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Ukraine calls for global pressure on Russia over grain deal

A proposal by U.N. chief Antonio Guterres on improving and extending a deal on the safe Black Sea export of Ukrainian grain can succeed only if the international community collectively pressures Russia, a senior Ukrainian official said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Apr 25, 2023

Ukraine Discusses Preventing Military Leaks after Report of Breach

Ukraine's president and top security brass discussed ways to prevent leaks of military information at a meeting on Friday, Kyiv said, after secret documents detailing Western help for Ukraine reportedly ended up online. A statement about the meeting issued by the president's office did not say a leak had occurred.…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 7, 2023

Ukraine discusses preventing military leaks after report of breach

Ukraine's president and top security brass discussed ways to prevent leaks of military information at a meeting on Friday, Kyiv said, after secret documents detailing Western help for Ukraine reportedly ended up online.

Reuters · Apr 7, 2023

Ukraine war: Bakhmut ‘killing zone’ hampering Wagner advance

Russia has made Bakhmut the target of a winter push involving hundreds of thousands of reservists and mercenaries

Evening Standard · Mar 11, 2023

Ukraine says Bakhmut battle is grinding down Russia's best units, US says Russia stirring trouble in Moldova

Ukraine decides to fight on in the ruined city of Bakhmut because the battle is pinning down Russia's best units, while speculation spreads over a possible Russian shortage of ammunition and missiles.

ABC News · Mar 10, 2023

Ukraine says Bakhmut battle grinding down Russia’s best units

Comments from presidential aide are the latest signal of a shift by Kyiv to continue the defence of the city.

Al Jazeera · Mar 10, 2023

Ukraine Says Bakhmut Battle Pins Down Russia’s Best Units

Ukraine has decided to fight on in the ruined city of Bakhmut because the battle there is pinning down Russia's best units and degrading them ahead of a planned Ukrainian spring counter-offensive, an aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. The comments, by Mykhailo Podolyak, were the latest signal of a…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 10, 2023

Ukraine's government says it wasn't involved in the attacks on Nord Stream pipelines

An adviser to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the reports are based on "anonymous conjecture but not real facts." The attacks, he said, are "devoid of tactical sense."

WEKU · Mar 8, 2023

Why purported cross-border attack ups ante in Ukraine war

Russia has declared that a group of saboteurs from Ukraine crossed into its territory and attacked border villages, a raid marking an escalation of the war now in its second year

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2023

Russia accuses Ukraine of cross-border attack in Bryansk

Moscow says Ukrainian saboteurs opened fire against civilians on Russian territory, a claim Kyiv denies.

Al Jazeera · Mar 2, 2023