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Putin removes his top commander in Ukraine after just three months

Russian president Vladimir Putin has replaced his top military commander in Ukraine just three months after appointing General Sergei Surovikin to the post

12/01/2023

Ukraine

Battle for Soledar: 'First Russia sends waves of Wagner mercenaries'

Soledar's fall would be a prize for a Kremlin starved of good battlefield news in recent months.

12/01/2023

Ukraine

Fierce fighting rages in Soledar as Russia looks to seize Bakhmut

Soledar is strategically important for Russia in its quest for Bakhmut and control of Donbas.

12/01/2023

Ukraine

Poland and Lithuania to send German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine

During a visit to Lviv in Ukraine, Poland's President Andrzej Duda met with his Ukrainian and Lithuanian counterparts, where he announced the dispatch of 14 coveted German-made Leopard tanks.

11/01/2023

Ukraine

Ukraine war: Poland to send Leopards to Kyiv and six other top stories

Here are the latest updates from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

11/01/2023

Ukraine

Russian capture of Soledar could pave the way for Bakhmut invasion

The Ukrainian town of Soledar, home to salt mines is close to falling, despite intense fighting. Should the town fall, this would mark Russia's first gain in the Donbas region in months and would allow the Wagner mercenary group to turn their attention to Bakhmut.

11/01/2023

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Banksy auction for Ukraine attacked by Russian IPs

50 prints of Banksy's 'Fragile/Agile' work were on sale when Russian internet addresses attacked.

11/01/2023

Ukraine

Russian mercenaries battle Ukrainian resistance in Soledar

Russia's mercenary Wagner Group has claimed control over the eastern Ukrainian salt mining town, although Kyiv said its forces were holding out.

11/01/2023

Ukraine

Ukrainian FM: 'More people will die' if Berlin delays sending tanks

German Foreign Minister Baerbock praised Ukrainian resistance in a surprise visit to Kharkiv, but Berlin has so far declined to supply Ukraine with more advanced Leopard battle tanks .

11/01/2023

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Ukraine war: Bakhmut 'completely destroyed' and six other top stories

Here are the latest updates from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

10/01/2023

Ukraine

New and 'even more violent assaults' in Ukrainian city of Soledar

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his troops were resisting "new and even more violent assaults" in Soledar, near Bakhmut.

10/01/2023

Ukraine

Russian missile destroys market in Kharkiv region killing two people

At least two women were killed and at least seven were injured after a Russian missile hit Shevechenkove in the Kharkiv region on Monday

09/01/2023

Ukraine

Two scenarios for a possible Ukrainian counteroffensive

The UK Ministry of Defence suggested that Russian forces face two equally exigent counteroffensive scenarios: in the North East of Ukraine, in Luhansk, and in the South in the Zaporizhzhya region.

09/01/2023

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Ukraine war: Fierce fighting in Soledar and five other top stories

Here are the latest developments in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

09/01/2023

Ukraine

Ukraine denies Russian claim it killed hundreds of soldiers

Just days after Ukraine killed hundreds of Russian fighters in an attack on a temporary barracks in the town of Makiivka on New Year's Eve, Moscow claims to have carried out a retaliation operation in Kramatorsk.

08/01/2023

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Watch: How constant shelling has destroyed a village in Ukraine

Hundreds of people used to live in Bohorodychany but now around ten remain living in the rubble with limited electricity and water

08/01/2023

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Ukraine war: What you need to know today

Here is our round-up of the latest developments from the war in Ukraine.

08/01/2023

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Ukrainian villagers cling on despite constant shelling

At least ten residents remain in a small village in the Donetsk region during the Orthodox Christmas, despite constant shelling

08/01/2023

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Watch: Ukrainians in Donbas celebrate Orthodox Christmas

In the front-line town of Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region, dozens of worshippers on Friday attended a service to mark Orthodox Christmas Eve.

07/01/2023

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Ukraine war: Zelenskyy hails US aid and other key developments

Here is our round-up of the latest from the war in Ukraine this Saturday.

07/01/2023

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Meet the Ukrainian TikTok star documenting her war-torn life

Valeria Shashenok went viral on the social media platform after posting video clips of the damage caused by Russian bombings.

07/01/2023

Ukraine

Ukraine war: US 'to send 50 Bradleys' and five more top stories

Here are the latest developments in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

06/01/2023

Ukraine

Russian ceasefire designed to harm Ukraine's reputation, analysts say

Russia's announced unilateral Christmas ceasefire is likely to be an information operation intended to damage Ukraine’s reputation, says the Institute for the Study of War.

06/01/2023

Ukraine

Kremlin-ordered truce in Ukraine uncertain amid suspicion of motives

Kremlin-ordered truce in Ukraine uncertain amid reports of continued attacks. Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had ordered a temporary cease-fire so that his forces could celebrate Orthodox Christmas.

06/01/2023

Ukraine

Ukraine rejects Vladimir Putin's truce to observe Orthodox Christmas

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his armed forces to observe a unilateral 36-hour cease-fire in Ukraine this weekend for the Orthodox Christmas holiday, the first such sweeping truce move in the nearly 11-month-old war. Kyiv indicated it wouldn't follow suit.

06/01/2023

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Ukraine war: Putin's Christmas truce order and five more top stories

Here are the latest developments in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

05/01/2023