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Russian official claims 75% of Bakhmut seized

The Russian-installed head of the Moscow-controlled part of Ukraine's Donetsk region said on Monday that Russian forces controlled more than 75% of the besieged city of Bakhmut.

Reuters

Kyiv claims Russia using ‘scorched earth’ tactics in Bakhmut

Russian forces are focusing on two cities in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, pounding Ukrainian positions with air strikes.

The New Daily

Ukraine Says Russia Switching to ‘Scorched Earth’ Tactics in Bakhmut

Russian forces are pressing attacks in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, focusing on two cities and pounding Ukrainian positions with air strikes and artillery barrages, Kyiv said on Monday. The commander of Ukraine's ground forces said the Russians were destroying buildings and positions in besieged Bakhmut in what he called "scorched…

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Ukraine battles rage, Kyiv reported to rethink counter-offensive after leak

Russian forces pressed attacks on frontline cities in eastern Ukraine on Monday, while Ukrainian officials played down a report that Kyiv is amending some plans for a counter-offensive due to a leak of classified U.S. documents.

Reuters

Russia hits illegally annexed Ukraine areas from ground, air

Russian forces have bombarded the regions of Ukraine it has illegally annexed but doesn’t fully control, resulting in casualties, building damage and power outages

The Independent UK

Russia makes progress in frontline city of Bakhmut

The city of Bakhmut and towns in the eastern industrial region of Donetsk have been the focal point of assault for much of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.

The New Daily

Ukraine Hits Russian-held City Deep Behind Front as Talk of Counteroffensive Grows

Ukraine struck a railway depot and knocked out power in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol, deep behind the front line, on Wednesday amid growing talk from Kyiv of a counterassault against Russian forces worn out by a failed winter offensive. Unverified images on the internet showed explosions lighting up the…

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Ukraine hits Russian-held city deep behind front as talk of counteroffensive grows

Ukraine struck a railway depot and knocked out power in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol deep behind front lines on Wednesday amid growing talk from Kyiv of a counterassault against Russian forces worn out by a failed winter offensive.

Reuters

Ukrainian shelling kills two civilians, say Russian-installed officials

Ukrainian forces killed two civilians late on Monday when they shelled an apartment building in the Russian-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Russian-installed officials said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Russian shelling of Ukraine city kills 2, wounds 29 people

Officials in Ukraine say two people were killed and 29 wounded when Russian forces shelled the Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, in the partially occupied eastern Donetsk region

The Independent UK

Ukraine's Avdiivka becoming 'post-apocalyptic', city shuts down -official

Russia is turning Ukraine's Avdiivka into "a place from post-apocalyptic movies", intensifying shelling and forcing a nearly full shutdown of the frontline city, the top local official said on Sunday.

Reuters

Wagner advance in Bakhmut as Russian offensive appears to weaken

Russian mercenaries were the only element of Moscow’s forces making any progress in the 55th week of the war in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Heavy losses reported by Russia and Ukraine as battle for Bakhmut rages

Both sides claim to have killed huge numbers of enemy soldiers, but have not given details of their own casualties

Evening Standard

Ukraine, Russia Locked in Brutal Battle in Bakhmut, Casualties Mount

Ukrainian forces faced relentless Russian attacks on Bakhmut in its eastern Donetsk region on Monday, with both sides reporting mounting enemy casualties as they battled across a small river that bisects the ruined town and now marks the front line. The situation in the nearly deserted town was difficult, the…

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Russia says forces continue attack in Ukraine's Donetsk region

Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday that its forces continued to conduct military operations in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, claiming to have killed more than 220 Ukrainian servicemen over the past 24 hours.

Asharq Al-Awsat

The Flowers of War: Ukraine Smith Turns Guns, Ammo into Art

A blacksmith in the Russian-controlled eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk is practically beating swords into ploughshares, and turning one man’s trash into treasures. Viktor Mikhalev takes weapons and ammunition and produces what he calls the flowers of war. Mikhalev, who trained as a welder, lives and works in a house…

The Independent UK

The flowers of war: Ukraine smith turns guns, ammo into art

A blacksmith in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk is practically beating swords into ploughshares, and turning one man’s trash into treasures

The Independent UK

Battle for Bakhmut takes center stage in war in Ukraine

Bakhmut, a city in eastern Ukraine, has been the focus of a Russian attacks for six months in the war’s longest and bloodiest battle

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The Independent UK

Drone footage shows how a Ukrainian city has been ‘completely destroyed’ by Russian army

Aerial footage show how the city of Marinka, in Donetsk, which once housed 10,000 people, has been left in ruin, with remains of buildings now surrounded by debris

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin’s forces capturing Bakhmut will not ‘change the tide of this fight,’ says US Defence Secretary

Vladimir Putin’s troops are said to have almost encircled the town in the Donetsk province in the eastern Donbas region

The Independent UK

Russia steps up effort to take elusive prize of Ukraine city

The fate of Bakhmut appears to be hanging in the balance as Russian forces continue to encroach on the devastated eastern Ukrainian city

Daily Mirror

Apocalyptic photos show 10,000-person town wiped off face of earth in Ukraine

Before Russia's invasion, 10,000 people lived in Mariinka, a town in the suburbs of Donetsk, which has become an apocalyptic wasteland as Vladimir Putin's troops raze neighbourhoods to the ground

Bangkok Post

Kyiv says Russia pursuing 'attempts to encircle' Bakhmut

KYIV, Ukraine: Kyiv said Sunday it was holding off attacks from Russian troops still attempting to surround Bakhmut, a now-destroyed eastern Ukrainian city that Moscow has been trying to capture for months.

WEKU

Meet the volunteers bringing relief to the residents of embattled Bakhmut, Ukraine

Photographer Natalie Keyssar recounts the work of The Angels of Salvation, a group of volunteers dedicated to bringing aid to and helping to evacuate civilians in Ukraine's Donetsk region.

The Times of India

Russia close to encircling Ukraine's Bakhmut after months of fighting

Russian artillery pounded the last routes out of Bakhmut recently, aiming to complete the encirclement of the besieged Ukrainian city and bring Moscow closer to its first major victory in half a year after the bloodiest battle of the war.

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