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Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine ‘expects possible major Russian offensive this month’ – as it happened

Oleksii Reznikov insists Kyiv has the ability to hold back Russian forces if new push comes for anniversary of start of invasion

The Guardian - AU · Feb 5, 2023

Russian tank commander takes out FIVE of his own men in huge tank blunder

It comes as Russia is mustering its military might in Luhansk in what Kyiv suspects could be preparation for an offensive as the first anniversary of Moscow's invasion approaches

Daily Mirror · Feb 2, 2023

Russia Strikes Ukraine Residential Building, Kyiv Warns of Fresh Offensive

Rescuers searched for survivors in the rubble of an apartment building in eastern Ukraine on Thursday after a Russian strike destroyed it, as Kyiv said it expected a major offensive on the first anniversary of Moscow's invasion. At least three people were killed Wednesday and 20 wounded when a Russian…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 2, 2023

Ukrainian police rescue six-year-old girl from besieged Bakhmut

Ukrainian police staged a risky rescue mission in the besieged eastern city of Bakhmut this week to evacuate a six-year-old girl who had become separated from her pregnant mother.

Reuters · Feb 1, 2023

A guard told me, ‘We will shoot you’: Life in a Donetsk prison

A Ukrainian social worker, jailed by Russia-backed separatists and freed in a wartime exchange, tells her story.

Al Jazeera · Feb 1, 2023

War's longest battle exacts high price in 'heart of Ukraine'

The longest battle of the war in Ukraine has turned Bakhmut into a ghost city

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Ukraine raids home of billionaire in war-time anti-corruption crackdown

Security services searched the home of one of Ukraine's most prominent billionaires on Wednesday, moving against a figure once seen as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's sponsor in what the authorities called a wartime anti-corruption purge.

Reuters · Jan 31, 2023

Biden Says No F-16s for Ukraine as Russia Claims Gains

The United States will not provide the F-16 fighter jets that Ukraine has sought in its battle against Russia, President Joe Biden said, as Russian forces claimed a series of incremental gains in the country's east. Asked if the United States would provide the jets, Biden told reporters at the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 31, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: France to send extra howitzers; military casualties from both sides ‘total 200,000’ – as it happened

Western official at military briefing says similar number of people killed and wounded on each side

The Guardian - AU · Jan 31, 2023

Russia claims village on outskirts of Bakhmut in big push in east

Russia claimed on Tuesday to have captured a village just to the north of Bakhmut, a city it is trying to surround in a major push for what would be its biggest battlefield prize in Ukraine since last summer.

Reuters · Jan 31, 2023