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Russian offensive in Ukraine's Donetsk region gains momentum

Russian troops continue to push forward in eastern Ukraine, making significant advances in the western Donetsk region. They may now get closer and threaten important Ukrainian ground lines of communication running into eastern Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.

26/11/2024

Europe News

Russian forces enter Toretsk as battles rage in Donetsk region

The town in the eastern Donetsk region, once home to over 30,000, now has just 1,600 residents.

08/10/2024

Ukraine

Vuhledar falls as Ukrainian forces withdraw after years of fighting

The Ukrainian stronghold in the Donetsk region has fallen to the Russian offensive, as it took Moscow over two years and a half to capture the town. What does this mean for the Russian invasion of Ukraine?

02/10/2024

Europe News

Fears grow Ukraine's eastern city of Pokrovsk might fall to Russia

Hundreds of the city's residents are evacuating every day as Moscow's forces, less than 10 kilometres away, keep slowly advancing.

30/08/2024

Europe News

Is Russia pulling its forces out of Ukraine to defend Kursk?

While Ukraine is continuing its advances in the Kursk region and taking steps to consolidate the ongoing operations on Russian soil, questions arose on whether Moscow is pulling its forces out of Ukraine to reinforce its defences.

16/08/2024

Europe News

Ukrainian village honours MH17 crash victims 10 years on

More legal action is underway to hold Russia accountable under international law for the attack that killed all 298 on board.

17/07/2024

Europe News

Ukraine army withdraws from part of Chasiv Yar as Russia inches closer

Months of Russian artillery strikes have devastated Chasiv Yar, leaving homes and offices charred. The town, which once had a population of 12,000, has been deserted.

04/07/2024

Europe News

Kyiv slams Putin's offer of peace if it cedes occupied territory

Russian president said on Friday the war in Ukraine will end if Kyiv gives up on its NATO application and withdraws troops from four regions occupied and unilaterally annexed by the Kremlin.

14/06/2024

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Renewed Russian offensive forces thousands of civilians to flee Northe

Thousands more civilians have fled Russia's renewed ground offensive in Ukraine’s northeast that has targeted towns and villages with a barrage of artillery and mortar fire.

13/05/2024

Europe News

Ukrainian hopes rest on the West as two-year war anniversary looms

As the grim milestone of two years of war looms, Ukrainians tell Euronews they hope Russia's brutality and propaganda campaigns will not dent Western support to Kyiv.

14/02/2024

World News

Ukrainian soldiers face fear and freezing temperatures in bunkers

As the war enters its third year, Ukrainian soldiers in underground bunkers in the Bakhmut region seek shelter from the cold and Russian attacks.

12/01/2024

Ukraine

War in Ukraine: Russia likely preparing more assaults on Avdiivka

Russian forces are likely preparing for another wave of highly attritional infantry-led ground assaults on Ukrainian positions in the Avdiivka area.

02/11/2023

Ukraine

Euroviews. Shakhtar Donetsk's wartime title shows Ukrainians cannot be stopped

Ukrainian football remains an emblem of optimism amidst a backdrop of widespread loss, devastation, and conflict, affording a fleeting respite from the harsh realities of the ongoing war, David Kirichenko writes.

22/06/2023

Ukraine

'Monster' Russian strike on Zelenskyy hometown and other news

All the latest developments from the war in Ukraine.

13/06/2023

Ukraine

'Overly-ambitious': Think tank analyses Russia's fight for Bakhmut

The Institute for the Study of the War has released its retrospective on the battle for Bakhmut. Euronews correspondent Sasha Vakulina breaks it down.

26/05/2023

Ukraine

Russian strikes continue despite Easter peace plea

Zelenskyy says Moscow "puts itself in even greater isolation from the world and from humanity" by shelling homes on the Orthodox Church's Palm Sunday.

10/04/2023

Ukraine

Russia steps up attacks in illegally annexed Ukraine areas

Russian forces used ground- and air-fired missiles, rocket launchers and weaponised drones to bombard the provinces of Ukraine it has illegally annexed but doesn't fully control.

08/04/2023

Ukraine

War In Ukraine: Has the massive battle for Bakhmut stalled?

Britain's Defence Ministry claims in its latest intelligence update that “Russia's assault on the Donbas town of Bakhmut has largely stalled".

07/04/2023

Ukraine

Wagner 'recruiting in Moscow high schools for young warriors'

Wagner recruitment, Bakhmut offensive and Russia's economy: here's our round-up of the key developments from Ukraine today.

13/03/2023

Ukraine

Kyiv racing to help residents evacuate Bakhmut

As fighting continues on the streets of Bakhmut in the east of Ukraine, Kyiv is racing to evacuate residents from the city as the Russian troops advance.

04/03/2023