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Ukraine, Russia Locked in Brutal Battle in Bakhmut, Casualties Mount

Ukrainian forces faced relentless Russian attacks on Bakhmut in its eastern Donetsk region on Monday, with both sides reporting mounting enemy casualties as they battled across a small river that bisects the ruined town and now marks the front line. The situation in the nearly deserted town was difficult, the…

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Russia says forces continue attack in Ukraine's Donetsk region

Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday that its forces continued to conduct military operations in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, claiming to have killed more than 220 Ukrainian servicemen over the past 24 hours.

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The Flowers of War: Ukraine Smith Turns Guns, Ammo into Art

A blacksmith in the Russian-controlled eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk is practically beating swords into ploughshares, and turning one man’s trash into treasures. Viktor Mikhalev takes weapons and ammunition and produces what he calls the flowers of war. Mikhalev, who trained as a welder, lives and works in a house…

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The flowers of war: Ukraine smith turns guns, ammo into art

A blacksmith in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk is practically beating swords into ploughshares, and turning one man’s trash into treasures

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Battle for Bakhmut takes center stage in war in Ukraine

Bakhmut, a city in eastern Ukraine, has been the focus of a Russian attacks for six months in the war’s longest and bloodiest battle

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Drone footage shows how a Ukrainian city has been ‘completely destroyed’ by Russian army

Aerial footage show how the city of Marinka, in Donetsk, which once housed 10,000 people, has been left in ruin, with remains of buildings now surrounded by debris

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin’s forces capturing Bakhmut will not ‘change the tide of this fight,’ says US Defence Secretary

Vladimir Putin’s troops are said to have almost encircled the town in the Donetsk province in the eastern Donbas region

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Russia steps up effort to take elusive prize of Ukraine city

The fate of Bakhmut appears to be hanging in the balance as Russian forces continue to encroach on the devastated eastern Ukrainian city

The Independent UK

Apocalyptic photos show 10,000-person town wiped off face of earth in Ukraine

Before Russia's invasion, 10,000 people lived in Mariinka, a town in the suburbs of Donetsk, which has become an apocalyptic wasteland as Vladimir Putin's troops raze neighbourhoods to the ground

Daily Mirror

Kyiv says Russia pursuing 'attempts to encircle' Bakhmut

KYIV, Ukraine: Kyiv said Sunday it was holding off attacks from Russian troops still attempting to surround Bakhmut, a now-destroyed eastern Ukrainian city that Moscow has been trying to capture for months.

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Meet the volunteers bringing relief to the residents of embattled Bakhmut, Ukraine

Photographer Natalie Keyssar recounts the work of The Angels of Salvation, a group of volunteers dedicated to bringing aid to and helping to evacuate civilians in Ukraine's Donetsk region.

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Battle for Bakhmut Rages 'Round the Clock'; US Readies $400 Mln New Arms Aid for Ukraine

Ukrainian forces clinging to the eastern city of Bakhmut dug new trenches in an attempt to hold back Russian attackers, as the United States said new military aid for Ukraine would be discussed at a meeting with Germany's leader on Friday. Russian forces have been attacking Bakhmut in Donetsk province…

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Russia Tries to Close Ring on Bakhmut as Ukrainians Mount ‘Furious Resistance’

Russian forces carried out relentless attacks on Bakhmut on Wednesday, trying to encircle and storm the small eastern Ukrainian city and claim their first major prize for more than half a year after some of the bloodiest fighting of the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Moscow of throwing waves…

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Russian forces hammer Ukraine’s Bakhmut

Russian forces have pressed forward their weeks-long drive to encircle and capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, where the Ukrainian military

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‘If you don’t burrow in you die pretty quickly’: the relentless battle for Bakhmut

Ukrainian soldiers who have been holding off a Russian offensive around the city describe intense fighting

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Bakhmut and other frontlines a ‘grinding slog’, says US

War in Europe could last another three years, says senior Pentagon official

Reuters

Russians tighten noose on Ukraine's Bakhmut, Putin warns of Western espionage

Russian forces on Tuesday pressed forward their weeks-long drive to encircle and capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, where the Ukrainian military described the attacks as constant.

The Independent UK

On Ukraine front, civilians cling on as troops repel Russia

On the largely static front line between Ukrainian and Russian forces that stretches over hundreds of kilometers (miles), Vuhledar has become one of the deadliest hotspots

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Ukraine military says Russian offensive near Yahidne unsuccessful

Ukraine's military said on Sunday that Russia conducted unsuccessful offensives near Yahidne over the past day, after Russia's Wagner mercenary group claimed to have captured the village in eastern Ukraine near the focus on intense fighting.

Reuters

Russia says forces pressing attack along Ukraine's Donetsk front

Russia's defence ministry said on Friday that its forces continued to attack along the front line in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, claiming to have killed up to 240 Ukrainian soldiers over the past 24 hours.

The Independent UK

Watch: View from central Donetsk in Russian-controlled Ukraine on first anniversary of war

Watch a view of Donetsk in Russia-controlled Ukraine on the first anniversary of the conflict.

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‘Victory for Ukraine’: Shakhtar Donetsk into Europa League last 16

Exiled from Donetsk and after an exodus of star players, team pulls off stunning Rennes win on anniversary of warLive coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war

The Independent UK

Ukrainian Premier League resumes amid war - and with unlikely title contender

No club other than Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv has won the Ukrainian title since 1992

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‘Heroes to all of us’: Ukraine’s energy repair crews

As Russia targets Ukrainian energy facilities, repair teams race off to patch up the power grid when the strikes hit.

Reuters

Ukrainian shelling kills three ambulance workers, says Russian-installed official

Three ambulance workers trying to evacuate people from their homes in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine were killed by Ukrainian shelling on Thursday, a Russian-installed official in the region said.

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