruction Data from satellites reveal the vast extent of fighting in Ukraine Scars of the war can be found far beyond the front lines BelARUS People per square km in area of fire Fires marked as war-related Maximum extent of Russian control Maximum extent of Russian control Feb 24th-Jun 30th 2022 100 1,000 5,000 Jul …

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Women in war: A pregnant soldier contemplates front-line return
2 years, 1 month ago

Women in war: A pregnant soldier contemplates front-line return

Al Jazeera  

Anna tries to settle in Lviv with her toddler as she prepares for the birth of her son and her eventual return to combat. “I’m turning 30 tomorrow,” Anna says, beaming as Milena bounces up and down in a cot in their sun-drenched room on an afternoon in late July. “I don’t have relatives left except Milena and Ivan,” she …

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Ukraine: Governor urges 350,000 residents flee Russian offensive
2 years, 5 months ago

Ukraine: Governor urges 350,000 residents flee Russian offensive

Al Jazeera  

Governor’s call for people in Donetsk to leave province appears to represent one of the biggest evacuations of the war. The governor said that Russia’s “number one target” is currently the cities Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, in part because of critical infrastructure in the towns, such as water filtration centres. “This is sheer terrorism.” “There is no safe place without shelling …

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Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Ukraine lays out $750 billion 'recovery plan' for postwar future
2 years, 5 months ago

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Ukraine lays out $750 billion 'recovery plan' for postwar future

The Hindu  

Ukraine’s forces have withdrawn from the bombed-out city of Lysychansk, prompting Russia to claim full control of the eastern Luhansk region, a key Kremlin war goal, but President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to regain the lost territory. Russia Putin orders Ukraine offensive to continue after capture of Lugansk Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to press …

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Russia claims full control of Luhansk region as key city captured
2 years, 5 months ago

Russia claims full control of Luhansk region as key city captured

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine’s military command says its troops have been forced to retreat from Lysychansk, the last major Ukrainian-held city in the region. Russia has claimed its forces have taken full control of Luhansk province in eastern Ukraine, after capturing the final Ukrainian holdout of Lysychansk. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu informed President Vladimir Putin that Luhansk had been “liberated”, the defence …

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Fighting intensifies for control of key Ukrainian city Lysychansk
2 years, 5 months ago

Fighting intensifies for control of key Ukrainian city Lysychansk

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine denies claims by pro-Russian separatists that they have encircled the city in the Donbas region. Russian media showed videos of Luhansk militia parading in the streets of Lysychansk waving flags and cheering, but Ukraine National Guard spokesman Ruslan Muzychuk told Ukrainian national television the city remained in Ukrainian hands. Ukrainian media quoted Vadym Denysenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s Interior …

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Russia-Ukraine latest: Ukraine says Lysychansk ‘not encircled’
2 years, 5 months ago

Russia-Ukraine latest: Ukraine says Lysychansk ‘not encircled’

Al Jazeera  

Russia-Ukraine news from July 2: Ukrainian army says heavy fighting continues after pro-Russian separatists claimed to have encircled the key city in the Donbas region. 2 Jul 2022 - 14:26 GMT Ukraine army says Lysychansk ‘not encircled’ The Ukrainian army on Saturday rejected claims that Moscow-backed separatists and Russian forces had surrounded the key eastern city of Lysychansk, but said …

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Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk falls to Russia after one of war's bloodiest fights
2 years, 5 months ago

Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk falls to Russia after one of war's bloodiest fights

India Today  

Russian forces fully occupied the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on Saturday, both sides said, confirming Kyiv's biggest battlefield setback for more than a month following weeks of some of the war's bloodiest fighting. Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine's military intelligence chief, told Reuters that Ukraine was carrying out "a tactical regrouping" by pulling its forces out of Sievierodonetsk. Russia's defence ministry …

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Ukraine's Severodonetsk is now 'fully occupied' by Russia as Kremlin announces 'total liberation'
2 years, 5 months ago

Ukraine's Severodonetsk is now 'fully occupied' by Russia as Kremlin announces 'total liberation'

Daily Mail  

Ukraine's strategic city of Severodonetsk is now 'fully occupied' by the Russian army, its mayor said on Saturday. The Ukrainian army on Friday said it would withdraw its forces from the city - of around 100,000 inhabitants before the war - to better defend the neighbouring city of Lysychansk. Ukrainian servicemen ride a bus to their positions near the city …

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Russia pushes to block second city in eastern Ukraine
2 years, 5 months ago

Russia pushes to block second city in eastern Ukraine

The Hindu  

Russian forces are trying to block a city in eastern Ukraine, the region’s governor said on Saturday after their relentless assault on a nearby city forced Ukrainian troops to begin withdrawal after weeks of intense fighting. Severodonetsk and Lysychansk have been the focal point of the Russian offensive aimed at capturing all of eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region and destroying the …

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Ukraine Army to leave battered Severodonetsk to avoid encirclement
2 years, 6 months ago

Ukraine Army to leave battered Severodonetsk to avoid encirclement

The Hindu  

“After weeks of ferocious fighting, Ukrainian forces will retreat from a besieged city in the country’s east to avoid encirclement,” a regional governor said on June 24. In recent days, Russian forces have made gains around Severodonetsk and the neighbouring city of Lysychansk, on a steep bank across the river, in a bid to encircle Ukrainian forces. “It makes no …

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Ukraine forces to retreat from embattled Severodonetsk: Governor
2 years, 6 months ago

Ukraine forces to retreat from embattled Severodonetsk: Governor

Al Jazeera  

The local governor says troops have received the order to leave the city after weeks of fighting against Russian troops. Defending Ukrainian troops will have to withdraw from the embattled city of Severodonetsk, the governor of Ukraine’s Luhansk region has said, after weeks of fierce fighting against Russian forces in the strategic city. After failing to take the capital, Kyiv, …

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What does Russia’s capture of Severodonetsk mean for Ukraine?
2 years, 6 months ago

What does Russia’s capture of Severodonetsk mean for Ukraine?

Al Jazeera  

Ukrainian forces are retreating from the eastern city after weeks of fierce fighting, but some analysts say Moscow’s victory is symbolic, rather than strategic. Heavy Russian bombardment has destroyed almost every defence position of the Ukrainian forces in the area, but the fall of the nearly-destroyed town is insignificant, a top military expert said. “It’s a minor loss, there’s still …

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As Kyiv claims political victory, Russia advances in east Ukraine
2 years, 6 months ago

As Kyiv claims political victory, Russia advances in east Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

While Ukraine moves closer to the EU and away from Moscow’s orbit, Russian troops seize further territory in the Donbas. “The status has chiefly a symbolic political character, which underlines that Ukraine belongs to Europe, it doesn’t belong to the Russian world as Russia wished … so it has political weight,” said Panayotis Ioakeimidis, professor of European policy at the …

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Endless shelling and dead soldiers: A vicious artillery war spreads in Ukraine
2 years, 6 months ago

Endless shelling and dead soldiers: A vicious artillery war spreads in Ukraine

LA Times  

The first shell was the worst, mostly because it came as a surprise. “I want to stay alive, that’s it, but I have to go these places.” Over his three months of service the battle lines have swung to and fro, but it was still two steps forward one step back in favor of the Russians. There’s shelling and shooting …

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Kyiv issues list of equipment it wants to win the war with Russia
2 years, 6 months ago

Kyiv issues list of equipment it wants to win the war with Russia

Daily Mail  

Volodymyr Zelensky's top adviser has told the West to dramatically step up deliveries of heavy weapons if Ukraine is to defeat Russia's invasion. Mykhailo Podolyak said Monday that Kyiv needs 1,000 howitzers, 300 rocket artillery systems, 500 tanks, 2,000 armoured vehicles and 1,000 drones 'to end the war'. Ukraine has asked its Western allies to supply an additional 1,000 artillery …

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Where does Russia stand after fall of Ukrainian city's last bridge leaves no escape route for residents?
2 years, 6 months ago

Where does Russia stand after fall of Ukrainian city's last bridge leaves no escape route for residents?

India Today  

Residents of the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk have now been effectively cut off from the rest of the country with the fall of the last of the three bridges linking it with its twin city — Lysychansk. Severdonetsk Governor Serhiy Haidai said evacuation and supplies to the city are now impossible as the last bridge over the Siverskyi Donets river …

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Fate of Ukraine’s Donbas on the line in fight for key city, Zelensky warns
2 years, 6 months ago

Fate of Ukraine’s Donbas on the line in fight for key city, Zelensky warns

LA Times  

A Ukrainian soldier stands in position inside a building Wednesday during heavy fighting on the front line in Severodonetsk, in eastern Ukraine. He said Ukraine had inflicted “significant losses on the enemy.” But that claim could not be verified and came days after Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that 97% of Luhansk had been “liberated” by Russia, a term …

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Russia claims ‘97% control’ of eastern Ukrainian province amid fierce battles
2 years, 6 months ago

Russia claims ‘97% control’ of eastern Ukrainian province amid fierce battles

LA Times  

Russia claimed near-victory Tuesday in its fight for part of an eastern Ukrainian industrial region whose capture is one of Moscow’s main stated war aims, as Ukraine acknowledged that it was waging a tough battle to keep one of its last cities there from falling. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in remarks by videolink on Tuesday to an event In response …

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 100
2 years, 6 months ago

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 100

Al Jazeera  

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 100th day, we take a look at the main developments. Fighting Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces have occupied about 20 percent of his nation’s territory. The situation in the key city of Severodonetsk, in Luhansk province in eastern Ukraine, is “the hardest right now”, as well as in cities and communities nearby, …

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Russia tightens grip on Ukrainian city Sievierodonetsk, raps U.S. for supplying rockets
2 years, 6 months ago

Russia tightens grip on Ukrainian city Sievierodonetsk, raps U.S. for supplying rockets

The Hindu  

Russian forces were attempting to extend and consolidate their hold on Ukraine’s industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on June 2, edging closer to claiming a big prize in their offensive in the eastern Donbas region. “The enemy is conducting assault operations in the settlement of Sievierodonetsk,” Ukraine’s armed forces general staff said on June 2, adding that Russian forces were also …

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Latest Ukraine updates: Russia controls ‘most’ of Severodonetsk
2 years, 6 months ago

Latest Ukraine updates: Russia controls ‘most’ of Severodonetsk

Al Jazeera  

Latest Ukraine news from May 31: Luhansk governor says Russian forces are all set to take over the eastern Ukrainian city after days of fighting. 31 May 2022 - 16:00 GMT Russia playing ‘hunger games’: Kuleba Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has accused Russia of deliberately blocking food exports and playing “hunger games with the world”. 31 May 2022 - …

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‘Now I am a beggar': Fleeing the Russian advance in Ukraine
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Now I am a beggar': Fleeing the Russian advance in Ukraine

Associated Press  

POKROVSK, Ukraine — As Russian forces press their offensive to take the eastern Ukrainian cities of Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk, civilians who have managed to flee say intensified shelling over the past week left them unable to even venture out from basement bomb shelters. “We were sitting there, then the traffic police came and they said: ‘You should evacuate as fast …

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Live updates | Mayor: Some 1,500 killed in Sievierodonetsk
2 years, 6 months ago

Live updates | Mayor: Some 1,500 killed in Sievierodonetsk

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk is the center of fierce fighting in the east. ___ KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR: — Russia slams sanctions, seeks to blame West for food crisis — ‘This tears my soul apart’: A Ukrainian boy and a killing — West mulls having Russian oligarchs buy way out of sanctions — US …

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