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☆ Ukraine war live updates: Ukraine intercepts missile attack on airfield; EU adopts 11th sanctions package against Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ukraine's military says it shot down 13 Russian cruise missiles headed for a military airfield in the western region of Khmelnitskyi. In the areas of intense combat, Ukraine says its forces are advancing in the south and stopped a Russian offensive toward the eastern cities of Lyman and Kupiansk. Russian authorities deny the claims of Ukrainian progress, and Russia's forces still hold a large amount of territory in Ukraine's east and south. Ukrainian military leaders admit that the most difficult fighting is yet to come as the country's long-awaited counteroffensive has yet to make significant gains. Meanwhile, the EU has adopted its 11th sanctions package against Russia.

Persons: Kupiansk, Lyman, Hanna Maliar, Maliar Organizations: Russia Locations: Russian, Khmelnitskyi, Ukraine, Lyman, Ukraine's

☆ Ukraine says it advances in south, stops Russian attack in east
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

But Russia still holds swathes of territory in eastern and southern Ukraine, and Ukrainian forces have yet to push to the main defensive lines that Russia has had months to prepare. She said Russian forces still aimed to gain control of the whole of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine's military operation in the south was going according to plan and its forces were advancing, even if minefields were slowing them down, she said. "In the military, according to their reports and positions, everything is moving according to plan. Each side says the other has suffered heavy losses since Ukraine began its counteroffensive, and Moscow has not acknowledged Ukraine's recent military gains.

Persons: Lyman, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Anna Pruchnicka, Timothy Organizations: Reuters, Ukraine, Kyiv, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Kupiansk, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Russia, Russian, Donetsk, Luhansk, Moscow

☆ Ukraine signals main push in counteroffensive is yet to come
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Addressing the pace of the Ukrainian advances, three senior officials on Friday sent the clearest signal so far that the main part of the counteroffensive has not yet begun. "Offensive operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue in a number of areas. Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said the "main events" of the counteroffensive were "ahead of us." Although the advances Ukraine has reported this month are its first substantial gains on the battlefield for seven months, Ukrainian forces have yet to push to the main defensive lines that Russia has had months to prepare. 'BALANCED APPROACH NEEDED'Moscow has sought to portray the Ukrainian counteroffensive as a failure.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Mykhailo Podolyak, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Podolyak, Anna Pruchnicka, Olena Harmash, Timothy Organizations: Russian, Friday, Armed Forces, Twitter, Netflix, British, Guardian, Reuters, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, KYIV, Ukrainian, Russia, Moscow, Kyiv

It called on the Wagner private military company forces to ignore his orders and arrest him. Wagner fighters had entered the southern Russian city of Rostov, Prigozhin said in an audio recording posted on Telegram. Prigozhin earlier said, without providing evidence, that Russia's military leadership had killed a huge number of his troops in an air strike and vowed to punish them. 'OBEY PRESIDENT,' GENERAL SAYSThe deputy commander of Russia's Ukraine campaign, General Sergei Surovikin, told Wagner fighters to obey Putin, accept Moscow's commanders and return to their bases. Tarnavskyi said Russian forces had lost hundreds of men and 51 military vehicles in the past 24 hours, including three tanks and 14 armoured personnel carriers.

Persons: Wagner, Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner fighters, Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin, Hanna Maliar, Sergei Surovikin, Surovikin, Russia's, Sergei Shoigu, Valery Gerasimov, Vladimir Alekseyev, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Tarnavskyi, Cynthia Osterman, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Kremlin, TASS, White, GENERAL, Friday, Guardian, British, Defence Forces, Reuters, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, KYIV, Russian, Russia, Ukraine, Prigozhin, Rostov, Moscow, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Bakhmut, UKRAINE, Kherson, Tavria

☆ Ukraine offensive 'slower than desired', Zelenskiy says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends through video link as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks on during the Ukraine Recovery Conference at the Intercontinental O2 Hotel in London, Britain, June 21, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/PoolSummary Don't expect a 'Hollywood movie', Zelenskiy saysKyiv says troops consolidating earlier gainsKYIV, June 21 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that progress in Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russian forces was "slower than desired" but that Kyiv would not be pressured into speeding it up as its troops advance through dangerous minefields. Reuters has visited some villages recaptured by Ukrainian forces and confirmed an advance of several kilometres. The BBC quoted Zelensky as saying the military push was not going easily because 200,000 sq km (77,220 sq miles) of Ukrainian territory had been mined by Russian forces. Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told the conference Kyiv was hoping for more than $6 billion from the event.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Rishi Sunak, Leah Millis, Zelenskiy, It's, Zelensky, Hanna Maliar, Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine's, Peter Graff, Angus MacSwan Organizations: British, Intercontinental O2 Hotel, REUTERS, Russian, Reuters, BBC, Kyiv, Washington, Ukraine's, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, London, Britain, Kyiv, Russia, Moscow, Pyatikhatky

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Air raids sound over Ukraine amid Russian attacks; Kyiv says counteroffensive is proving challenging
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces is increasingly intense as Ukraine conducts counteroffensive operations in at least three sectors of the front line spanning southern to eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar announced Monday that over the past week, Ukrainian troops in the Zaporizhzhia direction have advanced up to 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) and liberated 113 square km of territory, including eight settlements. "The enemy will not give up positions easily and we must prepare for the fact that it will be a tough duel. Still, she added, "the ongoing operation has several tasks and the military is carrying out these tasks. Ukraine's armed forces said it had "eliminated" 1,010 Russian troops in the past day alone amid fierce fighting as Ukraine's counteroffensive continues, but with a reportedly high level of attrition for both sides.

Persons: Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Holly Ellyatt Organizations: Ukrainian, Google, CNBC Locations: Ukraine, Russia

☆ 'Tough duel' ahead for Ukraine as Russia mounts fierce resistance to counteroffensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Ukrainian officials are the first to admit that the country's armed forces face a "tough duel" with Russia in the weeks and months ahead. Nonetheless, there is mounting pressure on Ukraine to produce solid results — and analysts told CNBC that expectations could be far too high. Oleksiy Goncharenko, a Ukrainian lawmaker, told CNBC Tuesday that it was too early in the counteroffensive to make a judgment call. Urging patience, Ukraine defense advisor Yuriy Sak told CNBC: "We understand that everybody — and us more than anybody else — wants [the counteroffensive] to be progressing faster." Anders Fogh Rasmussen, chair of Rasmussen Global and former Secretary General of NATO, told CNBC Tuesday that "we are much too slow."

Persons: Anatolii Stepanov, Yuriy Sak, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Oleksiy, —, Sak, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Putin, Fogh Rasmussen, Oleksiy Goncharenko, Oscar Del Pozo Organizations: AFP, Getty, CNBC, Ukrainian, Google, Defense, NATO, Rasmussen Global, Afp Locations: Blagodatne, Donetsk, Ukraine, Russia, Zaporizhia, Kharkiv, Kherson, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Spanish, San Gregorio, Zaragoza

☆ Ukraine reports new retaken village in southern counterattack
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Ukrainian soldiers held up yellow-and-blue national flags in a video circulated on social media, in which they said they were inside Piatykhatky, the eighth southeastern village that Kyiv says it has liberated. "Today, June 18, the forces of 128 assault brigade chased out the Russians from the village of Piatykhatky. A Russian-installed official in the partially occupied Zaporizhzhia region had said on Sunday that Kyiv's troops had retaken Piatykhatky, but that they had then been pushed out and that the settlement was now located in a "grey" area of control. Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said Ukrainian forces had not only retaken Piatykhatky but had advanced by up to seven km (4.3 miles) into Russian lines in two weeks. Reporting by Pavel Polityuk and Lidia Kelly; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Timothy HeritageOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Piatykhatky, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Pavel Polityuk, Lidia Kelly, Tom Balmforth, Timothy Organizations: Reuters, Piatykhatky, Telegram, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Kyiv, Piatykhatky, Zaporizhzhia

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Our troops are advancing steadily, Kyiv says; Russia claims it thwarted 'Ukrainian terrorist plots'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ukraine has liberated eight settlements in southern Ukraine over the past two weeks as its counteroffensive continues, the country's Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said Monday. Maliar noted on Telegram that Ukrainian troops "were both on the offensive and on the defensive" last week. Ukrainian troops "advanced deep into the enemy in several areas," she said. "Over the past week in the east, the enemy has fired more than 5,800 rounds and used 277,022 rounds of ammunition," she added. In southern Ukraine, meanwhile, there was an offensive in several directions in the past week, she said.

Persons: Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Holly Ellyatt Organizations: Mechanized Brigade, Defence Forces, CNBC Locations: Bakhmut, Donetsk, Ukraine

☆ Ukraine says 'biggest blow' in offensive is yet to come
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Oleksandr Kozhukhar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, June 20 (Reuters) - Ukraine's Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said the "biggest blow" in Kyiv's military campaign is yet to come, but admitted the operation is difficult as Russia throws all it can to stop the offensive. "The ongoing operation has several objectives, and the military is fulfilling these tasks," Maliar said on the Telegram messaging app. And the biggest blow is yet to come." Maliar said that despite Ukraine's forces advancing in multiple directions in the south, Russia's forces push to advance in the east, concentrating its efforts there. "Therefore, it is hot both in the east and in the south right now," Maliar said.

Persons: Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Vladimir Putin, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Lidia Kelly, Ron Popeski, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Ukrainian, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Melbourne

A Russian-installed official said on Sunday that Ukraine had taken control of the village, Piatykhatky, in the southern Zaporizhzhia region. Ukraine's Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said Ukrainian forces had not only retaken Piatykhatky but had advanced by up to seven km (4.3 miles) into Russian lines in two weeks, capturing 113 square km (44 square miles) of land. The reported capture of the villages reflects incremental gains for Ukraine that highlight the challenge of breaking through lines Moscow has spent months strengthening. Russia says it invaded Ukraine to "denazify" it, an argument Ukraine and its Western allies call a pretext for a land grab. While Ukraine conducts what Western governments and analysts say are probing attacks to test Russian forces, officials from two NATO member states said Moscow is redeploying some of its forces as it seeks to predict where Ukraine will strike.

Persons: Ukraine Zelenskiy, Hanna Maliar, Piatykhatky, Maliar, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Vladimir Rogov, Margo Grosberg, Michael Kofman, Denise Brown, Dan Peleschuk, Lidia Kelly, Wendell Roelf, Philippa Fletcher, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Russian Defence Ministry, NATO, Russia, Western, Estonian Defense Forces, Twitter, Russia's Defence Ministry, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Russia, French, KYIV, Russian, Piatykhatky, Moscow, Ukrainian, Novodonetske, Donetsk, Sweden, Estonian, Dnipro, Estonia, U.S, Great Salt, Kherson region, Kyiv, West

☆ Photos from Ukraine's offensive show how US Bradley IFVs are kicking butt even when they get blasted by Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Kieran Corcoran | Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An official described how a Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle took a direct hit but kept going. Tough vehicles like the Bradley are stronger than Ukraine's own equipment, and may give it an edge. A damaged Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle in a photo shared by a Ukrainian official. A group of Ukrainian soldiers in front of a Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle, seemingly taken before it was damaged. It's unclear whether this was the same Bradley Maliar mentioned.

Persons: Bradley, —, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Bradley IFVs, Mia Jankowicz, Peter Chiarelli, Chiarelli, Bradley Maliar, Anton Borshch Organizations: Bradley Infantry Fighting, Service, Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles, Russia, Ukraine's 47th Mechanized Brigade, Russian Grad, Observers, US Army, NBC News, NBC, Ukrainian Locations: Ukraine, Ukraine's, Russian, Soviet, Russia, Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukrainian

☆ How is Ukraine’s counter-offensive going so far?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Tom Balmforth | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said Western equipment like battle tanks and armoured vehicles should help protect the lives of Ukrainian soldiers. "Ukraine's got choices," said Ben Barry, senior fellow for land warfare at International Institute for Strategic Studies. Those thrusts may indicate Ukraine's generals have their eye on Tokmak, an occupied town in Zaporizhzia region some 25 km from the front line. Military analysts saw it as unlikely this would become the focus of the main Ukrainian offensive. Images shared by Russian military bloggers showed destroyed or damaged U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and Leopard 2 tanks, headline items of military aid sent by the West for the counteroffensive.

Persons: Rob Lee, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine's, Ben Barry, Lee, Konrad Muzyka, Hanna Maliar, Muzyka, Maliar, Russia's Vladimir Putin, Jack Watling, Tom Balmforth, Mark Trevelyan, Mike Collett, White, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: Western, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Reuters, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Russian, West, Interior Ministry, Deputy, Troops, Military, Bradley, Leopards, Thomson Locations: Kyiv, KYIV, Ukraine, Russia, Crimea, Moscow, Kherson, Kharkiv, Poland, Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Zaporizhzia, Melitopol, Velyka Novosilka, Bakhmut

☆ Analysis: Ukraine counteroffensive takes shape but main test still to come
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Tom Balmforth | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Moscow's strategy in the south likely aims to maximise Ukrainian casualties before Kyiv can reach the main Russian line of defences about 10-15 km (6-9 miles) away, according to Lee. The main thrusts have come near the Kyiv-controlled town of Orikhiv in Zaporizhzhia region and Velyka Novosilka in Donetsk region, about 80 km to the east. "My main concern five or six days into this main phase is that the progress appears to have stopped. Military analysts saw it as unlikely this would become the focus of the main Ukrainian offensive. Images shared by Russian military bloggers showed destroyed or damaged U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and Leopard 2 tanks, headline items of military aid sent by the West for the counteroffensive.

☆ Russia kills 10 in strike on Ukraine; Kyiv says troops make gains
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Max Hunder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/7] A view shows a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine June 13, 2023. Ukraine's top military command said that air forces destroyed 10 out of 14 cruise missiles Russia launched on Ukraine and one of four Iranian-made drones. After a week of giving little information about its offensive, Ukraine said on Monday it had recaptured seven settlements so far. Russia has not acknowledged any Ukrainian gains and says its forces have repelled advances since June 4. Its defence ministry said on Tuesday its forces had repelled Ukrainian attacks near the villages of Makarivka, Rivnopil and Prechystivka.

Persons: KRYVYI, Volodymyr Zelenskiy's, Olha Chernousova, Zelenskiy, Hanna Maliar, Peter Graff, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Dnipropetrovsk Regional, Civil, REUTERS, Russia, Troops, Deputy, Bradley Fighting Vehicles, Reuters, Military, Kremlin, Thomson Locations: Moscow, KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine, Russian, Ukrainian, Kryvyi Rih, Uman, Europe, Dnipropetrovsk, REUTERS Russia, Kursk, Russia, Ukraine's, Makarivka, Nova, Crimea, Belozerka

☆ Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia: Russian accounts admit Ukrainian forces are making some gains in heavy fighting
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Tim Lister Josh Pennington Maria Kostenko Helen Regan | Tim Lister | Josh Pennington | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The channel said Monday that Ukrainian forces were trying to take higher ground to “create conditions for advancing,” and assessed that their aim was to advance toward the Russian-occupied hub of Staromlynivka. CNN cannot independently verify battlefield reports and other accounts paint a gloomier picture for Russian forces around Makarivka. Ukrainian deputy defense minister Maliar said Monday that Makarivka was one of seven villages recaptured by Ukrainian forces in the past week. Meanwhile, one of the most prominent Russian bloggers, Voenkor Kotenok, said late Monday that a senior Russian officer was killed as troops of Russia’s Fifth Army were forced to leave Makarivka. ‘Ultimate goal’In his nightly address Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the fighting in the Donetsk-Zaporizhzhia border region is tough but Ukrainian forces are recapturing territory.

Persons: Kryvyi Rih, Oleksandr Vilkul, Hanna Maliar, Kyiv’s, Vladimir Rogov, ” Rogov, Anatolii Stepanov, ”, Rogov, Maliar, Makarivka, “, Neskuchne, Voenkor Kotenok, Voenkor, Sergei Goryachev, Goryachev, WarGonzo, Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Zelensky, Igor Zhovkva, ” Zhovkva Organizations: CNN, Air, Saturday, Russian Telegram, ”, Getty, Makarivka, 127th Division, Donetsk, “, Donetsk ”, Russia’s Fifth Army, Staff, Arms Army, Russian Defense Ministry, United Group of Forces, Ukrainian Ground Forces Locations: Ukraine’s, Donetsk, Russian, Ukrainian, Kryvyi, Moscow, Velyka, Ukraine, Russia, Urozhaine, Staromlynivka, Zaporizhzhia, AFP, Makarivka, ”, Orikhiv, Crimea

☆ Ukraine reports gains, says Russians 'doing everything' to hold positions
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, June 13 (Reuters) - Ukraine reported more gains in the early stages of its counteroffensive on Tuesday, but said Russian forces were "doing everything" they can to defend the territory they have occupied. Maliar said Ukrainian forces had gained control of an area of up to 3 square km (1.16 square miles) but did not say over what period. She said late on Monday that Ukrainian forces had advanced 6.5 km and taken control of an area of 90 square km. That was still only a fraction of the 40,000 square miles that remains under Russia's occupation. She said Russian forces had air support and were showering Ukrainian troops with intense artillery fire, and that Ukrainian troops were encountering "continuous minefields which are combined with anti-tank ditches."

Persons: Maliar, Anna Pruchnicka, Timothy Organizations: Defence, Reuters, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Bakhmut, Berdyansk, Russia, Kyiv

☆ Floods from the wrecked dam in Ukraine forced Russia to withdraw 6 miles and lose fortifications in 12 settlements, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The think tank said flooding destroyed Russian positions and forced it to withdraw in some areas. Ukraine accused Russia of destroying the dam, and said it has intercepted phone calls to prove it. Ukraine accused Russia of blowing up the dam, while Russia has blamed Ukraine for the damage. "The flood also destroyed Russian minefields along the coast, with footage showing mines exploding in the flood water," it added. Western countries have condemned Russia in broad terms, but without explicitly saying that Russia deliberately targeted the dam.

Persons: —, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Hanna Maliar, Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, Washington DC, REUTERS, Russian, Ukrainian, NBC Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian, Washington, Dnipro, Kherson

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Ukrainian forces say chunk of Donetsk has been liberated; Zelenskyy's hometown hit in massive attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ukrainian servicemen take part in a military training exercise not far from front line in the Donetsk region on June 8, 2023. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine's counteroffensive is proving tough for its forces but progress is being made, with Ukraine retaking a number of settlements in Donetsk. Ukraine's Defense Ministry said Monday that "seven settlements were liberated" in the last week of fighting in Donetsk. "Seven settlements were liberated: Lobkovo, Levadne, Novodarivka, Neskuchne, Storozheve , Makarivka, Blagodatne," she said. Defense analysts at the Institute for the Study of War noted that Russian forces had reportedly launched a counterattack on June 12 in western Donetsk and that some Russian sources reported that Russian forces had recaptured Makarivka.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy, Hanna Maliar, Makarivka, Holly Ellyatt Organizations: Ukraine's Defense, Troops, Defense, Institute for, CNBC Locations: Donetsk, Ukraine

The Bradleys are among almost 3,600 pieces of military equipment Ukraine has lost in the war, according to Oryx. Meanwhile, the website says it has documented the loss of more than 10,600 pieces of Russian military equipment. In a statement in Monday, Moscow claimed it had destroyed multiple Ukrainian armored vehicles in the Zaporizhzhia region. However, Russian anti-tank troops stand in their way, cold-bloodedly turning Western armored vehicles into scrap heaps,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said. While Russian forces continue to hold the city, Ukraine’s forces have concentrated their efforts on areas to the northwest and southwest.

Persons: Jakub Janovsky, Bradley, Bradleys, Rebecca D’Angelo, Artur Widak, ” D’Angelo, James “ Spider ” Marks, ”, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Mark Hertling, ” Hertling, CNN’s Jim Acosta, “, ” Serhii Cherevatyi, Cherevatyi, Hertling Organizations: CNN, US Bradley, Washington, US, 841st Transportation Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Bradley Fighting, US Army, Russian Ministry of Defense, Deputy, Russia’s Ministry of Defense, Vostok, Russian Defense Ministry, Russian Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Donetsk, Nowa Deba, Poland, Bradleys, Moscow, Zaporizhzhia, Russian, Velyka, Makrivka, Ukrainian, Neskuchne, Urozhaine, Orikhiv, Bakhmut

☆ Ukraine says heavy battles ongoing after first counteroffensive gains
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

On Sunday, Ukraine said its troops had made advances on three villages in Donetsk: Blahodatne, Neskuchne and Makarivka. Some prominent Russian military bloggers indicated that while Ukrainian forces took Blahodatne and Neskuchne, fighting for Makarivka was going on. While staying largely silent over the past week about its counteroffensive, Ukraine's military has reported daily battlefield successes. Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said that Kyiv wanted to discuss details of the "aircraft coalition" with its allies at the next meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group on June 15 in Brussels. "At this stage, we are talking about training of pilots ... and our technicians and engineers," Ukraine's Military Media Centre quoted Reznikov as saying.

Persons: Hanna Maliar, Makarivka, Vladimir Putin, Oleksii Reznikov, Reznikov, Pavel Polityuk, Anna Pruchnicka, Lidia Kelly, Robert Birsel, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: Brigade, Marines, Reuters, Ukrainian, Ukrainian Defence, Kyiv, Ukraine Defence Contact Group, U.S, Military Media, Thomson Locations: Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Donetsk, Bilohorivka, Luhansk, Storozheve, Ukraine, Blahodatne, Donetsk Region, Russian, Brussels, Zelenskiy, Kyiv, Gdansk, Melbourne

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Kyiv says it has liberated front-line villages in counteroffensive; North Korea offers support to Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

All eyes are on Ukraine's counteroffensive after its armed forces claimed to have liberated four front-line villages in the eastern Donetsk region. Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said Sunday that the villages of Blahodatne and Makarivka had been de-occupied and on Monday added Storozheve to the list of liberated settlements. In the Bakhmut area, Ukrainian troops are continuing to conduct assault actions, Maliar said, with gains recorded there. Another Ukrainian brigade posted on Facebook that it gained control of the village of Neskuchne in Donetsk.

Persons: Hanna Maliar, Makarivka, Storozheve, Maliar Organizations: Facebook Locations: Donetsk, Ukrainian, Blahodatne, Neskuchne

☆ Russia re-deploys combat-ready marines and airborne troops, implying they blew up Khakhovka dam to gain military advantage, Ukrainian defense minister says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Khakhovka dam in southern Ukraine was mysteriously damaged, triggering intense flooding, this week. A Ukrainian official claims Russia blew it up to prevent a counteroffensive in the south. She said that Russia is now re-deploying its most combat-ready units to more needed areas. Ukrainian deputy defense minister Hanna Maliar said on Telegram on Sunday that Russia is now moving its most combat-ready units, including marines, airborne troops, and the 49th army, away from Kherson. She claimed that this backs up the theory that Russian forces sabotaged the dam in order to narrow the possible areas that Ukraine's army could take action.

Persons: —, Hanna Maliar, Vitaly Nevar Organizations: Service, United Nations, International Army Games, REUTERS, Reuters Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian, Kherson, Kaliningrad, Vitaly Nevar Russia, Norway, Russian

☆ Ukraine says Russia blew up dam to prevent offensive in south
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] A local resident looks out of a window of an apartment building in a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson, Ukraine June 10, 2023. REUTERS/Oleksandr KlymenkoKYIV, June 11 (Reuters) - The Khakhovka dam was blown up by Russian forces to prevent Ukrainian troops from advancing in the southern Kherson region, deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar said on Sunday. Ukraine has accused Russian forces of blowing up the dam from inside its associated hydroelectric power station. A military spokesman has said that counterattacking Ukrainian forces have advanced up to 1,400 metres at a number of sections of the front line near the eastern city of Bakhmut. It gave no details but a published video showed several Ukrainian soldiers planting a Ukrainian flag in the window of a heavily damaged building.

Persons: Oleksandr Klymenko, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Pavel Polityuk, David Holmes Organizations: REUTERS, Oleksandr Klymenko KYIV, Ukrainian Defence Forces, Ukrainian Land Forces, Brigade, Forces, Facebook, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Kherson, Russian, Moscow, Bakhmut, Blahodatne, Donetsk

☆ Ukraine reports 'heavy combat' after Putin says offensive has begun
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Dan Peleschuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

"We can state for sure that this offensive has begun," Russian President Vladimir Putin said in Sochi. "Ukrainian troops did not achieve their goals in any sector." Ukrainian military analyst Oleksander Musiyenko, interviewed on Ukrainian NV Radio, said Ukraine was making gains but dismissed Russian reports of a major counter-offensive in south-central Zaporizhzhia region. The counteroffensive is ultimately expected to involve thousands of Ukrainian troops trained and equipped by the West. Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said only that battles were continuing for Velyka Novosilka and Russian troops were mounting "active defence" at Orikhiv.

Persons: Putin, Zelenskiy, Vladimir Putin, Voldymyr Zelenskiy, Oleksander Musiyenko, Musiyenko, Ben Barry, They've, Barry, Hanna Maliar, Velyka Novosilka, Prystan, Oksana, Ukraine Denise Brown, Mark Trevelyan, Olena Harmash, Ron Popeski, Peter Graff, Diane Craft, Angus MacSwan, Nick Macfie, Andrew Heavens, Philippa Fletcher, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Press, State Emergency Service of, Ukrainian NV, West, United, Kyiv, International Institute for Strategic Studies, U.S, Bradley, Deputy, Reuters, United Nations, Kremlin, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Zviahel, Zhytomyr region, State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Zhytomyr ., Russia, Ukrainian, KYIV, Moscow, Kyiv, U.S, Sochi, United States, Orikhiv, Crimea, Tokmak, Europe, Dnipro, Voronezh, Belgorod, Kursk

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