Ukrainian drone attacks hit power stations and refineries in Russia Russia plays down overnight strikes as its forces make incremental gains in Donbas and launch missiles at Kharkiv The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2024
Ukraine and Russia trade blows: Who is on the back foot? What happens when summer turns to fall? After the slow and steady Russian gains in the Donbas comes the surprise Ukrainian counter-invasion in Kursk. Now come harrowing nights of bombings across Ukraine. What to expect when fall turns to winter? France 24 · Aug 27, 2024
Ukraine war: away from the battlefield the diplomatic wrangling hots up with Modi visit to Kyiv Ukraine’s three-week incursion has been countered recently by an intensifying Russian drone campaign against Ukrainian infrastructure. Russian troops have also made steady gains in the battle for the strategic logistics hub of Pokrovsk in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine. The Conversation · Aug 27, 2024
Moscow, Kyiv swap 230 prisoners of war on Ukraine’s Independence Day Russia and Ukraine on Saturday announced that they had exchanged 115 prisoners of war each, just over two weeks after Kyiv launched a surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk region. The prisoner exchange came on Ukraine's Independence Day, hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a video address, said Russia wanted to… France 24 · Aug 24, 2024
‘We gotta get out of here’: Pokrovsk residents flee strategic Ukrainian city Residents of eastern Ukraine's Pokrovsk resisted leaving home for months as fighting raged in the villages near the strategic Donbas city. But as Russian forces advance on the transport hub, many residents are now choosing to flee. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Pokrovsk. France 24 · Aug 23, 2024
OPINION - These are the three sets of questions that will likely determine the fate of Ukraine by the end of year Since August 6, the war in Ukraine has become a tale of two major offensives. Ukrainian forces have invaded Russia, grabbing more than 1,000 square kilometres of Kursk Oblast, which they are now defending fiercely. At the same time, in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine, Russian forces are moving on… Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2024
Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Depot In Kursk Incursion Ukrainian forces target Russian oil depot, leading to fire. Conflict escalates in Rostov and Donbas regions as Russia and Ukraine vie for control. Top News · Aug 20, 2024
Kursk incursion lifts Ukraine’s hopes but some expect ‘nightmare’ in Donbas Surprise offensive boosts morale among some but as evacuations are under way, Russia is advancing towards Pokrovsk. Al Jazeera · Aug 20, 2024
Ukraine’s extraordinary incursion into Kursk has changed the narrative of the war – but is a high-risk strategy After months of being pushed steadily back – short of troops and ammunition – Kyiv’s offensive to occupy a chunk of Russian territory took the Kremlin by surprise. The move has a clear political logic but is fraught with military danger The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2024
Ukraine’s Russia incursion gamble leaves enemy in shock, allies guessing With its daring incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, Ukraine has attempted to reshuffle the cards in the conflict after months of paralysis in its eastern Donbas region. It exposed Russian military weaknesses and could strengthen Ukraine’s position at the negotiating table. France 24 · Aug 16, 2024
Ukraine war briefing: Russia hiring trench diggers after Kursk invasion Ukraine sets up military commandant’s office in Kursk; Russians grind on towards strategic Pokrovsk in Donbas. What we know on day 905 The Guardian - AU · Aug 16, 2024
Putin: Ukraine's Incursion In Kursk To Halt Moscow's Offensive Russian President Putin accuses Ukraine of incursion in Kursk to disrupt Donbas offensive, raising concerns over potential escalation of hostilities. Top News · Aug 12, 2024
Back in Sloviansk, Donbas, where the war in Ukraine started 10 years ago The first flashpoint of Russia’s hybrid war in Donbas in eastern Ukraine, and one of the first Ukrainian cities to be occupied and then liberated back in 2014, Sloviansk today finds itself once again under threat from the Kremlin’s armies. France 24 · Jul 12, 2024
Who was the 'Donbass Cowboy', the pro-Russian Texan who died in Donetsk? Russell Bentley, a Texas native better known by his nickname "Donbass Cowboy", died in mysterious circumstances near Donetsk. His death provoked a strong reaction in Russian ultra-nationalist circles, where Bentley had made a name for himself over the past ten years by travelling through the territories occupied by pro-Russian forces… France 24 · Apr 27, 2024
Al Jazeera · Apr 24, 2024 In Ukraine, low hopes for the liberation of lands occupied by Russia As Kyiv’s forces struggle, fewer than half of Ukrainians believe the country could return to its pre-2014 borders.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2024 ‘ICU on wheels’: 24 hours with Ukraine’s combat medics in Donbas Moas staff evacuate 80% of critically wounded soldiers from region’s battlefield, where medics say morale is falling
International Business Times UK · Apr 10, 2024 Trump Says He Can End Russia-Ukraine War In 24 Hours By Giving Russia More Ukrainian Land Trump's plan will see Kyiv hand over Crimea and the Donbas border region to Moscow.
France 24 · Apr 8, 2024 In Ukraine's Donbas, ten years of war and Russification On April 7, 2014, a coup by pro-Russian militants in the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine was the spark that ignited the Donbas war. In the heart of this industrial region, populated at the time by six million mostly Russian-speaking inhabitants, the armed confrontation began between an expansionist Russia…
International Business Times · Apr 6, 2024 Ukraine Faces Key Battle In Chasiv Yar, A 'Door' To Donbas Sitting in a steamy kitchen, Ukrainian soldier Anton was ready to go on a new rotation to defend Chasiv Yar, a strategic town for troops fighting for control of the eastern Donbas region.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2024 UK documentary listens to both sides on Ukraine’s frontline with Russia Sean Langan made three trips to Donbas to film Ukraine’s War: The Other Side and had rare access to soldiers, sharing the extreme danger of their lives
International Business Times · Jan 10, 2024 'Definitely A Trap': Ukraine's Sappers Face New Dangers A deafening explosion shakes the ground, sending lumps of dirt and smoke into the air, breaking the seeming tranquility of a cold January morning in the frozen fields of war-torn Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2024 ‘Pushed towards poetry’: how one victim of Russian airstrike made sense of attack Poet and photojournalist Anastasia Taylor-Lind was in Ukrainian restaurant when 13 people were killed and 60 wounded
Evening Standard · Dec 7, 2023 OPINION - Vladimir Putin's Russia is getting stronger and Ukraine is in real danger Ukrainian flags, last year a common sight on the East Coast of the United States, are now noticeably absent. With the battles in the Donbas having dropped off the headlines, eclipsed for months by Gaza, this speaks truth to the national mood — but also to the politics in Washington.…
The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2023 Ukraine-Russia war – live: Top commander’s aide ‘killed in front of son after birthday gift exploded’ Ukraine is also mourning the loss of 19 soldiers killed in a Russian strike on a military awards ceremony
The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2023 Ukraine-Russia war – live: Putin sees 200 armoured vehicles wiped out in Donbas battles Russian hardware destroyed in Avdiivka likely due to Ukraine’s modern hand-held anti-armour weapons and other equipment