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☆ Ukraine war live updates: Ukraine pulls back forces in east as front line situation worsens; Kyiv desperately awaits U.S. weapon supplies
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A serviceman of the battalion of unmanned attack air systems "Achilles" of the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade prepares the "Vampir" night drone for the operation at a front-line position near the town of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, on April 22, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Ukrainian forces have been forced to retreat from several villages in eastern Ukraine as Russian forces advanced, the country's army chief said Sunday. "The situation at the front [has] worsened," Ukraine's commander-in-chief, Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, said on Telegram. He said the "most difficult situation" was in the areas west of Russian-occupied Maryinka and Avdiivka, a town captured by Russian forces in February and that he had moved his forces "to new frontiers" west of the villages of Berdychi, Semenivka and Novomykhailivka in a bid to prevent casualties. Russia had deployed four brigades in these areas as it launched offensives, Syrskyi said, and while it had achieved some tactical successes, it not yet achieved any "operational advantages."

Persons: Gen, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Syrskyi Organizations: Separate Assault Brigade, Russian Locations: Chasiv Yar, Donetsk, Ukraine, Russian, Berdychi, Russia

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Moscow strikes back at Ukraine after drones and missiles target Russian oil terminals, market
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

DONETSK, UKRAINE - JANUARY 21: A view of the damage after the shelling in the market place in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk, which is currently under Russian control, ongoing Russian and Ukrainian war on January 21, 2024. At least 25 people were killed and 20 others injured on Sunday due to shelling in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk, which is currently under Russian control. Moscow accused Kyiv of launching a missile strike on a market in Donetsk city, killing at least 25 people and wounding 20 others, Russian officials said. Particularly severe Russian strikes are in the Donetsk region," Zelenskyy said in his nightly address. "There have been more than 50 Russian shelling incidents just from multiple rocket launcher systems, and also dozens of airstrikes and missile strikes," he said.

Persons: Leon Klein, Novatek, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy, — Holly Ellyatt Organizations: Anadolu, Getty Images, CNBC Locations: DONETSK, UKRAINE, Ukrainian, Donetsk, Russian, Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Baltic, Bryansk, Leningrad, Chernihiv, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Bakhmut

☆ Ukraine war live updates: White House says U.S. funding about to run out; Ukraine to probe apparent shooting of two unarmed soldiers by Russian forces
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ukrainian soldiers in a tank in the direction of Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on Dec. 1, 2023. Along with attacks by air, intense fighting continues along defensive lines in Ukraine's south and east, particularly Maryinka, Avdiivka and Bakhmut. Ukraine is preparing new military support packages from its partners and strengthening air defenses, he said. Zelenskyy also told AP in an interview that Ukraine had "wanted faster results" in this year's counteroffensive, which has made limited progress in the face of deeply entrenched Russian defenses. Ukraine says it needs to boost its own defensive lines for the winter.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy Organizations: AP Locations: Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, Kherson, Crimea, Ukraine's, Moscow

☆ Control over devastated eastern Ukrainian town uncertain
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Most accounts of Maryinka, southwest of the Russian-held regional centre of Donetsk, describe it as a ghost town amid daily reports of Ukrainian forces defending different districts. Ukrainian forces, it said, remained in control of other districts. Ukrainian social media accounts noted Russian advances, but quoted soldiers as rejecting the notion that Moscow's troops controlled the entire town. Russian forces, focused on eastern Ukraine, have been attacking the town of Avdiivka, 40 km (25 miles) north of Maryinka, since mid-October. Ukrainian forces, he said, had repelled attacks near Kupiansk, a northeastern area seized by Russia after invading in February 2022, but retaken by Ukrainian troops a year ago.

Persons: Andriy Yermak, Rybar, Maryinka, Volodymyr Fitio, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ron Popeski, Leslie Adler Organizations: Ukraine's, Staff, Russia's Defence Ministry, Thomson Locations: Maryinka, Ukraine, Donetsk Region, Russian, Donetsk, Ukrainian, Avdiivka, Kupiansk, Russia

☆ Russians Ease Attacks in Eastern Ukraine, Shattered Town May Still Be Held by Kyiv
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Dec. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

(Reuters) - Russian forces eased attacks on the beleaguered eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka on Saturday and unofficial reports from the region suggested they had failed to capture the devastated town of Maryinka to the southwest. Russia's military has focused on eastern Ukraine since abandoning an advance on Kyiv in the first days after the February 2022 invasion. "We acknowledge that there was an advance there of the Russian military," Zhdanov said in an online presentation. "But the southwestern and northwestern parts of the town are under the control of Ukrainian forces." The town, also shattered by months of fighting, was captured by Russian forces in May, but Ukrainian troops have since taken back nearby villages.

Persons: Moscow's, Oleksandr Shtupun, Avdiivka, Shtupun, Rybar, Vitaliy Barabash, Oleh Zhdanov, Zhdanov, Volodymyr Fitio, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ron Popeski, Maria Starkova, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Reuters, Channel, Russia's Defence Ministry, Ukrainian, Russian, Kyiv Locations: Avdiivka, Maryinka, Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Winnipeg, Canada

☆ Russians ease attacks in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv still may hold Maryinka
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Russia's military has focused on eastern Ukraine since abandoning an advance on Kyiv in the first days after the February 2022 invasion. But unofficial Ukrainian reports on Saturday said its forces were holding some districts. There were no official Ukrainian reports on Maryinka, but military analyst Oleh Zhdanov said reports of its capture by Russian troops were untrue. "We acknowledge that there was an advance there of the Russian military," Zhdanov said in an online presentation. Ukrainian forces have focused on recapturing occupied villages in the east and south in a counteroffensive launched in June, though President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has acknowledged that advances have been slower than Kyiv wanted.

Persons: Andriy Yermak, Moscow's, Oleksandr Shtupun, Avdiivka, Shtupun, Rybar, Vitaliy Barabash, Oleh Zhdanov, Zhdanov, Volodymyr Fitio, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ron Popeski, Maria Starkova, Matthew Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, Acquire, Reuters, Channel, Russia's Defence Ministry, Ukrainian, Russian, Kyiv, Thomson Locations: Maryinka, Ukraine, Donetsk Region, Avdiivka, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Winnipeg, Canada

☆ Ukraine's Zelenskiy calls for fortifications in key frontline areas
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Zelenskiy issued his appeal after touring Ukrainian positions in the northeast, one of several areas where Russian forces have been trying to make recent headway - and recapture areas taken back by Ukrainian troops a year ago. Russian occupying forces have built solid fortifications and minefields of their own in areas they have held since pouring over the border in February 2022. Military spokesperson Oleksandr Shtupun said Ukrainian forces had rebuffed Russian attacks on the coking plant. RUSSIAN DRIVE AROUND BAKHMUTRussian forces have also been pressing near contested villages surrounding the equally shattered town of Bakhmut, captured by Russian forces in May after months of fighting. Initial investigation showed Russian forces had dropped two bombs, in the second assault on the town throughout the day.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Rustem Umerov, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Zelenskiy, Lyman, Oleksandr Shtupun, Shtupun, Espreso, Avdiivka, Serhiy Hrabskyi, Hrabskyi, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Alistair Bell, Stephen Coates Organizations: Defence, Ground Forces, Presidential Press, Military, Reuters, Russian, Russia's Defence Ministry, Wednesday, Radio, Thomson Locations: Kupiansk, Ukraine, Kharkiv region, Ukrainian, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Russia, Luhansk, Avdiivka, Russian, RUSSIAN, Bakhmut, Toretsk, Kostyantynivka

☆ Russian forces advancing on Ukrainian town from all sides
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Barabash earlier said that Ukrainian forces had in recent days pushed back Russian forces near Stepove, a village northwest of Avdiivka, pinning them down near a rail line. Ukrainain and Western military analysts say Russia has incurred heavy losses, although the battle for the town is rarely mentioned in official Russian military dispatches. Russian military bloggers also reported Ukrainian gains near Avdiivka last week. Ukrainian military spokesperson Oleksandr Shtupun told the news outlet liga.net that wintry weather and strong winds were affecting the use of drones by both sides. Shtupun said Russian forces had suffered heavy losses near Avdiivka and nearby Maryinka, another largely destroyed town where control has been contested for months.

Persons: Nuzhnenko, Vitaliy Barabash, Barabash, Avdiivka, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Oleksandr Shtupun, Shtupun, liga.net, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Stephen Coates Organizations: Radio Free, Radio Liberty, REUTERS, Russian, Fortifications, Thomson Locations: Avdiivka, Ukraine, Donetsk region, Radio Free Europe, Ukrainian, Ukraine's Donbas, Donetsk, Stepove, Russia, Russian, Moscow, Maryinka

☆ Russian Forces Advancing on Ukrainian Town From All Sides
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

(Reuters) - Russian forces are intensifying their drive to capture the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka, trying to advance on all sides after weeks of fighting, the town's top official was quoted as saying on Monday. Barabash earlier said that Ukrainian forces had in recent days pushed back Russian forces near Stepove, a village northwest of Avdiivka, pinning them down near a rail line. Ukrainain and Western military analysts say Russia has incurred heavy losses, although the battle for the town is rarely mentioned in official Russian military dispatches. Russian military bloggers also reported Ukrainian gains near Avdiivka last week. Shtupun said Russian forces had suffered heavy losses near Avdiivka and nearby Maryinka, another largely destroyed town where control has been contested for months.

Persons: Vitaliy Barabash, Barabash, Avdiivka, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Oleksandr Shtupun, Shtupun, liga.net, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Stephen Coates Organizations: Reuters, Russian, Fortifications Locations: Ukrainian, Avdiivka, Ukraine's Donbas, Donetsk, Stepove, Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Moscow, Maryinka

☆ Ukraine says Russia committing few troops to Avdiivka battle
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A local resident walks next to residential buildings heavily damaged by Russian military strikes in the front line town of Avdiivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine November 8, 2023. The head of Avdiivka's military administration, Vitaliy Barabash, said fighting was gripping an industrial district and Ukrainian forces were holding their positions. The Russian defence ministry's latest update mentioned that its troops were attacking villages south of Avdiivka, but gave few details. In the south, Russian forces also made missile strikes on port infrastructure in the Black Sea city of Odesa, regional officials said. Pro-Russian bloggers said Russian forces had been harrying Ukrainian forces near the village of Krynky, near marshes on the eastern bank upriver from the city of Kherson.

Persons: Nuzhnenko, Oleksandr Shtupun, Shtupun, Vitaliy Barabash, Avdiivka, Pavlo Norozhny, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Stephen Coates Organizations: Radio Free, Radio Liberty, REUTERS, Reuters, Russia's Defence Ministry, Armed Forces, Dnipro, Thomson Locations: Avdiivka, Ukraine, Donetsk region, Radio Free Europe, Donetsk, Ukrainian, Russian, Russia, Maryinka, Kyiv, Black, Odesa, Kherson, Dnipro, Krynky, Oleshky

☆ Ukraine says Russians intensify bombardment of Avdiivka
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A local resident walks next to residential buildings heavily damaged by Russian military strikes in the front line town of Avdiivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine November 8, 2023. Officials said Russian forces had suffered heavy losses around the city. They also said Ukrainian forces had repelled Russian attacks in other areas of the 1,000-km (600-mile) front line. Over the last two days, the occupiers have increased the number of air strikes using guided bombs from Su-35 aircraft," Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Shtupun told national television. Ukrainian forces, he said, had repelled eight attacks in the past 24 hours on the city, known for its vast coking plant.

Persons: Nuzhnenko, Oleksandr Shtupun, Barabash, General Valery Zaluzhnyi, Charles Brown, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ron Popeski, Michael Perry Organizations: Radio Free, Radio Liberty, REUTERS, Ukrainian, Joint Chiefs, Staff, Thomson Locations: Avdiivka, Ukraine, Donetsk region, Radio Free Europe, Russia, Kyiv, Russian, Donetsk, Ukrainian, Maryinka, Bakhmut, Kupiansk, Ukraine's, U.S

☆ Ukraine military says onslaught on Avdiivka in the east intensifies
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A police officer walks near a damaged residential building, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, October 17, 2023. Russian forces have focused on the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk since their drive on Kyiv stalled in the first days of the invasion in February 2022. Oleksandr Borodin, press officer for Ukraine's third separate assault brigade, said Russian forces were launching major infantry attacks, while trying to keep equipment intact. Russian forces, he told Espreso, were unable to replenish supplies quickly and Ukrainian defensive positions were solid. Russia's Defence Ministry reported strikes on Ukrainian troops and equipment near Bakhmut.

Persons: Yevhen, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Oleksandr Borodin, Borodin, Espreso, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Diane Craft Organizations: REUTERS, Ukraine's, Staff, Russian, Russia's, Russia's Defence Ministry, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Donetsk, Luhansk, Ukrainian, Israel, Bakhmut, Kupiansk, Skadovsk, Russian, Kherson

A police officer walks near a damaged residential building, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, October 17, 2023. Ukraine's General Staff, in its evening report, said its forces had beaten back 15 attacks near Kupiansk in the northeast and 18 attacks near Maryinka further south, where battles have raged for months. Barabash said Russian troops had been targeting the town's vast coking plant with artillery for the past week. Occupied briefly when Russian-backed separatists seized large areas of eastern Ukraine in 2014, the town was retaken by Ukrainian forces who subsequently erected substantial fortifications around it. Russian accounts of the fighting said Moscow's troops had launched strikes on Ukrainian men and equipment in villages near the eastern town of Bakhmut, seized by Russian forces last May.

Persons: Yevhen, Vitaliy Barabash, We've, Barabash, Avdiivka, Ron Popeski, Nick Starkov, Lincoln Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Ukraine's, Staff, Suspilne, Russia's, Russian, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Rights LVIV, Russia, Kyiv, Kupiansk, Maryinka, Moscow, Donetsk, Russian, Bakhmut

☆ Russian forces pound eastern Ukraine's Avdiivka
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A police officer walks near a damaged residential building, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Yevhen Titov/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 24 (Reuters) - Russian forces pounded the shattered eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka on Tuesday, but heavy losses forced them to switch to air attacks and rely less on full-on ground advances, Ukrainian officials said. Avdiivka was captured briefly in 2014, when Russian-backed separatists seized large chunks of eastern Ukraine, but Ukrainian forces took it back and built solid fortifications. Russian forces have also been attacking further north in the area of Kupiansk -- a town initially seized by Russian forces after the invasion but recaptured by Ukraine in last year's drive in the northeast. Russian accounts of the fighting have avoided any mention of Avdiivka this week, but noted successful artillery and air strikes near Bakhmut -- a town to the northeast captured by Russian forces in May after months of battles.

Persons: Yevhen, Oleksandr Shtupun, Barabash, Avdiivka, Oleh Synehub, Ron Popeski, Maria Starkova, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Russian, Kharkiv Regional, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukrainian, Russia, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kyiv, Maryinka, Russian, Kupiansk, Kharkiv, Bakhmut

☆ Russian forces intensify pressure on Ukraine's Avdiivka, Kherson
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko Acquire Licensing RightsOct 22 (Reuters) - Russian forces aiming to contain a four-month-old Ukrainian counteroffensive maintained unrelenting pressure on Sunday on the shattered town of Avdiivka in the east and intensified shelling in the southern area of Kherson. The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces, in its evening report, said Ukrainian forces repelled nearly 20 Russian attacks around Avdiivka, its buildings now largely reduced to shells. Russian military accounts made no mention of Avdiivka, but described successful operations against Ukrainian positions to the east in Bakhmut, seized by Moscow in May after months of fighting. Russian forces routinely shell Kherson and villages on the western bank of the Dnipro from positions on the eastern bank, where they retreated late last year. The U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War has reported in the past week that Ukrainian forces have crossed the Dnipro to take up new positions of their own and pursue Russian forces.

Persons: Alexander Ermochenko, Avdiivka, Andriy Yusov, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Oleksandr Prokudin, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Diane Craft Organizations: REUTERS, General, of Ukraine's Armed Forces, Ukraine Defence Ministry's Intelligence, Ukraine, Reuters, Russian, Thomson Locations: Avdiivka, Russia, Ukraine, Donetsk, Russian, Kherson, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Donbas, Luhansk, Maryinka, Bakhmut, Moscow, Dnipro, U.S

☆ Ukraine troops advance on southern front - general
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

"In the Tavria sector, there has been an advance by the defence forces," General Oleksander Tarnavskyi said in a post on Telegram, using the military's name for the southern front. Tarnavskyi, head of the southern group of forces, said troops had conducted 1,198 assignments in the past 24 hours, with Russian forces sustaining losses of 261 men and a further 10 being taken prisoner. The General Staff of the Ukrainian armed forces, in its evening report, said offensive operations were proceeding in the east and south, with little elaboration. It reported Russian air strikes in southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, the focus of the drive south to the Sea of Azov. Military analysts have spoken in the past week of Ukrainian forces consolidating positions around the village of Verbove on their southward drive.

Persons: Oleksander Tarnavskyi, Ron Popeski, Gareth Jones Organizations: Russian, General Staff, Ukrainian, Military, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Zaporizhzhia, Azov, Donetsk, Kyiv, Maryinka, Verbove, Bakhmut

☆ Ukraine retakes more territory in the east, south in counteroffensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of Ground Forces/via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsSept 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine reported on Monday its troops had recaptured more territory on the eastern front and advanced in the south in its military counteroffensive against Russian forces. Kyiv's troops have liberated 51 square km (19 square miles) near Bakhmut since the start of the counteroffensive, Maliar said. Ukrainian forces are trying to advance toward the Sea of Azov in a southern drive intended to split Russian forces retook 5.2 square km (two square miles) in the past week, said Maliar. Overall, Ukraine regained more than 260 square km (100 square miles) in the south during the counteroffensive, she said. During its three-month-old counteroffensive, Ukraine has reported slow, steady progress against entrenched Russian positions, retaking a string of villages and advancing on the flanks of Bakhmut, but taking no major settlements.

Persons: Oleksandr Syrskyi, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Anna Pruchnicka, Michael Perry Organizations: Ground Forces, REUTERS Acquire, Russian, Deputy, Thomson Locations: Klishchiivka, Ukraine, Bakhmut, Andriivka, Donetsk, Ukrainian, Avdiivka, Azov, Russia

☆ Russia denies Ukraine has retaken Andriivka, Ukraine posts video of fighting
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The commander of Ukraine's land forces posted a video purporting to show the capture of Andriivka amid a landscape of scorched territory and devastation. The account of fighting by Russia's Defence Ministry said its troops were still holding at least two key villages south of Bakhmut, known in Russia by its Soviet-era name, Artyomovsk. Things are hot in Klishchiivka and Kurdiumivka," Maliar said on Telegram, referring to two other villages near the city. Maliar also reported that Russian forces had unsuccessfully tried to push through Ukrainian defences near two villages northwest of Bakhmut. Ukraine hopes to sever a land bridge Russia has created between annexed Crimea and territory it holds in the east.

Persons: Oleksandr Syrskyi, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Ron Popeski, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Ukrainian Armed Forces Press, REUTERS Acquire, Saturday, Russia's Defence Ministry, Donetsk People's, Staff, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, Russia, Bakhmut, Andriivka, Artyomovsk, Donetsk, Donetsk People's Republic, Klishchiivka, Azov, Crimea

☆ Ukraine troops capture village south of Bakhmut, military says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Servicemen of Ukraine's 3rd Separate Assault Brigade prepare to conduct a reconnaissance mission, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Bakhmut, Ukraine September 7, 2023. "In the course of assault operations, they seized Andriivka in Donetsk region," the General Staff said. The village of Andriivka lies south of Bakhmut, the site of the bloodiest battle since the invasion by Russia in February last year. The General Staff also reported "partial success" near Klishchiivka village, south of Bakhmut. On the southern front, the General Staff said its troops were inflicting substantial losses on the enemy near the village of Verbove in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Persons: Stringer, Andriivka, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Hanna Maliar, Andriy Kovaliov, Anna Pruchnicka, Clarence Fernandez, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: Assault Brigade, REUTERS, Staff, Defence, General, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine's, Ukraine, Bakhmut, Donetsk, Andriivka, Russia, Klishchiivka, Donetsk region, Ukrainian, Avdiivka, Maryinka, Verbove, Zaporizhzhia

☆ Ukrainian Forces Press on in East, Inflict Casualties in South-Officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces had repelled eight attacks in the east in hotly contested areas south of Bakhmut. Ukraine's Deputy Defence Minister, Hanna Maliar, said Kyiv's forces were making gains around three villages south of Bakhmut - including Andriivka. Russian forces captured Bakhmut in May after months of battles left the city in ruins. Ukrainian forces have since been chipping away at Russian positions, notably south of Bakhmut. The drive southward is intended to split a land bridge created by Russian forces between the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014, and areas they hold in the east, expanded by their full-scale invasion launched in February 2022.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Andriivka, Bakhmut, Oleksander Shtupun, Ron Popeski, Nick Starkov, Stephen Coates Organizations: Reuters, Russia's Defence Ministry, Ukraine's, Defence, Russian Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Azov, Moscow

☆ Ukrainian forces press on in east, inflict casualties in south, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Andriivka, Bakhmut, Oleksander Shtupun, Ron Popeski, Nick Starkov, Stephen Coates Organizations: Infantry Brigade, Armed Forces, Russia's Defence Ministry, Ukraine's, Defence, Russian, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Russian, Bakhmut, Azov, Moscow

☆ Ukraine says fighting in east has intensified
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, July 16 (Reuters) - Fighting in eastern Ukraine has "somewhat intensified" as Ukrainian and Russian forces clash in at least three areas on the eastern front, a senior Ukrainian defence official said on Sunday. Separately, the Ukrainian military indicated it had taken control of part of a southeastern village in Donetsk region, near a string of small settlements Ukraine recaptured in June. Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said on Telegram that Russian forces have been attacking in the direction of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region for two successive days. Maliar also said the two armies were pummelling one another around the ruined city of Bakhmut but that Ukrainian forces were "gradually moving forward" along its southern flank. Kyiv has made incremental gains in parts of the east and south since launching its long-awaited counteroffensive.

Persons: Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Vladimir Putin, Dan Peleschuk, Nick Starkov, Elaine Monaghan, David Holmes, Alexandra Hudson, Sandra Maler Organizations: Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Ukrainian, Donetsk region, Staromayorske, Russia's, Kupyansk, Kharkiv, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Kyiv

☆ Zelenskiy warns of Russian efforts to halt Kyiv's troops
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

But Ukrainian military analysts suggested that things were not easy for Ukrainian forces in their bid to advance southward. Ukraine has launched a counter offensive to take back swathes of land in eastern and southern Ukraine captured by Russian forces in their invasion launched in February 2022. Russian accounts said its forces had repelled Ukrainian attacks in eastern Donetsk region, including around Bakhmut. General Oleksander Tarnavskyi, commander of Ukrainian forces in the south, said after the meeting that his troops were "systematically moving the enemy out of their positions". Ukrainian forces hope to cut off a land bridge Russian forces have established with the annexed Crimean peninsula.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, General Oleksander Tarnavskyi, Serhiy Hrabskyi, Ronald Popeski, Diane Craft Organizations: Russian, Reuters, Ukrainian NV, Russia's Defence Ministry, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Azov, Bakhmut, Donetsk, Berdiansk, Ukrainian, Crimean, Robotyne, Maryinka, Klishchiivka

☆ Zelenskiy warns of Russian efforts to halt Kyiv's troops, general notes advances in south
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

☆ Ukraine reports Russian attacks in east, progress in south
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Russian accounts of the front line said Moscow's forces had repelled Ukrainian attacks near villages ringing Bakhmut and in areas further south, particularly the strategic hilltop town of Vuhlear. "In addition, the enemy has started an attack in the Svatove area," she said, referring to a region of northeastern Ukraine where Russian forces have been active. Maliar reported "partial success" south of Bakhmut, taken in late May by Russian forces after months of fierce fighting. And on the southern front, where Ukrainian forces have recaptured several villages, Maliar said there had been "gradual advances" in two areas. Ukraine has also had to endure persistent Russian air attacks on Ukrainian cities, though the Kremlin denies attacking civilian targets.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, General Oleksander Tarnavskiy, General Valery Zaluzhniy, Ron Popeski, Nick Starkov, Chizu Organizations: REUTERS, Ukrainian, Russian, Kremlin, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kyiv, Bakhmut, Vuhlear, Odesa, Russia's, Avdiivka, Maryinka, Donetsk, Russia

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