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The Latest Breaking News from Luhansk

Russian tank commander takes out FIVE of his own men in huge tank blunder

It comes as Russia is mustering its military might in Luhansk in what Kyiv suspects could be preparation for an offensive as the first anniversary of Moscow's invasion approaches

Daily Mirror

Russia focuses on eastern Ukraine for possible new offensive

Ukrainian officials say Russia is mustering its military might in the Luhansk region of Ukraine, in what Kyiv suspects is preparation for an offensive in the eastern area in coming weeks as the one-year anniversary of Moscow’s invasion approaches

The Independent UK

Russia plans to impose Moscow time zone on annexed Ukrainian territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia

The move is part of the "step-by-step synchronisation" of Russia's controlled Ukrainian territories, annexed amid global condemnation in October.

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European rights court rules Ukraine, MH-17 cases against Russia are admissible

The European Court of Human Rights said cases brought by Ukraine and the Netherlands against Russia over alleged human rights violations in the breakaway Luhansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine, and the shooting down of Flight MH-17, were admissible.

Reuters

‘Brutal, bloody battles’: Russia’s ‘insane’ fight for Soledar

Ukraine has been crying out for more heavy armour, longer range weapons and air defence systems to end the war.

Al Jazeera

Artillery shells fly on Ukraine’s front lines despite ‘ceasefire’

Exchanges of artillery fire were reported along the front lines in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine Pleads with Allies to Send Tanks as Fighting Grinds on in East

Ukrainian and Russian troops battled in eastern regions on Thursday as Kyiv tried to push back occupying forces, while President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the West to provide his army with heavy tanks to boost their firepower. The Ukrainian military said the Russians were focused on an offensive in the Bakhmut…

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Ukraine starts new year with major attack on Russian troops

2023 begins with a Ukrainian offensive and defensive success, while the prospect for peace remains dim.

Al Jazeera

As fighting continues, a Mariupol survivor rebuilds life in Kyiv

Ulvi Zulfili fled one war as a child and found a new home in Ukraine, only to have to flee again – and barely survive.

Al Jazeera

He lost his legs fighting for Ukraine. But this story is about love through adversity

Sgt. Mykhailo Varvarych, a commander in Ukraine's 80th Airborne Assault Brigade, lost both legs while fighting in Luhansk. He and his fiancée Iryna Botvynska, maintain an unflinching romance.

WEKU

Vladimir Putin ADMITS to failures in illegally annexed Ukraine calling war 'difficult'

In September, Vladimir Putin annexed four territories - Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhia - as part of an illegal land grab of 15 per cent of Ukraine's lands

Daily Mirror

Russia Ukraine news - live: Zelensky visits frontline as Putin says fighting ‘extremely difficult’

Zelensky met with troops and handed out awards as the war continues on

The Independent UK

Ukrainian shells kill three in Russian-controlled village - authorities

Ukrainian rockets have killed three civilians in the Russian-controlled town of Shchastia in Ukraine's Luhansk province, according to Russian-appointed regional authorities.

Reuters

Ukrainian shelling kills eight, injures 23 in Russia-controlled eastern Ukraine - TASS

At least eight people were killed and 23 injured by Ukrainian shelling in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region of Ukraine, Russia's state TASS news agency reported on Friday, citing an unidentified source in the emergency services.

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Al Jazeera

Ukraine cherry picks targets as Russia hammers the east

In the 42nd week of the war, Kyiv targets Russian ammunition and command centres, while Moscow insists on a land grab.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Battles Russian Push in East as Kyiv Allies Pledge $1 Bln in Aid

Russia and Ukraine pounded each other's forces in heavy fighting in the eastern region of Donetsk on Tuesday as Kyiv's allies meeting in Paris pledged just over 1 billion euros ($1.05 billion) to help Ukrainians survive the freezing winter. Russian forces are battling to take control of the Donetsk and…

Al Jazeera

Russia’s Wagner mercenaries targeted in hotel attack: Governor

Ukrainian governor Serhiy Haidai claimed a ‘huge number’ died in a strike on hotel where Russian mercenaries were based.

Reuters

Ukraine regional official says strike hits Wagner group headquarters

A senior official in eastern Ukraine said on Sunday that Ukrainian forces had attacked a hotel where members of Russia's private Wagner military group were based, killing many of them.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Grinds on in Eastern Ukraine; Bakhmut 'Destroyed'

Russian forces have “destroyed” the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, while Ukraine's military on Saturday reported missile, rocket and air strikes in multiple parts of the country that Moscow is trying to conquer after months of resistance. The latest battles of Russia's 9 1/2 month war…

The Independent UK

Russia grinds on in eastern Ukraine; Bakhmut 'destroyed'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian forces have “destroyed” the city of Bakhmut as they try to conquer eastern Ukraine's Donetsk province

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin: Russia Has No Current Plans to Annex More Ukrainian Territories

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia doesn’t plan on annexing more territories in its war against Ukraine. "There is no question of that. But there is nevertheless a lot of work ahead to liberate the territories; in a number of new regions of the Russian Federation there are occupied…

The Independent UK

Russia still set on ‘liberating’ annexed portions of Ukraine, says Kremlin

Russia says there is ‘a lot of work ahead’ to liberate the territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia

Reuters

Kremlin appears to scale back its ambitions in Ukraine

Russia said on Thursday that it was still set on securing at least the bulk of the parts of east and south Ukraine that it has claimed as its own, but appeared to give up on seizing other areas in the west and northeast that Ukraine has recaptured.

The Independent UK

Germany’s Scholz warns against new Cold War as Russia says 9 killed in Luhansk shelling

German Chancellor calls for the world to unify

Evening Standard

Moscow demands West recognise annexed territories before peace talks start

Sham referendums were held in the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions in September but have not been internationally recognised

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