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The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

The battle for Bakhmut: Russia's bloody bid for Ukraine breakthrough

Soledar, a salt-mining town of 10,000 people in eastern Ukraine, is the new focal point of a war where the Kremlin badly needs some good news from the battlefield. We ask who controls the town that's a gateway to the Donbas city of Bakhmut, where the Russians have been pushing…

France 24

Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Russia puts top general in charge of invasion

Russia ordered its top general on Wednesday to take charge of its faltering invasion of Ukraine in the biggest shake-up yet of its malfunctioning military command structure.

Reuters

Factbox-Why Russia is targeting the Ukrainian town of Soledar

Russian and Ukrainian forces were engaged in intense fighting on Wednesday over the town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine - a stepping stone in Moscow's push to capture the entire Donbas region - with the Russians appearing to have the upper hand.

Reuters

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Zelenskiy: Resilience of our forces in Soledar has helped Ukraine win time

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday said the resilience of Ukraine's forces fighting off waves of attacks in the eastern region of Donbas had helped the country win time and gain strength.

Reuters

Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Kyiv says it repels attacks in east

Ukraine is strengthening its forces in the eastern Donbas region and repelling constant attacks on Bakhmut and other towns there by Russian mercenary group Wagner, Ukrainian authorities said on Monday.

Reuters

Russia intensifies assaults on Ukrainian salt mining town and eastern front

Russia has stepped up a "powerful assault" led by the Wagner contract militia on Soledar in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv said on Monday, describing a difficult situation for forces repelling waves of attacks around the salt mining town and nearby fronts.

Reuters

What does Russia’s ceasefire declaration mean for Ukraine?

Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Vladimir Putin of seeking to halt Kyiv’s progress in Donbas with disingenuous call for temporary halt to conflict to accommodate Orthodox Christmas

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy dismisses Russia truce order as trick

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected out of hand on Thursday a Russian order for a truce over Orthodox Christmas, saying it was a trick to halt the progress of Ukraine's forces in the eastern Donbas region and bring in more of their own.

Reuters

Putin orders screening of Ukraine war films showing 'heroism' of soldiers

President Vladimir Putin ordered his government on Tuesday to organise cinema screenings of documentaries showing the “heroism” of Russian soldiers in Ukraine and their fight against "neo-Nazi" ideology. Earlier on Tuesday, mourners in Russia voiced grief and anger at a rare public commemoration for soldiers killed by a Ukrainian strike…

France 24

Eastern Ukraine ice arena destroyed in Russian attack, hockey federation says

A Russian missile attack destroyed an ice arena in the town of Druzhkivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region on Monday, the Ukrainian ice hockey federation said, after earlier reports of a missile hitting the town and injuring two people.

Reuters

President Zelenskiy: ‘Ukraine is advancing in parts of Donbas’

Ukrainian forces are holding their positions against Russian troops in the eastern Donbas region and making small advances in some areas, president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said.

Evening Standard

Ukraine's Zelenskiy: We are advancing in some parts of Donbas

Ukrainian forces are holding their positions against Russian troops in the eastern Donbas region and making small advances in some areas, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday.

Reuters

How volunteers support Russian troops in Ukraine

Burgeoning volunteer movement has taken on increasingly prominent role in supplying Russian forces fighting in Ukraine.

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Volodymyr Zelenskiy calls Donbas situation ‘difficult and painful’

Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that the situation at the front in the Donbas region was "difficult and painful" and required all of the country's "strength and concentration".

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy: Situation at the front is "difficult and painful"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that the situation at the front in the Donbas region was "difficult and painful" and required all of the country's "strength and concentration".

The Guardian - UK

In the ‘Bakhmut meat grinder’, deadlocked enemy forces slog it out

Ukrainians have the technical advantage but Russians persist in sacrificing troops to take an area with no strategic value

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia news – live: Putin’s drone attacks leave Odesa without power

‘The occupiers actually destroyed Bakhmut, another Donbas city that the Russian army turned into burnt ruins’, says Zelensky

Reuters

Ukraine says situation in key areas of Donbas front remains very difficult

The situation in key areas of the Donbas front in eastern Ukraine remains very difficult, but Kyiv's forces are repelling Russian attacks and inflicting significant losses, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday.

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Ukraine war: what the Northern Ireland peace process can tell us about ending this conflict

Most armed conflicts end not with a total victory but with messy compromises. This is especially the case when the objectives on either side are incompatible and both are escalating their efforts to secure a victory which is unachievable.

France 24

EU targets Russian armed forces and banks in new round of sanctions

The EU's executive arm on Wednesday proposed a ninth package of sanctions on Russia, adding nearly 200 new individuals and entities to the sanctions list. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).

Evening Standard

Volodymyr Zelensky visits troops near Donbas frontline

The Ukrainian president met soldiers and distributed awards near the frontline of Donetsk

Reuters

Ukraine's Zelenskiy meets troops near eastern front, says 'all our people will be free'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited troops close to front lines in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday and expressed thanks to everyone involved in the war effort to mark the country's Armed Forces Day.

Evening Standard

Putin’s forces still seeking to advance in Donbas in Ukraine despite ‘extremely large losses’, says Zelensky

Vladimir Putin’s generals are still seeking to advance in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region despite suffering “extremely large losses,” Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Ukrainian soldiers face a new adversary: muddy trenches

Squelching through thick mud on Tuesday, Petro, a Ukrainian soldier dug in not far from Russian positions in the Donbas, recounted matter-of-factly how his unit had to use buckets to clear out water-logged trenches.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UK: Russia Likely Redeployed Major Elements of Airborne Forces to Eastern Ukraine

Russia has lately redeployed major elements of its airborne forces to Eastern Ukraine, the UK Defense Ministry said in its latest Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine. The ministry said the forces were likely redeployed to the Donetsk and Luhansk fronts in the Donbas. Between September and October, most…

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