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High cost of Russia’s gains in east Ukraine could limit any new offensive
2 years, 5 months ago

High cost of Russia’s gains in east Ukraine could limit any new offensive

LA Times  

Russian troops, including soldiers of the Chechen regiment, wave Russian and Chechen republic national flags in front of a destroyed building in Lysychansk, Ukraine. “Yes, the Russians have seized the Luhansk region, but at what price?” asked Oleh Zhdanov, a military analyst in Ukraine, noting that some Russian units involved in the battle lost up to half their soldiers. Even …

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Russia Claims Control Of Pivotal Eastern Ukrainian Province
2 years, 5 months ago

Russia Claims Control Of Pivotal Eastern Ukrainian Province

Huff Post  

In this photo provided by the Luhansk region military administration, damaged residential buildings are seen in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, early Sunday, July 3, 2022. via AP KYIV, Ukraine — Russia claimed control Sunday over the last Ukrainian stronghold in an eastern province that is key to achieving a major goal of Moscow’s grinding war. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu …

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Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Russia says it has more than 6,000 Ukrainian prisoners of war
2 years, 5 months ago

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Russia says it has more than 6,000 Ukrainian prisoners of war

The Hindu  

Russia on Thursday began shipping grain from Ukraine’s occupied territory, with a vessel carrying 7,000 tonnes of cereal sailing from Ukraine’s occupied port of Berdyansk. Russia pressed on with its offensive in eastern Ukraine on June 30 after NATO branded Moscow the biggest “direct threat” to Western security and agreed plans to modernise Kyiv’s beleaguered armed forces. Vyacheslav Volodin, an …

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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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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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Ukrainian soldiers may be forced to abandon Severodonetsk
2 years, 6 months ago

Ukrainian soldiers may be forced to abandon Severodonetsk

The Telegraph  

Ukrainian troops may have to abandon Severodonetsk, a leading official warned on Tuesday as Chechen troops boasted of marching into the centre of the key Donbas city. There were fierce street battles as Russian forces seized “most” of the last large Ukrainian-held city in the eastern region of Luhansk. Serhiy Haidai said crossing the river to Lysychansk could allow Ukrainian …

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‘Enemy moving in’: Fierce battle as Russian troops storm key city
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Enemy moving in’: Fierce battle as Russian troops storm key city

Al Jazeera  

An estimated 15,000 civilians in Severodonetsk remain trapped by heavy fighting amid a constant barrage of artillery and air attacks. “Russian troops have entered the city and street fighting is going on,” Severodonetsk Mayor Oleksandr Striuk told The Associated Press, adding Ukrainian defenders were fighting fiercely to push the Russians out. Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov told French TF1 television …

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Russian troops storm city in eastern Ukraine; Zelensky visits front line in Kharkiv
2 years, 6 months ago

Russian troops storm city in eastern Ukraine; Zelensky visits front line in Kharkiv

LA Times  

Russian and Ukrainian troops traded blows in fierce close-quarter combat Sunday in an eastern Ukrainian city as Moscow’s soldiers, supported by intense shelling, attempted to gain a strategic foothold to conquer the region. Russian forces stormed Severodonetsk after trying unsuccessfully to encircle the strategic city, Ukrainian officials said, creating a situation that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called “indescribably difficult.” He …

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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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