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Russia says it thwarted major Ukrainian offensive, Kyiv says Moscow spreads lies

Russia said on Monday its forces had thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive at five points along the front in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk and killed hundreds of troops while Ukraine accused Moscow of spreading lies.

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Clashes near Bakhmut persist despite easing, Ukraine's military says

Clashes are continuing around the devastated city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine and Moscow is still suffering "significant losses" despite a relative easing of combat operations in recent days, Kyiv's armed forces said on Sunday.

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Russia: Chechen special forces waging offensive in east Ukraine

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that the "Akhmat" group of Chechen special forces were waging an offensive near the town of Mariinka, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk.

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Russia has given passports to 1.5 million people in annexed Ukraine, says Russian PM

Russia has given passports to almost 1.5 million people living in the annexed parts of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions since last October, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Tuesday.

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Two dead, eight wounded in Russian attack in Donetsk region - governor

Two people were killed and eight wounded in a Russian attack on the city of Toretsk in the eastern region of Donetsk on Monday, regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said.

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In Ukraine’s Avdiivka, divided loyalties after nearly a year of Russian assault

Russian forces have for months been concentrating their offensive on eastern Ukraine with the aim of capturing the Donetsk region. Avdiivka, a town located on the outskirts of the occupied regional capital, is one of the most dangerous places on the front line. It has resisted Russian assaults for nearly…

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Scarred by war, Ukrainian children carry on after losing parents, homes and innocence

A generation of Ukrainian children have seen their lives upended by Russia's invasion of their country

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Volodymyr Zelensky visits frontline in Donetsk to award Ukrainian soldiers medals

Volodymyr Zelensky has visited troops on the frontline in Ukraine’s eastern region of Donetsk to award medals to soldiers.

Evening Standard

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 454 of the invasion

Russia claims it killed 70 attackers in repelling cross-border raid into Belgorod; Zelenskiy visits frontline marines in Donetsk region

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 453 of the invasion

Fighting has broken out on Russia’s border with Ukraine in an apparent incursion by partisan forces; Russian-imposed Donetsk leader Denis Pushilin says demining is being carried out in Bakhmut

The Guardian - AU

Zelenskyy denies Moscow's claims that Russian forces are occupying Bakhmut

Russia has claimed victory in the invasion's longest battle, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the fight for Bakhmut was not over. "We are not throwing people (away) to die," he said.

WEKU

Ukraine hails gains in Bakhmut as Zelenskiy wins more weapons in Europe

Ukraine on Monday hailed its first substantial battlefield advances in six months as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy won pledges for new long-range drones in Britain to add to a haul of Western arms for a counteroffensive against Russian invaders.

Reuters

Russia retreats as Ukrainians make push for key city in renewed offensive

Vladimir Putin’s regime admitted it had to withdraw from key areas around the city in the Donetsk region, in the south east of Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Russia acknowledges retreat north of Bakhmut as Ukraine claims advances

Moscow acknowledged on Friday that its forces had fallen back north of Ukraine's battleground city of Bakhmut after a new Ukrainian offensive, in a retreat that the head of Russia's Wagner private army called a "rout". The rare acknowledgement came after Ukraine said its forces had made significant advances around…

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Ukraine targets Russian fuel sites ahead of counteroffensive

Attacks intensified, more civilians were killed and Ukraine said its counteroffensive preparations were almost cooked.

Reuters

Fear recedes for Ukraine's volunteers, for whom war is 'just a job'

After months of living in trenches and bunkers near Ukraine's southeastern frontlines, Artem and his fellow soldiers have lost the fear they once felt.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Paves Way for Deportations from Annexed Ukrainian Regions

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree that gives people living in parts of Ukraine under Moscow's control a path to Russian citizenship, but means those who decline or who do not legalize their status could be deported. The decree, which was reported by Russian news agencies on Friday,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Says Ukrainian Rocket Attack Kills Seven Civilians in Donetsk

The top Russian-installed official in Ukraine's occupied Donetsk region, Denis Pushilin, accused Ukraine in a social media post of killing seven people on Friday, including a child, with a rocket that set a minibus alight in the city of Donetsk. A Russian Investigative Committee officer who declined to give his…

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Russia says Ukrainian rocket attack kills seven civilians in Donetsk

The Guardian - AU

Moscow claims capture of parts of Bakhmut – as it happened

Russian defence ministry says it has made progress in heavily contested region

WEKU

Ukraine refugees face uncertainty and precarity as displacement persists

Despite being welcomed by European neighbors, for most Ukrainians, it's not enough to build a new life. Many are caught in a cycle of repeated uprooting, displacement and return.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine’s Military Accuses Russia of ‘Provocation’ over Bakhmut Incident

A Ukrainian military spokesperson accused Moscow on Wednesday of a "provocation" after Russian proxy forces said Ukrainian forces had blown up four buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, killing 20 civilians. Russia's state-run TASS news agency quoted an unnamed source in the Russian-backed "power structures" of Ukraine's eastern…

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Russian-installed Donetsk chief meets Belarus president, Kyiv protests

The Russian-installed head of the Moscow-controlled part of Ukraine's Donetsk region met Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk on Tuesday and said he had discussed ways of boosting trade.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Rallies His Troops with 2nd Ukraine Visit in 2 Months

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited command posts of the Kremlin’s forces fighting in Ukraine, officials said Tuesday, as the war approaches its 14th month and Kyiv readies a possible counteroffensive with Western-supplied weapons. A video released by the Kremlin and broadcast by Russian state television showed Putin arriving by helicopter…

Reuters

Eleven killed in Russian strike, Ukraine rescue teams sift through wreckage

Russian missiles hit residential buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk on Friday, killing 11 people, wounding 21 and reducing parts of apartment blocks to a tangled mess of metal and concrete.

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