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Ukraine Prepares Counteroffensive as Russia’s Assault on Bakhmut Flags

Ukrainian troops, on the defensive for months, will soon counterattack as Russia's offensive looks to be faltering, a commander said, but President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned that without a faster supply of arms the war could last years. The Ukrainian military said early on Friday that 1,020 Russian troops had been…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine ‘expects possible major Russian offensive this month’ – as it happened

Oleksii Reznikov insists Kyiv has the ability to hold back Russian forces if new push comes for anniversary of start of invasion

The Guardian - AU

Zelenskiy says situation on front in eastern Ukraine is getting tougher

The situation on the front lines in eastern Ukraine has become tougher as Russian forces step up an offensive, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday in another gloomy military assessment from Kyiv.

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Children forced to grow up fast in Ukraine's frontline towns

Bakhmut/Lyman (Ukraine) (AFP) - Lisa Shtanko, 8, stood on the side of a muddy road watching Ukrainian soldiers pass by, one of only a few children left in a town hit hard by Russia's invasion.

AFP

Ukraine completes exhumation of soldiers at Lyman mass grave

Ukrainian investigators have completed the exhumation of soldiers in one of two mass graves discovered after Russian troops retreated from the town of Lyman in eastern Donetsk region, police said on Friday.

Reuters

Signs of torture on bodies found in Ukraine town liberated from Russia

In recaptured Lyman, Kim Sengupta finds evidence of Russian atrocities and Ukrainian commanders ready to administer their own justice

The Independent UK

Ukraine exhumes dozens of bodies in two liberated eastern towns

Ukrainian authorities said on Tuesday they exhumed the bodies of dozens of people, including civilians and a one-year-old baby, to determine the cause of death following the retreat of Russian troops from two recently-liberated towns in the eastern Donetsk region.

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Bodies exhumed from mass grave in Ukraine's liberated Lyman

Covered head-to-toe in protective suits, forensic workers have pulled several bodies wrapped in black plastic from a mass grave in Ukraine’s devastated city of Lyman

The Independent UK

‘Terrible things happened here’: Entire families believed to be inside mass graves in Ukraine’s Lyman

Kim Sengupta reports from Lyman, where Ukrainian officials say around 200 bodies have been found, including children and babies, as residents tell of a shattered town

The Independent UK

Ukrainian authorities take stock of ruins in liberated Lyman

Ukrainian authorities are just beginning to sift through the wreckage of the devastated city of Lyman in eastern Ukraine

The Independent UK

Ukraine governor says mass grave found in liberated eastern town

Donetsk regional Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko says the exact number of bodies in the mass grave in Lyman is not yet known.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainian authorities find mass grave in liberated eastern town -governor

Ukrainian authorities have found a mass grave in the recently liberated eastern town of Lyman and it is unclear how many bodies it holds, regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said in an online post on Friday.

Reuters

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Russia at weakest point in war so far; pro-war bloggers turn on Putin; and demining in Ukraine’s east

The Guardian - AU

Hundreds of Russian soldiers lie dead on the only route out of Lyman ‘cauldron’ as army suffers devastating blow

At the bottom of a muddy bank on the road out of Lyman, the body of a Russian soldier lies on the ground.

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Al Jazeera

Ukraine takes swaths of territory, despite Russia’s mobilisation

In week 32 of the war, Kyiv makes more advances in the east and south while Moscow pulls back forces from Crimea.

France 24

‘My men deserve to return’: Ukraine seeks release of prisoners of war in Russia

A Ukrainian soldier whose unit participated in the successful mission to retake the eastern city of Lyman has another pressing goal: to secure the release of nine of his soldiers captured by the Russians in June. FRANCE 24’s Gwendoline Debono reports from Ukraine.

Reuters

Russian bodies, shattered vehicles mark Moscow's loss of Ukrainian town

The bodies of two Russian soldiers lay bloating in trees on opposite sides of the road, close to the blasted hulks of the cars and the van in which Ukrainian army officers said the dead men’s unit was retreating into the eastern town of Lyman.

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin knows this is a numbers game — and that he is losing badly

Only last week, few of us could place Lyman and the village of Dudchany on a map of Ukraine. Today they mark two of the biggest defeats of Russian arms in the Ukraine war – and these may prove decisive.

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The Guardian - UK

‘What was it all for?’: recaptured Lyman left shattered by Russian occupation

People in Ukrainian city try to pick up pieces amid remains of Russia’s chaotic and bloody withdrawal

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Presses Ahead with Annexation Plan despite Military Retreats

Russian troops abandoned a key Ukrainian city so rapidly that they left the bodies of their comrades in the streets, offering more evidence Tuesday of Moscow's latest military defeat as it struggles to hang on to four regions of Ukraine that it illegally annexed last week. Meanwhile, Russia’s upper house…

The Conversation

Ukraine war: China's lukewarm support for Russia is likely to benefit Kyiv – here's why

Things are not going well for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. On September 30 he announced the annexation of four Ukrainian regions that are partially controlled by Russia. Yet less than a day later, Ukrainian troops captured the strategic town of Lyman in the north of the annexed Donetsk region.

The Independent UK

Russian losses evident in key liberated Ukrainian city

The bodies of Russian soldiers are lying in the streets of a key city in eastern Ukraine following their comrades' retreat that has marked the latest defeat for Moscow

Irish Independent

Russian losses evident in liberated Ukrainian city

The bodies of Russian soldiers were lying in the streets of a key eastern Ukrainian city on Tuesday, evidence of a hasty retreat that marked a new military defeat for Moscow as it struggles to hang on to areas it illegally annexed last week.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 223 of the invasion

Russia no longer has full control over any ‘annexed’ provinces as Ukrainian brigades achieve biggest breakthrough since start of war

The Independent UK

Frustration with Ukraine war spills out on Russian state TV

Russia’s retreat from a key Ukrainian city over the weekend elicited outcry from an unlikely crowd – state-run media outlets that typically speak glowingly about Moscow’s war

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