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The Latest Breaking News from Pokrovsk

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.

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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.

Al Jazeera

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.

France 24

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.

Al Jazeera

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

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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.

Al Jazeera

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…

France 24

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

Putin wants to downplay the move

The Independent UK

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…

The Conversation

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.

International Business Times

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 Conversation

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

Thousands are being forced to flee the city

The Independent UK

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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

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: Despair as Russian missiles and drones rain down unanswered

Help us defend and strike back against Russia, Zelenskiy pleads with allies; president says Pokrovsk defence efforts strengthened. What we know on day 916

France 24

Moscow, Kyiv swap 230 prisoners of war on Ukraine’s Independence Day

Russia and Ukraine on Saturday announced that they had exchanged 115 prisoners of war each, just over two weeks after Kyiv launched a surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk region. The prisoner exchange came on Ukraine's Independence Day, hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a video address, said Russia wanted to…

France 24

‘We gotta get out of here’: Pokrovsk residents flee strategic Ukrainian city

Residents of eastern Ukraine's Pokrovsk resisted leaving home for months as fighting raged in the villages near the strategic Donbas city. But as Russian forces advance on the transport hub, many residents are now choosing to flee. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Pokrovsk.

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Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 910

As the war enters its 910th day, these are the main developments.

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: Fierce fighting on Pokrovsk front as Russia claims gains

New US military aid on its way including Himars and Javelins; fuel ferry sinks in Russian port after Ukrainian strike. What we know on day 912

Evening Standard

OPINION - These are the three sets of questions that will likely determine the fate of Ukraine by the end of year

Since August 6, the war in Ukraine has become a tale of two major offensives. Ukrainian forces have invaded Russia, grabbing more than 1,000 square kilometres of Kursk Oblast, which they are now defending fiercely. At the same time, in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine, Russian forces are moving on…

International Business Times

A Divide Opens In Ukraine Over Giving Up Land For Peace

Below the bombed university building in east Ukraine where she once worked, Olga Borodich conceded she would be ready to give up Ukrainian territory to end the war with Russia.

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Ukraine Struggles With Inexperienced Recruits In Battle Against Russia

Ukrainian soldiers face challenges in Kursk region incursion due to inexperienced recruits and Russian superiority. Efforts to train and equip new fighters...

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: Long-range strikes a must against Russian aggression, says EU’s Borrell

EU’s top diplomat says long-range weapons would boost Ukrainian self defence; Scholz says Kursk operation was secretive by necessity. What we know on day 911

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