Tag: RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR

Ukraine wages counteroffensive against Russian forces in east

Summary Ukrainian forces press towards Russian-held Izium in east Ukraine in ‘complex talks’ on evacuating wounded fighters Finnish leader tells Putin his country plans to join NATO G7 nations vow more military and economic aid for Ukraine KYIV/BEZRUKY, Ukraine, May 14 – Ukrainian forces have launched a counteroffensive […]

Ukraine: Russians withdraw from around Kharkiv, batter east

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian troops are withdrawing from around Ukraine’s second-largest city after bombarding it for weeks, the Ukrainian military said Saturday, as Kyiv and Moscow’s forces engaged in a grinding battle for the country’s eastern industrial heartland. Ukraine’s general staff said the Russians were pulling back from the northeastern […]

Ukraine cuts Russia gas at 1 hub, underlining risk to supply

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Ukraine stopped the flow of Russian natural gas Wednesday through one of the hubs that feed Western European homes and industry, while a Kremlin-installed official in a southern region seized by Russian troops said the area will ask Moscow to annex it. The talk of […]

Russia pounds vital port of Odesa, targeting supply lines

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Russian troops pounded away at the vital port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday, an apparent effort to disrupt the supply lines and weapons shipments that have been critical to Kyiv’s defense. Ukraine’s ability to stymie a larger, better armed Russian military has surprised many […]

Sixty feared dead in Ukraine school bombed by Russia, governor says

Summary Luhansk governor says Russia bombed school sheltering 90 Trapped civilians evacuated from Mariupol’s Azovstal plant Jill Biden makes unannounced visit to Ukraine G7 leaders to talk with Zelenskiy in show of unity ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine, May 8 – As many as 60 people were feared to have been […]

Western officials visit Ukraine after deadly school bombing

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Dozens of Ukrainians were feared dead Sunday after a Russian bomb flattened a school sheltering about 90 people in its basement, while Ukrainian troops refused to surrender at a besieged steel plant that Moscow’s invading forces sped to seize before Russia’s Victory Day holiday. The governor […]

Six missiles hit Ukraine’s coastal city Odesa

May 7 – Six missiles hit the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa on Saturday, the spokeswoman for Ukraine’s southern military command told the country’s public broadcaster. Spokeswoman Natalia Humeniuk said four rockets hit a furniture factory in a residential area, while the other two struck an already […]

Ukraine braces for escalated attacks ahead of Russia’s V-Day

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Ukrainian troops solidified their positions around the nation’s second-largest city Saturday as Russian forces delivered more punishing attacks on an embattled steelworks in a bid to complete their conquest of the southern port of Mariupol in time for Victory Day celebrations. As Monday’s holiday commemorating the […]

New effort races to rescue civilians from Mariupol plant

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — A new international effort raced Friday to rescue more civilians from the tunnels under a besieged steel plant in Mariupol and the city at large, even as fighters holed up at the sprawling complex made their last stand to prevent Moscow’s complete takeover of the […]

Easy out from steel mill seen as unlikely for Ukraine troops

GENEVA — With the evacuation of some civilians from a steel mill besieged by Russian forces in the port of Mariupol, attention is turning to the fate of hundreds of Ukrainian troops still inside after weeks in the plant’s warren of underground tunnels and bunkers. Counting both able-bodied and wounded […]

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