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☆ Russia is preparing 100,000 soldiers for a possible summer offensive, Ukraine says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Ukraine's ground forces commander warned that Russia is amassing 100,000 troops. Ukraine is preparing by starting to withdraw some brigades to restore combat capability. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementRussia is amassing 100,000 troops ahead of a potential summer offensive, the commander of Ukraine's ground forces said on Friday.

Persons: —, Oleksandr Pavliuk Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Russia, Ukraine

☆ Ukraine wants Russian soldiers to be 'hungry, cold and have no desire to fight' by disrupting its logistics this winter
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine's winter goal is disrupting Russia's logistics, a military spokesperson said. The aim is to make Russian forces "hungry, cold, and have no desire to fight." AdvertisementThe main goal for Ukraine's military over the winter months will be disrupting Russia's military logistics so much that its troops are left with no will to fight. He said Ukraine's "main task" over the winter will be to disrupt Russia's logistics "so that they are hungry, cold, and have no desire to fight." Russia's troops can be stuck "outside, getting wet and cold" and targeted strikes by Ukriane could degrade Russian logistics, Watling said.

Persons: —, Volodymyr Fitio, Fitio, Dr Jack Watling, Watling Organizations: Service, Ground Forces Command, Kyiv Post, Royal United Services Institute Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Kyiv

☆ Ukraine Says It Is Ready to Repel Russia's Offensive Actions in Bakhmut
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

Russia captured Bakhmut, theatre of some of the bloodiest fighting of the 20-month-old war, in May. Ukraine launched a counteroffensive in June aimed at retaking occupied land in the country's south and east, including Bakhmut. "In the Bakhmut area, the enemy has significantly strengthened its grouping and switched from defence to active actions," General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine's commander of ground forces, wrote on Telegram. In its nightly report, the Ukrainian General Staff said Kyiv's forces remained on the offensive near Bakhmut. "The enemy unsuccessfully tried to restore lost positions near Klishchiivka", it said, referring to a village south of Bakhmut recaptured by Ukraine in September.

Persons: Bakhmut, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Volodymyr Fityo, Fityo, Kyiv's, Yuliia, Tom Balmforth, Ron Popeski, Ed Osmond, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Reuters, Ukrainian, Staff Locations: Russia, Bakhmut, Ukraine, May, Ukrainian, Kupiansk, Klishchiivka, Synkivka

☆ Ukraine says it is ready to repel Russia's offensive actions in Bakhmut
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A military vehicle carrying servicemen of Ukraine’s 3rd Separate Assault Brigade drives down a road during a reconnaissance mission, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Bakhmut, Ukraine September 7, 2023. Russia captured Bakhmut, theatre of some of the bloodiest fighting of the 20-month-old war, in May. Ukraine launched a counteroffensive in June aimed at retaking occupied land in the country's south and east, including Bakhmut. In its nightly report, the Ukrainian General Staff said Kyiv's forces remained on the offensive near Bakhmut. "The enemy unsuccessfully tried to restore lost positions near Klishchiivka", it said, referring to a village south of Bakhmut recaptured by Ukraine in September.

Persons: Stringer, Bakhmut, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Volodymyr Fityo, Fityo, Kyiv's, Yuliia, Tom Balmforth, Ron Popeski, Ed Osmond, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Assault Brigade, REUTERS, Reuters, Ukrainian, Staff, Thomson Locations: Ukraine’s, Ukraine, Bakhmut, Russia, May, Ukrainian, Kupiansk, Klishchiivka, Synkivka

☆ Russian soldier says 8 Ukrainian fighters fended off hundreds of enemy troops from their fortified position, per leaked audio
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Russian soldier described the "slaughter" of his comrades in an intercepted call, per Ukrainian intel. He said that in one instance, eight Ukrainian soldiers were able to fend off hundreds of Russians. He describes Russian forces suffering heavy losses when coming up against heavily fortified Ukrainian positions. In one instance, he said, a handful of Ukrainian soldiers fended off hundreds of Russian troops. Ukraine's intelligence department has periodically published the audios of intercepted Russian calls, which Russian media often dismisses as fake.

Persons: —, Sam, Volodymyr Fitio Organizations: Ukrainian intel, Service, Ukraine's Military Intelligence, Kyiv, Ground Forces Command, Kupyansk Locations: Russian, Ukrainian, Russia, Ivanivka, Kherson Oblast, Kupyansk, Kharkiv Oblast

☆ Ukraine Regains Ground Around Bakhmut as Fighting Rages
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Ukraine said it has clawed back some ground around Bakhmut, dealing a blow to Russian forces seeking to dislodge the last Ukrainian units holding several blocks in the westernmost part of the eastern city after months of grinding combat. “We’re effectively counterattacking,” Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskiy, the Ukrainian ground forces commander overseeing the Bakhmut campaign, said in a post on Telegram Wednesday. “On some sections of the front line, the enemy has been unable to withstand pressure from Ukrainian defenders and retreated up to 2 kilometers.”

☆ Ukraine's military intel chief privately warned Bakhmut was 'catastrophic' as he made a gamble to get it under control, leaked documents show
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The disclosure offers a glimpse into Ukrainian decision-making as Russian forces were closing in. Ukrainian soldiers ride atop a tank in the frontline in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. The leaked US intelligence on Bakhmut, which offers insight into high-level Ukrainian decision-making, is only a slice of what the documents contain about Kyiv's military. One document in particular includes information about casualties on each side and indicates that more than twice as many Russian soldiers as Ukrainian soldiers have died fighting. Ukrainian soldiers help a wounded comrade into an evacuation vehicle in the frontline in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023.

☆ Zelenskiy visits troops near front line in southeastern Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/6] Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy poses for a picture with Ukrainian service members near a frontline, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine March 27, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERSKYIV, March 27 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met troops in southeastern Ukraine on Monday, the latest stage of a tour of frontline regions since a top general said a counterattack against Russian forces could come soon. In separate trips last week, the president met soldiers in eastern Ukraine near the small city of Bakhmut, where fighting is intense, and spoke to officials and residents in the southern region of Kherson, where Ukrainian forces pushed back Russian troops last year after months of occupation. In separate posts, Zelenskiy also released footage of himself visiting a command centre and meeting regional civilian and military officials. Reporting by Dan Peleschuk, Editing by Gareth Jones and Timothy HeritageOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Zelenskiy to IAEA: Russia holds nuclear plant hostage
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Dan Peleschuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The president met Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, on Monday at the Dnipro hydroelectric power station - northeast of the Zaporizhzhia plant. Russian officials say they want to connect the Zaporizhzhia plant to the Russian grid. Russia said last month the construction of protective structures for key facilities at the Zaporizhzhia plant were nearing completion. "Holding a nuclear power station hostage for more than a year - this is surely the worst thing that has ever happened in the history of European or worldwide nuclear power," Zelenskiy said. Last week, the Ukrainian military warned that Avdiivka, a smaller town 90 km (55 miles) farther south, could become a "second Bakhmut" as Russia turns its attention there.

☆ Holding Bakhmut is a 'military necessity' - Ukrainian general
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Zohra BensemraKYIV, March 27 (Reuters) - Ukraine's ground forces commander said on Monday his troops were continuing to repel heavy Russian attacks on the eastern city of Bakhmut and that defending it was a "military necessity". "The most intense phase of the battle for Bakhmut continues. The enemy suffers significant losses in human resources, weapons and military equipment but continues to conduct offensive actions," he said. Commander-in-Chief General Valery Zaluzhniy said on Saturday the situation was being "stabilised" around Bakhmut. Moscow sees capturing the city as vital to completing the capture of the Donbas industrial region in eastern Ukraine, one of its main war goals.

☆ Drone footage shows Bakhmut in ruins after months of some of the bloodiest fighting of the Ukraine war
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Robert Leslie | Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Footage released on March 24 shows the almost total destruction of residential areas of Bakhmut. Both sides have suffered heavily in the battle for Bakhmut, which has been called a "meat grinder". Ukraine's military say defending the city is a "military necessity" for the country. Russia first started shelling the city in Ukraine's east in May last year, and fighting ramped up there in August. Ukrainian officials say that fighting there allows it to grind down Russia's overall military strength.

☆ Ukraine is struggling to recruit soldiers as it prepares for new offensive, with some spending thousands to flee the country: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine is struggling to recruit more soldiers, per The Wall Street Journal. Some young men are spending thousands of dollars to escape the country, the report said. This struggle comes as Ukraine prepares to launch a new counteroffensive to push Russia back, following months of stalemate. Ukraine banned men aged between 18 and 60 from leaving the country shortly after Russia launched its invasion. At the same time, Ukraine has started to rely more on enlistment officers to sign people up, the Journal reported.

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Mercenaries say they've seized eastern Bakhmut; Ukraine sees over 100 attacks on Donetsk in past day
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"There is no part of Ukraine about which one can say that it can be abandoned," Zelenskyy noted. I told the Commander-in-Chief to find the appropriate forces to help the guys in Bakhmut." On Monday, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Bakhmut had more symbolic importance than strategic and operational value. Zelenskyy said Monday that defending Bakhmut meant destroying more of Russia's invading forces. Bakhmut has yielded and is yielding one of the greatest results during this war, during the entire battle for Donbas."

☆ Ukraine's ground forces commander visits besieged Bakhmut to talk strategy, boost morale
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Oleksandr Kozhukhar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Ukrainian service members ride a tank, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the front line city of Bakhmut, Ukraine February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Alex BabenkoKYIV, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The commander of Ukrainian ground forces Colonel general Oleksandr Syrskyi visited besieged Bakhmut to boost morale and talk strategy with units defending the town and surrounding villages in eastern Ukraine, the military said over the weekend. Russia has made the capture Bakhmut a priority in its strategy to take control of Ukraine's eastern Donbas industrial region. Now charged with the defence of Bakhmut, Syrskyi has made a number of trips to the town, maintaining the Kyiv's forces will hold it. "Russia may start attacking from three sides from Monday," Ukrainian military analyst Oleh Zhdanov said in a social media video.

☆ Iranians protest nationwide, mark 'Bloody Friday'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Summary Prominent Sunni cleric criticises security forcesUnrest in minority areasGeneral tells clerics to restore calmDUBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Iranians protested in the restive southeast on Friday to mark a Sept. 30 crackdown by security forces known as "Bloody Friday", as the country's clerical rulers battled nationwide unrest. The region is one of the country’s poorest and has been a hotbed of tension where Iranian security forces have been attacked by Baluch militants. Thirty-nine members of the security forces had also been killed, while nearly 15,100 people have been arrested, it said. They were accused of acts of sabotage, assaulting or killing members of the security forces or setting fire to public property. Several social media videos showed a gathering at Tehran's Behesht-e Zahra cemetery to honour Amir Mehdi Farrokhipour, a 17-year-old allegedly killed by security forces 40 days ago.

☆ Iran's army issues warning to 'rioters' as security forces struggle to suppress unrest
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

... should he decide to deal with them, rioters will no longer have a place in the country," Brigadier General Kiumars Heydari said. Heydari was speaking 40 days after bloodshed in the mostly Sunni town of Zahedan, which has become a flashpoint in the protests. Authorities in Zahedan sacked the police chief and the head of a police station near where the killings took place. On Wednesday, shopkeepers in some Kurdish cities went on strike to show their respect to the people who were killed in Zahedan, Kurdish rights group Hengaw said. The Basij militia and other security forces have taken tough measures hoping to suppress the unrest but the fury has not eased.

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