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Ukraine orders evacuations from parts of Donetsk
Ukraine has ordered the evacuation of children and their guardians from several towns and villages in the eastern Donetsk region, where fighting with Russia is escalating. The move comes as President Zelensky stated that Russian firepower is concentrated in Donetsk, which Russia claimed to have annexed in 2022 despite not having full control. The Donetsk governor cited the deteriorating security situation and increasing shelling intensity as reasons for the evacuation. Several areas near the front line, including the town of Lyman and the hamlet of Progres, are affected.
US aid could buy Kyiv time, but Ukraine needs many more troops
Ukrainian artillery gunners near Kupiansk are hopeful about the imminent U.S. aid package, seen as a crucial lifeline in their battle against Russian forces. The $61 billion aid is expected to replenish Ukraine's low stocks of artillery shells and air defenses. While the aid is anticipated to boost Ukraine's defense capabilities, challenges remain, including manpower shortages and questions about fortifications. The aid's impact may take time, with analysts suggesting a possible improvement in Ukraine's situation from autumn onwards.
Russian armoured assaults ramp up pressure on Ukraine's east, army chief says
Syrskyi said he travelled to the embattled area to stabilise the front as Russian assault groups using tanks and armoured personnel carriers took advantage of a period of dry, warm weather that was making it easier for them to manoeuvre.
Ukraine says situation in east has 'deteriorated significantly'
Ukraine's commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrsky, has stated that the eastern front has deteriorated significantly due to a heightened Russian offensive. He cited Russian superior weapons and a significant intensification of the enemy's offensive after the Russian presidential elections in March. Ukraine has described the situation around Chasiv Yar as "difficult and tense" with constant fire.
Russia aims to break through Ukraine defences in northeast - Ukrainian general
Russia is intensifying its offensive in northeastern Ukraine, specifically in the Kupiansk-Lyman sector, with the aim of breaking through Ukrainian defences and recapturing territory. The Ukrainian military has reported increased fighting in the region, including in Avdiivka and Mariinka in the Donetsk region.
Russia accuses Ukraine of attacking Black Sea navy base and Crimea with drones
Footage published on Russian social media channels appeared to show a ship firing into the sea and a burning object exploding. Ukrainian agencies carried footage from social media channels they suggested showed a Russian ship listing to one side after the attack.
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Ukraine reports fierce fighting in northeast
Ukraine did not directly claim responsibility for the drone attacks but Zelenskiy said the war was "gradually returning to Russia's territory - to its symbolic centres". Russian forces launched the latest in a series of night-time air attacks, striking what officials said was a "non-residential building" in the northeastern city of Kharkiv. The hit started a fire but there were no reports of casualties.
Ukrainian surgeons see wave of wounded soldiers since counteroffensive began
Surgeons at the Mechnikov Hospital in eastern Ukraine are busier than ever treating wounded soldiers as the major counteroffensive by Ukraine launched iin June gathers pace. Up to 100 surgeries per night are being carried out in Mechnikov to keep up with the demand. Mechnikov is one of Ukraine's biggest hospitals and doctors there are working hard to hold the front line, which appears to be where the worst injuries are sustained.
Russian forces gain ground near eastern Ukrainian town of Svatove: Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar
"Heavy fighting" continues along the entire eastern front line, with Russia attacking in several directions. The cities of Avdiivka, Marinka and Lyman are among them, Maliar said, echoing a report from the Ukrainian military Saturday. Maliar said that while Ukrainian fighters are moving forward along the southern flank in the Bakhmut area, having "partial success," Russia has moved two air assault regiments to the northern flank and the fighting continues.
Russia launches first drone strike on Kyiv in 12 days
All of the Iranian-made Shahed exploding drones were detected and shot down, according to Serhii Popko, the head of the Kyiv city administration. In addition to the city itself, the surrounding Kyiv region was targeted. Kyiv regional Gov. Ruslan Kravchenko reported that one person was wounded by falling debris from a destroyed drone.
Russia seeks calm after aborted mutiny, West sees cracks in Putin's power
Ending their short-lived mutiny, Wagner fighters halted their rapid advance on Moscow, withdrew from the southern Russian city of Rostov and headed back to their bases late on Saturday under a deal that guaranteed their safety. Their commander, Yevgeny Prigozhin, would move to Belarus under the deal mediated by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Ukraine downs Russian drones but some get through due to gaps in air protection
In other developments, Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, known by its acronym SVR, invited Ukrainian diplomats stationed abroad to come to Russia with their families to avoid returning to Ukraine. It claimed many Ukrainian diplomats are unwilling to return home after their tours and want refugee status in the European Union and Asian countries where they worked.
Both sides suffer heavy casualties as Ukraine strikes back against Russia, UK assessment says
The Ukrainian military said in a regular update on Sunday morning that over the previous 24 hours Russia had carried out 43 airstrikes, four missile strikes and 51 attacks from multiple rocket launchers. According to the statement by the General Staff, Russia continues to concentrate its efforts on offensive operations in Ukraine's industrial east, focusing attacks around Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka and Lyman in the country's Donetsk province, with 26 combat clashes taking place.
Fighting in south Ukraine as offensive expectations intensify
Moscow says clashes have intensified since Thursday in the Zaporizhzhia region, particularly around the small town of Orikhiv and towards the larger city of Tokmak, around 40 kilometres (25 miles) to the south in Russian-occupied territory. A Ukrainian military success in the Zaporizhzhia region would enable its forces to break through the land bridge that connects Russia with the Crimean peninsula it annexed from Ukraine. This would be a major reverse for Moscow.
East is still the main centre of fighting: Ukraine
The epicenter of fighting in Ukraine is still in the east, despite clashes in the south said Deputy Defence Minister Ganna Malyar. Moscow has said fighting in Zaporizhzhia region, particularly in Orikhiv has increased in recent days. However, the Russian army has strengthened its front lines in Zaporizhzhia area in recent months.
Russian defense chief wants wartime missile output doubled
The Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, has told Tactical Missiles Corporation to double its missile output to help counteract a possible Ukrainian counteroffensive, as both sides in the war face an ammunition crunch. There has been much analysis surrounding an apparent decrease in the number of missile barrages launched against Ukraine by Russia since the start of the conflict, as experts try to decide whether Russia’s supply of high-precision ammunition is running low. The US recently assessed that Russia has suffered 100,000 casualties in Ukraine since December.
China's Xi Jinping arrives in Russia to meet Vladimir Putin over Ukraine war
In Ukraine, fierce fighting continued in the eastern town of Bakhmut with each side launching counter offensives. Ukrainian forces have held out in Bakhmut since last summer in the longest and bloodiest battle of the war. Giving its regular morning roundup from the front, Ukraine's military said defenders in Bakhmut, Lyman, Ivanivske, Bohdanivka and Hryhorivka - all towns in the Donetsk region - had repelled 69 Russian attacks in the past day.
Ukraine's Zelenskiy says situation at the front getting tougher
Russian forces are slowly gaining ground in the Donbas region, encircling the city of Bakhmut north of Donetsk and battling to take control of a nearby road which is a major supply route for Ukrainian forces. They are also trying to capture Vuhledar, southwest of Donetsk.
'Heavy losses': Ukraine soldiers count war's cost away from front
In a near pitch-black home set back from fierce fighting in Donbas, Ukraine soldier Volodymyr relishes a few moments of calm before deploying again to the front. "We never know how long we'll get," the 29-year-old, who declined to give his last name for security reasons, told AFP.
Russia strikes cities across Ukraine at rush hour in apparent revenge strikes
Cruise missiles tore into busy intersections, parks and tourist sites in the centre of downtown Kyiv, with an intensity unseen even when Russian forces attempted to capture the capital early in the war. Explosions were also reported in Lviv, Ternopil and Zhytomyr in Ukraine's west, Dnipro and Kremenchuk in central Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia in the south and Kharkiv in the east.
Putin faces more grim choices after Crimea bridge damage
The damage to the Kerch bridge is the latest in a series of hits that the Russian supply lines have faced. Russian President Vladimir Putin maintains to keep quiet but faces important decisions on moving forward with damaged supply lines.
Russian military continues to suffer losses in northeast, south as Ukraine's attacks intensify
As per reports, Russia continues to suffer embarrassing defeats in the northeast and south, especially after the liberation of Lyman. Experts predicted that the Russian troops were exhausted and suffered a shortage of personnel.
Russian losses evident in key liberated Ukrainian city, says Zelenskyy's
Responding to the annexation move, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has formally ruled out talks with Russia. Zelenskyy's decree released Tuesday declares that holding negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin has become impossible after his decision to take over the four regions of Ukraine.
Ukraine presses counteroffensive after Russian setback
Russia's loss of Lyman, which it had been using as a transport and logistics hub, is a new blow to the Kremlin as it seeks to escalate the war by illegally annexing four regions of Ukraine. "The Ukrainian flag is already in Lyman," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly address. "Over the past week, there have been more Ukrainian flags in the Donbas. In a week there will be even more."
Ukraine celebrates recapturing key town, Putin ally raises nuclear jitters
Lyman had fallen in May to Russian forces, which had used it as a logistics and transport hub for its operations in the north of the Donetsk region. Its capture is Ukraine's biggest battlefield gain since the lightning counteroffensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region last month.
Russian troops leave crucial Ukraine city Lyman. Details here
As part of a counteroffensive that saw Kyiv regain significant swaths of territory beginning in September, Ukrainian forces crossed the Oskil River.
Chechen leader Kadyrov: Russia should use low-yield nuclear weapon after new defeat in Ukraine
As Russia confirmed the loss of its stronghold of Lyman in eastern Ukraine, Kadyrov slammed top commanders for their failings and wrote on Telegram: "In my personal opinion, more drastic measures should be taken, right up to the declaration of martial law in the border areas and the use of low-yield nuclear weapons".
Russia says its troops left Lyman to avoid encirclement
"In connection with the creation of a threat of encirclement, allied troops were withdrawn from the settlement of Krasny Liman to more advantageous lines," the defence ministry said, using the Russian name of the town.
Ukraine forces reach Lyman, claim thousands of Russian troops surrounded
Ukraine forces reach Lyman, claim thousands of Russian troops surrounded.
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