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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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Russian forces leave Snake Island, keep up eastern assault
2 years, 5 months ago

Russian forces leave Snake Island, keep up eastern assault

Associated Press  

SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island Thursday, potentially easing the threat to the vital Ukrainian port city of Odesa, but kept up their push to encircle the last stronghold of resistance in the eastern province of Luhansk. The Kremlin portrayed the pullout from Snake Island as a “goodwill gesture.” But Ukraine’s military claimed it …

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Russian Forces Leave Snake Island, Keep Up Eastern Assault
2 years, 5 months ago

Russian Forces Leave Snake Island, Keep Up Eastern Assault

Huff Post  

In this image taken from video and provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office on June 28, 2022 which claims to show the moment just after a missile struck the shopping mall in Kremenchuk, Ukraine. Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — Russia on Thursday pulled back its forces from a strategically placed Black Sea island where they …

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Russian forces leave Snake Island but press their offensive in eastern Ukraine
2 years, 5 months ago

Russian forces leave Snake Island but press their offensive in eastern Ukraine

LA Times  

Russian ordnance sits on the ground at a concert hall damaged by strikes in Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv region. Russia on Thursday pulled back its forces from a strategically placed Black Sea island where they have faced relentless Ukrainian attacks, but kept up its push to encircle the last bulwark of Ukraine’s resistance in the eastern province of Luhansk. Russia’s Defense …

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Ukrainian army leaving battered city for fortified positions
2 years, 6 months ago

Ukrainian army leaving battered city for fortified positions

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — After weeks of ferocious fighting, Ukrainian forces have begun retreating from a besieged city in the country’s east to move to stronger positions, a regional official said Friday, the four-month mark in Russia’s invasion. “The Russians are relentlessly shelling the Ukrainian positions, burning everything out.” Haidai said the Russians are also advancing toward Lysychansk — from Zolote …

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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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Ukrainian troops to retreat from besieged city of Severodonetsk
2 years, 6 months ago

Ukrainian troops to retreat from besieged city of Severodonetsk

LA Times  

A months-long defense that saw Ukrainian troops endure relentless bombardment and ferocious street skirmishes against Russian forces ended Friday when military authorities ordered a retreat from the besieged city of Severodonetsk. The battle for Severodonetsk, the Ukrainian government’s seat of power in Luhansk and the easternmost point of its control, follows the blueprint that both sides have adopted in this …

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Ukraine pledges to do 'everything' to defend Donbas from Russian onslaught
2 years, 6 months ago

Ukraine pledges to do 'everything' to defend Donbas from Russian onslaught

Firstpost  

A Lugansk police official, cited by Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti, said Severodonetsk was ’now surrounded’ and Ukrainian troops could no longer leave the city Lysychansk, Ukraine: Ukraine has pledged to do “everything” to defend Donbas, where an intensifying Russian offensive is prompting Kyiv’s forces to consider a strategic retreat from some key areas to avoid being surrounded. Russia …

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