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☆ Pro-Kremlin news outlets quickly deleted articles saying Russia was moving troops away from a frontline hotspot
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A drama in Russian media saw articles about troop movements in Ukraine quickly deleted. Two state news agencies retracted articles saying Russia was moving troops away from Dnipro. It could be a genuine mistake — or a Russian information operation, experts said. AdvertisementReports in Russian news media about troop movements on the Ukrainian frontline were swiftly deleted on Monday, with the outlets involved saying they were released in error. AdvertisementUkrainian troops were, as of last week, pressuring Russian forces at several locations along the river, establishing bridgeheads and attempting to connect them up.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, RIA Novosti, TASS, Post, Novosti, Russian, for, Alliance of News Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Dnipro, Kherson, Kyiv, Kherson Oblast

The highly unusual incident suggested disarray in Russia's military establishment and state media over how to report the battlefield situation in southern Ukraine. It said that, after the regrouping, the Dnepr force would release some troops to be deployed in offensives on other fronts. RIA said the Russian military command had agreed with the Dnepr leadership's conclusions and ordered the relocation of troops to start. Another state agency, TASS, published just one alert on troops regrouping to more favourable positions, and then withdrew it, saying it had been released in error. Russian state media have privileged access to official briefings and typically report major military announcements shortly before they appear in the Telegram channel of the defence ministry.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Mark Trevelyan, Alexander Marrow, Kevin Liffey Organizations: RIA, LONDON, RBC, Russian Ministry of Defence, Dnipro, Telegram, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Dnipro, Ukraine, Dnepr, Russia, Kherson, Russia's, Russian, The U.S, Ukrainian

☆ Russia Moves Some Troops to 'More Favourable Positions' East of Dnipro River - RIA
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is moving its Dnepr group of forces to "more favourable positions" east of the Dnipro River in Ukraine, state news agency RIA cited the Russian defence ministry as saying on Monday. Russia's military said on Friday that its forces had thwarted a Ukrainian attempt to forge a bridgehead on the eastern bank of the Dnipro and on nearby islands. Reuters could not independently verify the military reports. (Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)

Persons: Alexander Marrow, Mark Trevelyan Organizations: Dnipro, Reuters Locations: MOSCOW, Russia, Dnipro, Ukraine

☆ Ukraine is expanding its bridgehead along the Dnipro River and have taken across armored vehicles for the first time, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine is expanding its bridgehead along the left bank of the Dnipro river. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine is expanding its bridgehead along the left bank of the Dnipro river, putting Russian defense forces under pressure. Earlier this week, it was reported that Ukrainian armored vehicles had crossed the river for the first time. The bridgeheads are not believed to be connected, but Ukrainian forces are expanding them, British newspaper The Telegraph reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine's forces are attempting to push forwardElite Ukrainian naval forces raiding a Russian-occupied island in the Dnipro river.

Persons: —, Forbes, Krynky, Konstyantyn Mashovets Organizations: Ukrainian Marines, Service, Kyiv Post, British, The Telegraph, for, Russian, Elite Ukrainian, Command, Special Operations Forces of, Armed Forces of, Facebook Locations: Ukraine, Dnipro, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Krynky, Kherson, Russian, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Poyma, Oleshky, Kherson Oblast

☆ Russia says it thwarted Ukrainian attempt to forge bridgehead on River Dnipro's east bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MOSCOW, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Russia's military said on Friday that its forces had thwarted a Ukrainian attempt to forge a bridgehead on the eastern bank of the River Dnipro and on nearby islands, killing around 500 Ukrainian soldiers in the past week. The latest Russian statement said Russian forces had killed most of the Ukrainian soldiers in the Nov. 9 incident and taken 11 of them prisoner. The Russians had been presented with state awards for "courage and heroism" by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu as a result, it said. The statement spoke of what it said were multiple Ukrainian unsuccessful attempts to land to seize a bridgehead on the islands and on the eastern bank of the Dnipro. Reporting by Reuters Writing by Andrew Osborn Editing by Mark TrevelyanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Zolto Arsalanov, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Sergei Shoigu, Andrew Osborn, Mark Trevelyan Organizations: Reuters, 36th Marine Infantry, Defence, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, Dnipro, Kherson, Ukraine, The U.S, Ukrainian

☆ Ukraine appears to be gunning for a top Russian battlefield commander who has had an unusual run as a military leader
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ukraine appears to be gunning for him as Kyiv's military makes pushes in his area of control. According to several prominent Russian military bloggers and independent Russian media reporting, the Ukrainian military fired long-range missiles last week at the Dnepr battlegroup's headquarters. Astra, the independent Russian publication, reported that Ukrainian missiles hit command posts belonging to the Dnepr group in Strilkove that same day. As the Russian military bloggers noted, the timing of the strikes fall in line with an uptick in Ukrainian assaults around the Dnipro. "Teplinsky's appointment is likely an indication of increased pressure on Russian forces defending the area," Britain's defense ministry said in late October.

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☆ Russia is pounding homes along one of Ukraine's key rivers because it's scared of amphibious raids, Ukraine says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia has been ramping up strikes on civilians along the Dnipro, a Ukrainian official told CNN. The region's spokesperson said it is a sign Russia fears new Ukrainian raids on its eastern bank. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn recent months, Russia has been pummeling the eastern Kherson region with upgraded, powerful glide bombs , mostly targeting civilian infrastructure. AdvertisementAdvertisementTolokonnikov said the higher rates of attacks suggest Russia is growing concerned that Ukrainian troops will soon recapture the eastern bank of the Dnipro. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in June, which flooded the region, did not stop Ukraine's efforts to retake the eastern bank, as Insider previously reported.

Persons: Oleksandr Tolokonnikov, —, Tolokonnikov, Hans Petter Midttun Organizations: CNN, Service, Centre of Defence, Euromaidan Press, Defense Forces of, Armed Forces, Institute for Locations: Russia, Dnipro, Kherson, Kherson City, Ukraine, Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine, Nova

☆ How Ukraine's counteroffensive has struggled so far
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

But in mid-October, some Russian military bloggers reported that Ukrainian forces had formed a small bridgehead on the eastern bank. Shortly after, Ukrainian soldiers breached the first line of defences south of the town of Velyka Novosilka in the first known breakthrough of the counteroffensive. Military analysts and authorities in Kyiv said Ukraine had badly damaged a large landing ship and an attack submarine. Just over a week later, a Ukrainian missile attack hit Russia's Black Sea naval headquarters in Sevastopol. In mid-October, Ukrainian forces used U.S.-supplied long-range ATACMS missiles for the first time, damaging airfields near Luhansk in Ukraine's east and in Berdiansk on the Sea of Azov, both under Russian control.

Persons: Alina Smutko, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, General Valery Zaluzhnyi, Wagner, Mike Collett Organizations: 67th Mechanised Brigade, Armed Forces, REUTERS, Reuters, Military, White, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Kreminna, Luhansk region, Kyiv, KHERSON, Dnipro, Russia, Velyka, Neskuchne, Orikhiv, Azov, Crimea, AVDIIVKA, Avdiivka, Russian, Ukrainian, Donetsk, Bakhmut, BAKHMUT, Moscow, Kharkiv, Kherson, KUPIANSK, Russia's Belgorod, Kupiansk, Crimean, Sevastopol, East, Luhansk, Ukraine's, Berdiansk

☆ Nine Killed in Ukraine Attack in Russian-Controlled Part of Kherson, Local Governor Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

(Reuters) - A Ukrainian missile attack on Friday on an employment centre in a Russian-occupied town in the southern region of Kherson killed nine people and injured nine, the region's Russia-appointed governor was quoted as saying. Russian news agencies quoted Governor Vladimir Saldo as telling Rossiya-24 Television: "As of now, nine dead have been pulled out from under the rubble as well as nine who are badly injured." Earlier reports had put the death toll in the town of Chaplynka at seven. Russia captured Kherson region in the early days of the February 2022 invasion, but have since abandoned the region's main town, Kherson, and other centres on the west bank of the Dnipro River. (Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Alison Williams, Ron Popeski and Leslie Adler)

Persons: Vladimir Saldo, Alison Williams, Ron Popeski, Leslie Adler Organizations: Reuters Locations: Ukrainian, Russian, Kherson, Russia, Chaplynka, Dnipro

☆ She moved her family out of Kherson as Russian shelling intensified. Then their home was destroyed
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Svitlana Vlasova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

She lived through nine months of Russian occupation in Kherson region; her house was searched twice and Russian soldiers roamed the streets rounding up men of fighting age. But the Russian assaults are now more punishing than ever, according to Oleksandr Tolokonnikov, a spokesman for the Kherson Region Military Administration. In mid-October, a Ukrainian cross-river raid managed to temporarily infiltrate occupied villages on the eastern — or left — bank of the river. “It seems that Russians on the left bank are very worried that our brave soldiers will soon cross the river to them and start liberating the left bank. A group of Ukrainian marines sail from the riverbank of Dnipro on the front line near Kherson, Ukraine, on October 14, 2023.

Persons: Natalia Pitaichuk, ”, Pitaichuk, Oleksandr Tolokonnikov, ” Tolokonnikov, Roman Pilipey, “ It’s, ” Chornyi, Alex Babenko, ” Pitaichuk Organizations: CNN —, CNN, Hospital, –, Kherson Region Military Administration, Russian, Dnipro, Getty, “, Armed Forces of Locations: Beryslav, Ukrainian, Kherson, Kherson region, Dnipro, Kherson City, –, Ukraine, Russian, Azov, Zaporizhzhia, Crimea, AFP, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Kirovohrad

☆ Russian drone hits oil refinery, frontline attacks repelled -Ukraine military
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Firefighters work at an oil refinery which was hit during Russia's drone attacks in Kremenchuk, Poltava region, Ukraine November 1, 2023. "The focus of the attack was Poltava region, it was attacked in several waves," Air Force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat told national television. A video posted by the Ukrainian military showed its forces destroying a Russian flamethrower system near Avdiivka, an attack it said could be observed for dozens of kilometres. Russian forces shell the river's western bank almost daily. In Poltava region, three villages lost electricity after power lines and an unnamed infrastructure facility were damaged, the Energy Ministry said on Telegram.

Persons: Administration Filip Pronin, Filip Pronin, Yuriy Ihnat, Oleksandr Kovalenko, Kovalenko, Natalia Khomeniuk, Andriy Raikovych, Pavel Polityuk, Lidia Kelly, Ron Popeski, Alison Williams, Gareth Jones, Grant McCool Organizations: Poltava Regional, Administration, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Ukraine's Air Force, Air Force, General Staff, Energy Ministry, Telegram, Railway, Reuters, Russian Defence, Thomson Locations: Kremenchuk, Poltava region, Ukraine, Poltava, Handout, Russian, Moscow, Russia, Ukrainian, Kupiansk, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Kherson, Dnipro, Kirovohrad, Odesa, Kyiv, Melbourne

☆ At Ballet Theater, a Thrilling Puck and a Moment to Take Stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Brian Seibert | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Where “The Dream,” a Ballet Theater staple in recent decades, is a reliable showcase for the company’s theatricality, George Balanchine’s “Ballet Imperial,” on the same program, is good for displaying the troupe’s classical chops across its ranks. Unlike New York City Ballet, which has called the work “Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2” since the 1970s, Ballet Theater doesn’t downplay the imperial Russian associations, using a backdrop of St. Petersburg. That’s a choice that might disturb some viewers, but Ballet Theater’s rendition also had aesthetic problems. De la Nuez goes for it, too.

Persons: George Balanchine’s, ”, That’s, Skylar Brandt, Isabella Boylston, James Whiteside, Alonzo King’s, Alexei Ratmansky’s “, Jason Moran, Robert Rosenwasser, Jim French, Brandt, Calvin Royal III, King, Michael de la, De la Nuez Organizations: Ballet, New York City Ballet, Dnipro ” Locations: St . Petersburg

Strikes in a western Ukrainian city blew out windows at a nuclear power plant, once again raising safety concerns. An elderly civilian woman stands with a cat on the balcony of her destroyed house in the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka on Thursday. In the city of Avdiivka, Ukraine claimed it had been successful in repelling assaults and taking out large numbers of Russian soldiers. “It is highly likely that the target for these drones was the Khmelnytsky Nuclear Power Plant,” he said. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, close to the front line and occupied by Russian troops since March 2022, has been the main focus of concern.

Persons: John Kirby, ” Kirby, ”, Russia’s, Vlada, “, Volodymyr Zelensky, CNN Avdiivka, Kupiansk, Zelensky, Oleksandr Prokudin, Rafael Mariano Grossi, ” Grossi Organizations: CNN, White House, National Security, Russian, Khmelnytsky Nuclear Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian, Avdiivka, Moscow, Oskil, Kherson, Dnipro, Kherson region, Beryslav, ‘, Nova

☆ 'They're running out of time': Ukraine's counteroffensive is gaining urgency as winter approaches
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

"Despite inflicting significant losses on Russian armed forces, Ukraine's four-and-a-half-month-old counteroffensive has not achieved major territorial gains nor managed to slice through Russia's 'land bridge' to Crimea," he added. "The hope is that they're far enough through the Russian defensive lines now ... to make some rapid progress. Russian forces had months to prepare layers of defenses including extensive networks of trenches; anti-tank obstacles such as ditches and "dragon's teeth"; and minefields. Russian forces are also receiving support from artillery, attack helicopters and other aircraft, again impeding Ukraine's forces. Minefields, in particular, have disrupted Ukraine's offensive momentum and rate of advance, according to analysts at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

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☆ Ukraine can still badly bleed the Russian army through the winter even if its forces can't break through enemy lines, land warfare expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A land warfare expert said even if Kyiv can't break enemy lines, it can still cause pain for Russian forces. But even if Kyiv's forces aren't necessarily able to break through the enemy lines, they could still inflict significant damage on Moscow's army throughout the winter, a land warfare expert says. The key could be drawing out Russian forces into the cold by pushing into opportunities rather than attempting to batter their defenses. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Kyiv must balance reconstitution with a need to keep up pressure on Russian forces," he said. AdvertisementAdvertisementOne area where Ukrainian forces have found recent success is with long-range strikes.

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☆ Russia Says It Thwarted Ukrainian Attempts to Cross Dnipro in Kherson Region
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - Russian forces have foiled several attempts by Ukrainian units to cross the Dnipro River in the southern Kherson region over the past day, Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday. According to the ministry, Ukrainian "sabotage and reconnaissance" teams were stopped while trying to cross the river near the villages of Pridniprovske, Tiahynka and Krynky. Russia also said it had destroyed Ukrainian personnel, water-crossing equipment and vehicles near the village of Stanislav. On Friday the Institute for the Study of War, a U.S. research group, said Ukrainian forces appeared to have broken through on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson. Ukraine recaptured parts of the Kherson region late last year after months of Russian occupation.

Persons: Maxim Rodionov, Mark Trevelyan Organizations: Reuters, for Locations: Dnipro, Kherson, Ukrainian, Pridniprovske, Krynky, Russia, Stanislav, U.S, Ukraine

CNN —At least six people were killed and 16 others injured after a Russian missile strike on a postal terminal in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, officials have said. Russian forces fired two missiles from the Belgorod region, near the Ukrainian border, at “a building belonging to a logistics company located in the Kharkiv region” on Saturday, according to Dmytro Chubenko, the spokesperson for the Kharkiv region prosecutor’s office. SERGEY BOBOK/AFP/Getty ImagesThe United States Ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, called the deadly attack on the postal office in Kharkiv “horrific.”“Again, overnight horrific images of Russian violence against civilians in Ukraine – a missile attack on a postal office in Kharkiv killed 6 people and seriously injured more. Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine, was liberated from Russian occupation by Kyiv’s troops last year, but has been the target of frequent aerial assaults by Moscow. Russian troops are battling to push westwards towards Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, while also hitting several regions with missile attacks.

Persons: Dmytro Chubenko, Chubenko, Volodymyr Zelensky, SERGEY BOBOK, Bridget Brink, ” Brink, Oleksandr Prokudin, ” Organizations: CNN, ”, prosecutor’s, Twitter, Getty, United, Kharkiv, Kremlin Locations: Russian, Kharkiv, Ukraine, Belgorod, Ukrainian, “, Russia, AFP, United States, Moscow, Beryslav, Kherson, Dnipro

☆ 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

☆ Russia says it thwarted Ukrainian attempts to cross Dnipro in Kherson region
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 22 (Reuters) - Russian forces have foiled several attempts by Ukrainian units to cross the Dnipro River in the southern Kherson region over the past day, Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday. According to the ministry, Ukrainian "sabotage and reconnaissance" teams were stopped while trying to cross the river near the villages of Pridniprovske, Tiahynka and Krynky. On Friday the Institute for the Study of War, a U.S. research group, said Ukrainian forces appeared to have broken through on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson. Ukraine recaptured parts of the Kherson region late last year after months of Russian occupation. But Russian forces who left Kherson, the region's biggest city, retreated only as far as the other side of the Dnipro and have continued to shell the city from there.

Persons: Alexander Ermochenko, Maxim Rodionov, Mark Trevelyan Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, for, Thomson Locations: Nova, Dnipro, Russia, Ukraine, Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, Russian, Kherson, Ukrainian, Pridniprovske, Krynky, Stanislav, U.S

Kyiv CNN —Over the last week, a secret delivery of American weapons and a cross-river raid have injected much-needed energy into Ukraine’s largely stalled counteroffensive. In the east, Ukrainians claim to have inflicted massive losses on Russian forces trying to encircle an embattled city. Russian forces have launched waves of attacks repelled by the Ukrainian troops who are heavily entrenched in the area. Smoke rises above the area of the front line town of Avdiivka on October 18, 2023, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine. Stringer/AFP/Getty ImagesAvdiivka is no stranger to Russian assaults and has been on the front line of the conflict in eastern Ukraine since 2014.

Persons: Valerii Zaluzhnyi, “, It’s, John Hamilton, Volodymyr Zelensky, Joe Biden, Zelensky, Stringer, WarGonzo, Mykola Miakshykov, UOC, ” Organizations: CNN, US Army Tactical Missile, Armed Forces of, ”, Army Tactical Missile, White, US Army, Battles, Analysts, Getty, Kremlin, Popular, Ukrainian, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan, Zelensky Locations: Kyiv, Berdiansk, Azov, Luhansk, Ukraine, Armed Forces of Ukraine, New Mexico, Moscow, Avdiivka, Donetsk, Russia, AFP, Kherson, Dnipro, Russian, Popular Russian, Krynky, Poyma, Kherson ., Obukhivka, Dnipropetrovsk Region, Ukrainian

☆ With Raids Across Dnipro River, Ukraine May Be Seeking New Front in War
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Marc Santora | More About Marc Santora | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ukrainian forces have stepped up assaults across the Dnipro river near the southern city of Kherson, carrying out raids into Russian-controlled territory on the eastern bank. The increased activity has prompted speculation among analysts and in Russian military circles that Kyiv might be planning a more ambitious effort to open a new front in the war. In recent days, Western military analysts have cited geolocated video footage that shows Ukrainian forces operating in a number of locations deeper behind enemy lines than previously witnessed. “Ukrainian actions appear to be larger than previously observed tactical raids,” analysts at the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based research institute, said on Thursday night. The Ukrainian military has remained largely silent on the amphibious operations into Russian-held territory near Kherson, and the extent of its ambitions with the river crossings are unknown.

Organizations: Institute for, Ukrainian Locations: Dnipro, Kherson, Russian, Washington

☆ Ukrainian troops face new Russian assault on eastern town of Avdiivka
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Russian forces subjected Avdiivka to fierce attacks last week, but the shelling had tapered off in the last few days. Kupiansk was recaptured by Ukrainian troops late last year in a lighting advance through the country's northeast, but Russian forces have stepped up attacks in a bid to retake it. Zaluzhniy said Ukrainian forces around Kupiansk were "maintaining their defence in the most difficult of conditions". Russia's accounts of the fighting said its forces had destroyed a command point near Avdiivka and repelled 11 Ukrainian attacks near Kupiansk. When Ukrainian troops retook parts of Kherson region last year, Russian forces abandoned its biggest city, also called Kherson.

Persons: Yevhen, General Valery Zaluzhnyi, Zaluzhniy, Oleksandr Shtupun, Avdiivka, Kupiansk, Shtupun, Olena Harmash, Ronald Popeski, Timothy Heritage Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Russian, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Kupiansk, Russian, Donetsk, Azov, Verbove, Zaporizhzhia, Robotyne, U.S, Ukrainian, Dnipro, Kherson, Kyiv

☆ Wanted: Thousands of Ukrainian judges, in huge overhaul sought by EU
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Dan Peleschuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Ukraine is desperately short of judges, and is kick-starting a long-delayed nationwide hiring spree to fill more than 2,000 vacancies and vet around as many sitting judges for potential malfeasance. Court cases have piled up across Ukraine as a result. The regional appeals court in northeastern Ukraine's Sumy has only four judges left out of a full staff of 35. Some 2,000 sitting judges also require integrity checks, part of the judicial house-cleaning launched, but never finished, after Maidan. Oleksandr Tupytskyi, now living in Vienna according to Ukrainian media reports, has denied wrongdoing and said the cases against him are political.

Persons: Lady Justice, Thomas Peter Acquire, Vira Levko, Levko, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ruslan Sydorovych, it's, Sydorovych, Halyna Chyzhyk, shouldn't, Mykhailo Zhernakov, Oleksandr Tupytskyi, Zhernakov, I've, Dan Peleschuk, Anna Dabrowska, Mike Collett, White, Gareth Jones Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, European Union, European Commission, Kyiv, EU, DEJURE Foundation, Constitutional, Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, Thomson Locations: Pecherskyi, Kyiv City, Kyiv, Ukraine, KYIV, Ukrainian, Dniprovskyi, Russia, Ukraine's Sumy, Maidan, Halyna, Vienna

☆ Wanted: Thousands of Ukrainian Judges, in Huge Overhaul Sought by EU
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

By Dan PeleschukKYIV (Reuters) - Vira Levko, a judge in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, typically handles dozens of administrative cases and several criminal hearings every day. Ukraine is desperately short of judges, and is kick-starting a long-delayed nationwide hiring spree to fill more than 2,000 vacancies and vet around as many sitting judges for potential malfeasance. Court cases have piled up across Ukraine as a result. The regional appeals court in northeastern Ukraine's Sumy has only four judges left out of a full staff of 35. Some 2,000 sitting judges also require integrity checks, part of the judicial house-cleaning launched, but never finished, after Maidan.

Persons: Dan Peleschuk, Vira Levko, Levko, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ruslan Sydorovych, it's, Sydorovych, Halyna Chyzhyk, shouldn't, Mykhailo Zhernakov, Oleksandr Tupytskyi, Zhernakov, I've, Anna Dabrowska, Mike Collett, White, Gareth Jones Organizations: Dan Peleschuk KYIV, Reuters, European Union, European Commission, Kyiv, EU, DEJURE Foundation, Constitutional, Kyiv International Institute of Sociology Locations: Ukrainian, Kyiv, Dniprovskyi, Ukraine, Russia, Ukraine's Sumy, Maidan, Halyna, Vienna

☆ Ukraine reports making headway against Russian forces in south
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A police officer stands in front of a damaged 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 RightsKYIV, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Kyiv's forces have made some headway against Russian forces in southern Ukraine but face new Russian attacks around the eastern town of Avdiivka, the Ukrainian military said on Thursday. Stupun told Ukrainian television the southern advance was still difficult because of Russian minefields and heavily fortified defences. When Ukrainian troops recaptured parts of the Kherson region last year, Russian forces pulled out of its biggest city, also called Kherson. Making progress against Russian troops has also been hard on the eastern front, where the Ukrainian military said its forces were under fire near the towns of Kupiansk and Avdiivka.

Persons: Yevhen, Oleksandr Stupun, Stupun, Hanna Maliar, Olena Harmash, Timothy Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Russian, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Verbove, Zaporizhzhia, Robotyne, Azov, U.S, Ukrainian, Dnipro, Kherson, Kyiv, Kupiansk, Russian, Donetsk

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