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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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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.

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

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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

The Guardian - AU

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.

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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.

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.

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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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Governor says 146 bodies exhumed so far from mass burial site in Ukraine's Izium

Ukrainian forensic experts have so far exhumed 146 bodies, mostly civilians, at a mass burial site near the town of Izium in eastern Ukraine and some bear signs of a violent death, the regional governor said on Monday.

Daily Mirror

Ukraine seizes key river in huge breakthrough against Russian invasion

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised “no lull” in the battle to reclaim territory after his troops retook both banks of the Oskil River in the Kharkiv region

The Guardian - UK

‘I was born here and I’ll die here’: liberated Ukrainians tell of life under occupation

Ukrainian recapture of Shevchenkove, Kharkiv region, reveals method of Russian takeover

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Ukraine troops focus on Donbas ‘de-occupation’ from Russia

Ukraine troops advance along the key Oskil River threatening Russian forces in the Donbas – Moscow’s prized territory.

Radio France Internationale

What really happened in the Ukrainian city of Izium under Russian occupation?

Last week, 450 graves were discovered in forests outside Izium after the Ukrainian city was recaptured from the Russians. Ukrainian officials claim that 99 percent of the exhumed bodies show signs of violent death. The Kremlin has denied the allegations as "lies", while the EU presidency has called for the…

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