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The fall of Vuhledar is a microcosm of Ukraine's wartime predicament

Ukrainian military officials and lawmakers say the front-line town of Vuhledar has fallen after more than two years of intense fighting

The Independent UK

Residents flee as Russian troops close in on Ukrainian village of Pokrovsk

Russian forces have been intensifying their attacks on the approach to the town of Pokrovsk in the Donbas, which used to be a key logistical hub far back from the front, crucial for supplying Ukrainian troops and towns in the east. But now, water, electricity and gas supplies have been…

France 24

‘Everything is left behind’: as Russians close in on Ukrainian city, families agonise whether to flee

In Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, residents have clung on to hope until the bitter end. Now many are saying goodbye to their homes

The Guardian - UK

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EU Chief Announces 35 Bn Euro Loan Plan For Ukraine Before Winter

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Friday announced plans for Brussels to lend Ukraine 35 billion euros backed by revenues of frozen Russian assets and promised to help Ukraine "keep warm" ahead of a third winter of war with Russia.

International Business Times

‘If they don’t die, our infantry will’: Ukraine’s pivotal battle for Donetsk

Russian forces are gathering on Pokrovsk, a logistics base and transport hub, after months of slow, brutal advance

The Guardian - UK

Deadly shelling in Ukraine's Pokrovsk as Russia gains ground

At least one person was killed by Russian shelling in eastern Ukraine city of Pokrovsk on Sunday, while Moscow's troops advanced around the city.

France 24

OPINION - Vladimir Putin could be about to renew his shadow war on Western Europe

The war in Ukraine is reaching another major climax, a decision point, as Russia presses forward in its autumn counter offensive round Kursk, and its attack on the strategic hub of Pokrovsk on the central front.

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‘The game continues’: evacuating casualties and bombing bridges in Kursk

Drone operators and a volunteer medic on the ever-changing dynamics on the frontline of the Ukraine incursion

The Guardian - UK

Putin’s forces gain ground in east Ukraine as Russia opens up new lines of attack

Russian momentum has slowed in areas near Pokrovsk, but Moscow’s forces have pressed south from that line of attack

The Independent UK

Ukraine's Pokrovsk Faces Water, Gas Shortages Amid Russian Advance

Pokrovsk in Ukraine faces dire lack of essential services as Russian forces advance, impacting residents and raising concerns over winter conditions.

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A key Ukrainian city loses its water supply and gas for cooking and heating during Russian onslaught

Authorities say the key eastern Ukraine city of Pokrovsk is without a drinking water supply or natural gas for cooking and heating as the Russian army’s attritional slog across the Donetsk region lays waste to public infrastructure and forces civilians to flee their homes

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine War in Maps: Where are the frontlines now as Kremlin claims advances in Donetsk?

Maps of the frontline in Ukraine indicate that Russian forces are pushing towards the city of Pokrovsk

The Independent UK

Ukraine military chief says Kursk offensive working, Russia advance stalled

Oleksandr Syrskii admits Pokrovsk situation ‘most problematic’ but insists Kursk offensive having intended effect.

Al Jazeera

Putin pushes towards Ukraine’s Pokrovsk, as smaller forces defend Kursk

As Ukraine seeks approval to strike military targets deep inside Russia with US weapons, forces struggle in the east.

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Why Ukraine’s Kursk offensive has failed to distract Russia from Donbas push

Russian troops are inching ever close to Ukraine’s eastern city of Pokrovsk, a vital logistical hub for Kyiv’s outgunned and outnumbered forces, leading some analysts to question the wisdom of a Ukrainian lightning offensive on Russian soil that was intended to distract Moscow from its Donbas push.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine’s losses outweigh Kursk gains, as Russia on cusp of taking Pokrovsk

Ukraine’s diversion of troops for the Kursk attack has left parts of Donetsk vulnerable, say analysts.

The Guardian - UK

Zelenskiy fires head of air force after fatal crash of donated F-16 fighter jet

Mykola Oleshchuk’s dismissal thought to be linked to death of pilot and loss of plane newly delivered to Ukraine

Al Jazeera

Russia lashes out against ‘terrorist’ incursion in Kursk, pulls back planes

Russia redeploys air assets as Ukraine unveils its own long-range weapons and ballistic missiles.

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Ukraine confirms US-made F-16 fighter jet shot down by Russia

Ukraine on Thursday confirmed that one of its F-16 fighter jets crashed while repelling a Russian air strike, killing the pilot. The Western-supplied fighter jet went down on Monday, when Russia launched a major missile and drone barrage on Ukraine. Read our live blog to see how all the day's…

The Independent UK

Why an embarrassed Putin is struggling to stop Ukraine’s incursion in the Kursk region

Putin wants to downplay the move

The Conversation

Ukraine war: US military support for Kyiv has been very cautious – here’s how a Harris presidency could change that

Russia’s recent military advances and ferocious bombardment of Ukraine have led the country to renew calls for western allies to lift their ban on the use of their long-range missiles to hit military targets in Russia. But despite the urgency of the situation, with Russian forces approaching the strategically important…

International Business Times

Tearful Families Evacuate As Russian Forces Advance Towards Pokrovsk

On a platform near the east Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, Anna Dvoryaninova waited for a train she never wanted to take, leaving her home behind as Russian forces push deeper into her native Donetsk region.

The Conversation

Ukraine war: away from the battlefield the diplomatic wrangling hots up with Modi visit to Kyiv

Ukraine’s three-week incursion has been countered recently by an intensifying Russian drone campaign against Ukrainian infrastructure. Russian troops have also made steady gains in the battle for the strategic logistics hub of Pokrovsk in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Pokrovsk: Zelensky’s key city Russia is desperate to take next

Thousands are being forced to flee the city

The Guardian - UK

‘I just feel pain’: Pokrovsk packs up as Russian invaders close in

Lives are being bundled into bags after Ukrainian officials gave people in the city two weeks to leave

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