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President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed that Ukrainian forces defending Bakhmut and Soledar in the east will be armed with everything they need to keep Russian troops at bay in some of the bloodiest battles of the war. Kyiv said its troops were fighting to retain control of the now-battered industrial…

Russian leader publicly berated Denis Manturov, eye-rolling and shuffling papers during the live call, as his war in Ukraine caused fresh problems

Russia says its forces are edging closer to capturing a salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine

Experts have described the move as a "significant" development.

President Vladimir Putin's defence minister has appointed Russia's most senior general, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, 67, to lead its war in Ukraine, the most dramatic in a series of senior command changes since Russia invaded in February.

Lord Richard Dannatt suggests General Gerasimov could even try to topple President Putin, whose position he was was ‘increasingly insecure’

While overseeing troops in Ukraine, Sergei Surovikin was crediting with strengthening coordination, reinforcing control and introducing a campaign of knocking out Ukraine's energy infrastructure

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian president Vladimir Putin’s political strategy has underlined that economic, military and political power is in his hands. The most obvious demonstration of Putin’s authoritarian rule has consisted of extended meetings with his government’s security council, whose members seem to merely approve…

Kyiv officials say intensity of fighting comparable to Second World War, with Russia’s Wager mercenary group claiming ‘complete liberation’ of mining town