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Locals urged to evacuate after second attack on Kostyantynivka

Zelenskyy condemned the Russian attack on the city in the Donetsk region, injuring one and damaging infrastructure, as "heinous evil".

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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?

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The storm of Vuhledar: Russian forces threaten from three sides

Russian forces have reached the outskirts of the town in the southeastern part of the Donetsk region, threatening the town with encirclement. What could the consequences be, especially for the Russian offensive of Pokrovsk?

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Forced from home: Oleh’s journey to escape Russian occupation

Most of the life of 17-year-old Oleh has been overshadowed by Russia's war against Ukraine. In 2022, he was forced to flee from Russian occupation via Mariupol and a Russian "filtration" camp.

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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.

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At least 11 dead in Russian strike on shopping mall in eastern Ukraine

"This is another targeted attack on a crowded place, another act of terror by the Russians," Donetsk regional head Vadym Filashkin said.

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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.

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Zelenskyy tightens grip on absent officials amid escalating conflict

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has taken a tough stance on officials neglecting frontline duties while Russian attacks in Donetsk escalate.

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WATCH: Bombing Injures Six in Donetsk region

A Russian airstrike on Oleksiyevo-Druzhkivka, a village in Ukraine's Donetsk region, injured seven people, including a 4-year-old child, on Tuesday, according to Ukrainian National Police.

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Russian forces executed surrendering Ukrainian soldiers: HRW report

In its analysis of footage from five incidents since December 2023, HRW said Ukrainian soldiers were "gunned down in cold blood", constituting a clear breach of the Geneva Conventions.

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Ukraine damage Russian ship in Crimea

The Ukrainian army announced on Sunday that it hit and damaged the Russian ship ‘Kommunua’ in the city of Sevastopol by the Black Sea. The Moscow-appointed governor of the region also reported attacks and fires in Crimea.

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Moscow 'to falsify' votes in occupied Ukrainian regions

ISW continues to assess that the Kremlin and Russia-installed occupation officials intend to falsify votes in support of Russian President Vladimir Putin and fabricate a large voter turnout in an attempt to legitimize Russia’s occupation of Ukraine to the international community.

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Journalists expose Russia's erosion of Ukrainian culture and identity

The European Broadcasting Union Investigative Journalism Network says Moscow has been systematically eradicating Ukrainian identity in illegally annexed eastern territories. Its report said ''breaking or ignoring Russia's rules can make it hard to survive''.

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Zelenskyy: Russia stepping up attacks amid heavy fighting in east

The latest developments from the Ukraine war.

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US-supplied ATACMS missiles used for first time in Ukrainian attack

Special Operations Forces claim nine Russian helicopters, an anti-aircraft missile system and an ammunition warehouse were destroyed in an attack on the cities of Berdyansk and Luhansk in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine

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No significant breakthrough by Russian forces around Avdiivka

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has observed simultaneous attacks to the northwest, west, and south of Avdiivka using armoured assault groups, rotary wing aircraft, and concentrated artillery.

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Civilian casualties in Ukraine as Russia targets heat and power

A team from AFP reached Ukrainian soldiers in Robotyne for a first-hand account of the fighting there

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WATCH: House destroyed in Donetsk from alleged Ukrainian shelling

A house lies in tatters in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the capital of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine, after shelling on 12 August which the Russian-backed authorities attribute to Ukraine's armed forces. The authorities claim that one man died in the strike.

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Watch: Ukrainian firefighters shelled while putting out blaze

The unit was battling a fire in the Donetsk region when missiles started landing nearby. According to officials, nobody was hurt.

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Ukraine advances towards Bakhmut, as drones rain down on Kyiv

All the latest developments from the war in Ukraine.