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Drones sold at Walmart help keep Ukraine in the battle for Bakhmut

BAKHMUT, Ukraine — The Russian infantrymen slinked back and forth in twos and threes to a house in one of this embattled city's devastated neighborhoods, ferrying ammunition, an automatic grenade launcher and a heavy machine gun ahead of a planned attack.

Los Angeles Times

Eight dead in Sloviansk strike as Ukrainians said to pull back in Bakhmut

A Russian missile strike killed eight people in eastern Ukraine on Friday as a British assessment said Ukrainian troops had been forced to withdraw from parts of the city of Bakhmut, the focus of Moscow's slow advance through the region.

Reuters

Russian shelling in Ukraine's eastern city of Sloviansk kills at least eight

The Russian shelling of a residential building in Sloviansk on Friday killed at least eight people and injured 21, according to the Donetsk regional governor. Also on Friday, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said that China won't sell weapons to either side in the war in Ukraine, in response to…

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Ukraine Forces Pull Back as Russia Mounts ‘Re-Energized’ Bakhmut Assault, UK Says

Ukrainian troops have been forced to withdraw from some territory in the battlefield city of Bakhmut as Russia mounts a renewed assault there with intense artillery fire over the past two days, Britain said in an intelligence update on Friday. "Russia has re-energized its assault on the Donetsk Oblast town…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine forces pull back as Russia mounts 're-energised' Bakhmut assault, UK says

Reuters

Ukraine army in ‘orderly withdrawals’ from parts of Bakhmut, says UK

Ukrainian forces have made “orderly withdrawals” from parts of the eastern town of Bakhmut after the Russian military stepped up its attacks, British defence chiefs said on Friday.

Evening Standard

Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy and UK prime minister discuss accelerating military support for Ukraine – as it happened

Rishi Sunak also condemns beheading of Ukrainian prisoner of war as leaders discuss situation on battlefield

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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 415 of the invasion

MoD says Russian and Wagner troops are making gains in Donetsk frontline town; US arrests 21-year-old air national guardsman over Pentagon leaks

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine reports unrelenting Russian attacks on Bakhmut

Ukraine says the eastern city of Bakhmut is coming under heavy attack, as Russia vows to end a deal allowing grain to be exported through the Black Sea.

The New Daily

Bakhmut is increasingly a quagmire that works to Russia's advantage

The Battle for Bakhmut raging in eastern Ukraine has captured the attention of the outside world.

The Conversation

Russia claims Bakhmut surrounded, Kyiv says holding on

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russia said Thursday it had cut off Ukrainian forces inside Bakhmut, while Kyiv insisted supply lines were still open into the town, scene of the most brutal battle of the war.

AFP

‘Eyes and ears’: Could drones prove decisive in the Ukraine war?

How Ukraine is looking to drones, used for reconnaissance and guided-missile attacks, to win the war.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine rejects Russian Wagner Bakhmut control claims

Ukrainian officials say the country's forces control more than the 20 per cent of Bakhmut, rejecting statements from the Russian Wagner mercenary group.

The New Daily

Purported US intelligence leaks embarrass Ukraine, other allies

A leaked trove of alleged intelligence documents wrought havoc in US spy agencies during the 59th week of Ukraine’s war.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Denies Russia’s Wagner Controls 80% of Bakhmut

Ukraine's military rejected as untrue a Russian claim to have captured more than 80% of the city of Bakhmut and said on Wednesday that Kyiv's forces controlled "considerably" more than 20% of it in the east. Serhiy Cherevatyi, spokesperson for the eastern military command, made the comment to Reuters a…

Reuters

Kyiv denies Wagner Bakhmut claim, Russia says forces advancing

Ukraine and Russia traded barbs on Wednesday over how much Kremlin's forces control the city of Bakhmut, for months the focal point of Moscow's bid to advance through eastern Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Putin’s defences in southern Ukraine could be ‘formidable obstacles’ if he can find troops to man them

Vladimir Putin’s army has built complex defences in southern Ukraine which could prove “formidable obstacles” if they are properly manned and supported by artillery, British defence chiefs said on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war – live: Beheading video proves Putin’s regime is ‘worse than Isis’, Kyiv says

Ukraine urges International Criminal Court to investigate the disturbing footage

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Russia's Wagner claims it controls most of Bakhmut; Kyiv says forces holding firm

The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group on Tuesday said his forces controlled more than 80% of the devastated eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut after some of war's heaviest and bloodiest fighting.

The Independent UK

US seeks to reassure allies over Pentagon leaks about Ukraine

With the knowledge that Moscow could use the leak to sow discontent, there appears to be a concerted effort among Ukraine’s allies to downplay the importance of the documents

Evening Standard

Russian mercenaries claim they control more than 80% of Bakhmut but Ukraine say situation ‘controllable’

Russian mercenaries have claimed they now control more than 80% of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.

Los Angeles Times

On the front line in Bakhmut, as Ukraine and Russia battle for control

BAKHMUT, Ukraine — The Ukrainian soldiers jumped out of the armored vehicle the moment it stopped, rushing to unload supplies before the Russian artillery began its deadly work.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia’s Wagner Mercenaries Control over 80% of Bakhmut, Leader Says

The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said in a video posted on Tuesday that his forces now control more than 80% of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. Wagner fighters have led Russia's months-long efforts to capture Bakhmut, in one of the bloodiest battles in its 13-month-old…

AFP

'Revenge of the geeks': Drones battle on Ukraine front

NEAR BAKHMUT (Ukraine) (AFP) - At a Ukrainian training camp near Bakhmut, surrounded by soldiers lugging heavy equipment and firing ear-piercing weapons, a bespectacled man carrying a grey pouch struts jauntily across a field.

Los Angeles Times

'More comfortable than a Rolls-Royce': Ukrainian tank drivers eagerly await Western rides

OUTSIDE BAKHMUT, Ukraine — There had been a time when Oleg was excited to get behind the wheel of the tank. A sardonic 25-year-old, he's been serving as a driver around the front lines of the war in eastern Ukraine since almost the beginning of Russia's invasion last year.

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