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Ukraine's offensive in Kharkiv was hard and bitter, say soldiers who did the fighting

While Ukraine's counteroffensive this month was hailed as stunning by military observers, Ukrainian troops tell NPR that Russian forces put up stiff resistance in parts of the Kharkiv region.

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Rowing past their severed road bridge, Ukrainians return to liberated villages

Ukrainian volunteer Vitalii Kivirenko loads a small rowing boat with tins of food and supplies by the village of Staryi Saltiv, on the Pechenizhske Reservoir, northeast of Kharkiv, ready to make a short trip that was unthinkable just a few weeks ago.

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Russian strikes cut power in much of Ukraine's Kharkiv

Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russia fired a salvo of missiles at Ukraine's second city Kharkiv overnight, officials said on Wednesday, hitting a railway yard and knocking out power to more than 18,000 households.

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Explosions heard, power out in Ukrainian city of Kharkiv

Three explosions were heard, then electricity cut out on Tuesday in Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv, a Reuters witness reported.

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U.S. warns of catastrophic consequences if Russia uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine

The United States warned on Sunday of "catastrophic consequences" if Moscow uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine, after Russia's foreign minister said regions holding widely criticised referendums would get full protection if annexed by Moscow.

Reuters

Ukraine push slowed by rain, river and Russian holdouts

Kupiansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - What had been a lightning push by Ukraine to drive Moscow's forces from the eastern Kharkiv region slowed to a brutal slog Saturday, stalled by heavy rain and Russian resistance.

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Russians occupying Kharkiv region demanded personal data in return for food

Ukrainians in newly liberated Balakliia describe how their occupiers had been plotting the sham referendum on Moscow’s annexation

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Sri Lankans describe abuse as Russian captives in Ukraine

Seven Sri Lankans held captive by Russian forces in an agricultural factory in eastern Ukraine say they were beaten and tortured for months before escaping on foot as the Russians withdrew from the Kharkiv region

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: at least 730 protesters detained in Russia; Europe urged to accept Russians fleeing draft – as it happened

Arrests made in 32 cities at rallies against mobilisation; border crossings from Russia to Finland have doubled and 10km queue reported at frontier with Georgia

The Guardian - AU

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Protests after Russia calls up reservists and repeats nuclear threats; ‘referendums’ announced for four occupied regions; and life after liberation

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Ukraine war – live: Nato to step up support for Kyiv after Russian ‘sham’ referendums

Moscow to ‘use sham votes to further escalate war’, warns Jens Stoltenberg

The Independent UK

Ukraine finds evidence of torture on bodies exhumed from Izyum burial site

Ukraine says three more grave sites have been located in areas retaken by Ukrainian forces.

The Independent UK

Ukraine's stunning counter-offensive: Commanders explain Kyiv's military success

Ukraine launched a major counter-offensive in the Kharkiv region on September 6. This operation surprised Russia and led to the withdrawal of Russian soldiers from several strategic cities in eastern Ukraine, such as Izium. Our reporters Gulliver Cragg and Gwendoline Debono met with Ukrainian soldiers who took part in the…

France 24

How will Putin’s mobilisation change the war in Ukraine?

Russia’s war call-up comes as troops suffer battlefield losses and amid plans to annex more Ukrainian territory.

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In a retaken border village, Ukrainians point to signs of Russian abuse of civilians

Villagers describe allegations of abuse and officials say they found a torture chamber in Kozacha Lopan, in the Kharkiv region, which Russian forces invaded and took over at the start of the war.

AFP

Missiles hit apartments in Ukraine city, as Putin mobilises

Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Residents of Ukraine's second city Kharkiv found themselves under bombardment again Wednesday as Russian missiles struck apartment blocks and a railway yard.

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Ukraine must demine 12,000 km2 of liberated areas in Kharkiv region: official

Ukraine is beginning work to demine 12,000 square km (4,633 square miles) of territory wrested back from Russian control in the eastern Kharkiv region, an emergency service official said on Wednesday.

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Ukrainian ex-serviceman claims Russians tortured him in eastern city of Izium

Alexander Glushko says he spent the last fortnight of the Russian occupation of his hometown of Izium in northeast Ukraine jailed by Russian soldiers in the dank ruins of a police station where he was tortured with electric wires.

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‘You hear bangs all the time’: life in Ukraine’s newly liberated towns

Those returning, and those who never left, are weighing their fortunes. ‘We don’t have power,’ one says. ‘But we are alive’

Reuters

Putin orders troop conscription in Ukraine war escalation

President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's first wartime mobilisation since World War Two on Wednesday, shocking citizens with what Western countries described as an act of desperation in the face of a losing war.

AFP

Torture victims come forward after Russian retreat

Kozacha Lopan' (Ukraine) (AFP) - This month's dramatic Ukrainian advance north of Kharkiv drove Russian forces back across the border, and uncovered evidence of torture under their occupation.

Daily Mirror

Inside Russian torture chamber discovered as Ukrainians found with genitals hacked off

Mutilated and tortured Ukrainian civilians were among the 450 people found in makeshift graves in Izyum after a lightning counter-offensive saw thousands of Russian soldiers flee the town

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War takes a heavy toll on animals too. See how people in Ukraine strive to save them

Thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced. Four-legged Ukrainians are also suffering, but there are groups working to help the animals.

Reuters

Ukraine, West denounce Russian referendum plans for occupied regions

Russian-installed leaders in occupied areas of four Ukrainian regions on Tuesday set out plans for referendums on joining Russia, a challenge to the West that could sharply escalate the war and sparked condemnation from Ukraine and its allies.

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Ukraine faces Russian resistance in frontline Kupiansk

Kupiansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine's troops retook almost all of the Kharkiv region in their lightning counter-offensive, but in the city of Kupiansk -- split in two by the Oskil River -- Russian forces are fighting to hold on.

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