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Russia claims it has thwarted major Ukrainian offensive with 250 soldiers killed

Russia's forces said Ukraine was making a major effort to punch through defensive lines in southeast Ukraine, but Kyiv didn't confirm the attacks and later said it was not true

Daily Mirror

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 467 of the invasion

Russia’s defence ministry claims Ukraine has launched a ‘major’ attack; Prigozhin says Russian army has lost territory north of Bakhmut

The Guardian - AU

Russia says it thwarted major attack in Ukraine but lost some ground

Moscow said on Monday it had thwarted a major offensive against its forces in eastern Ukraine, although it was unclear whether the attack formed the beginning of Ukraine's long-anticipated counteroffensive.

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Information war erupts over whether fighting along Ukraine frontline is key counter-offensive by Kyiv

Ukraine has been planning its counter-offensive for months

Evening Standard

Russia-Ukraine war – live: Kyiv launches multiple attacks across frontline

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin says Ukraine has retaken part of Berkhivka, a settlement north of Bakhmut

The Independent UK

Ukraine deputy defence minister says forces moving to ‘offensive actions’ in some areas – as it happened

Hanna Maliar says Kyiv’s forces are moving to ‘offensive actions’, heightening speculation that a counteroffensive is close to launch

The Guardian - AU

🔴 Live: Ukrainian forces conducting 'offensive actions' at the front, says Kyiv

Kyiv on Monday said Ukrainian forces were conducting "offensive actions" on the front line as the country faces pressure from the West to announce the launch of a long-awaited counteroffensive. Russia meanwhile said that its forces had thwarted a major offensive at five points along the front in the southern…

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Russia claims to have thwarted ‘large-scale’ Ukraine attack

Claim comes as Ukraine prepares for a major counteroffensive to retake territory occupied by Russia.

Al Jazeera

Quotes: Russian statement on what it says was a major Ukrainian attack

Russia's defence ministry on Monday said Ukraine had launched an attack in the eastern Donetsk region.

Reuters

Russia says it thwarted major Ukrainian offensive, Kyiv says Moscow spreads lies

Russia said on Monday its forces had thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive at five points along the front in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk and killed hundreds of troops while Ukraine accused Moscow of spreading lies.

Reuters

Clashes near Bakhmut persist despite easing, Ukraine's military says

Clashes are continuing around the devastated city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine and Moscow is still suffering "significant losses" despite a relative easing of combat operations in recent days, Kyiv's armed forces said on Sunday.

Reuters

Russia: Chechen special forces waging offensive in east Ukraine

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that the "Akhmat" group of Chechen special forces were waging an offensive near the town of Mariinka, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk.

Reuters

Russia has given passports to 1.5 million people in annexed Ukraine, says Russian PM

Russia has given passports to almost 1.5 million people living in the annexed parts of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions since last October, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Two dead, eight wounded in Russian attack in Donetsk region - governor

Two people were killed and eight wounded in a Russian attack on the city of Toretsk in the eastern region of Donetsk on Monday, regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said.

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France 24

In Ukraine’s Avdiivka, divided loyalties after nearly a year of Russian assault

Russian forces have for months been concentrating their offensive on eastern Ukraine with the aim of capturing the Donetsk region. Avdiivka, a town located on the outskirts of the occupied regional capital, is one of the most dangerous places on the front line. It has resisted Russian assaults for nearly…

The Independent UK

Scarred by war, Ukrainian children carry on after losing parents, homes and innocence

A generation of Ukrainian children have seen their lives upended by Russia's invasion of their country

Evening Standard

Volodymyr Zelensky visits frontline in Donetsk to award Ukrainian soldiers medals

Volodymyr Zelensky has visited troops on the frontline in Ukraine’s eastern region of Donetsk to award medals to soldiers.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 454 of the invasion

Russia claims it killed 70 attackers in repelling cross-border raid into Belgorod; Zelenskiy visits frontline marines in Donetsk region

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The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 453 of the invasion

Fighting has broken out on Russia’s border with Ukraine in an apparent incursion by partisan forces; Russian-imposed Donetsk leader Denis Pushilin says demining is being carried out in Bakhmut

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Zelenskyy denies Moscow's claims that Russian forces are occupying Bakhmut

Russia has claimed victory in the invasion's longest battle, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the fight for Bakhmut was not over. "We are not throwing people (away) to die," he said.

Reuters

Ukraine hails gains in Bakhmut as Zelenskiy wins more weapons in Europe

Ukraine on Monday hailed its first substantial battlefield advances in six months as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy won pledges for new long-range drones in Britain to add to a haul of Western arms for a counteroffensive against Russian invaders.

Daily Mirror

Russia retreats as Ukrainians make push for key city in renewed offensive

Vladimir Putin’s regime admitted it had to withdraw from key areas around the city in the Donetsk region, in the south east of Ukraine

France 24

Russia acknowledges retreat north of Bakhmut as Ukraine claims advances

Moscow acknowledged on Friday that its forces had fallen back north of Ukraine's battleground city of Bakhmut after a new Ukrainian offensive, in a retreat that the head of Russia's Wagner private army called a "rout". The rare acknowledgement came after Ukraine said its forces had made significant advances around…

Al Jazeera

Ukraine targets Russian fuel sites ahead of counteroffensive

Attacks intensified, more civilians were killed and Ukraine said its counteroffensive preparations were almost cooked.

Reuters

Fear recedes for Ukraine's volunteers, for whom war is 'just a job'

After months of living in trenches and bunkers near Ukraine's southeastern frontlines, Artem and his fellow soldiers have lost the fear they once felt.

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