On Wednesday, as the Russian invasion reached its fourth month and Moscow’s troops advanced in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized the West for lacking unity. Fighting reached the edge of the industrial city of Severodonetsk, which is under fierce bombardment by Russian forces who are trying to encircle it in one of their … Read more
There has been fierce combat reported outside the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk. Russia intensifies its attempt to conquer the entire eastern region of Luhansk. Serhiy Haidai, the local governor, said the Russians were “destroying” the city as they steadily encircled it. He wrote that his troops had resisted 11 frontline strikes, with eight tanks among … Read more
Russia announced Thursday that 1,730 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered this week at Mariupol’s Azovstal steel plant, following a desperate battle that has come to symbolise the nearly three-month-old conflict. According to Moscow, the number included 80 injured people who were taken to a hospital in Russia-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine. The Russian defence ministry released a … Read more
According to the governor of the region, Serhei Haiday, Russian bombardment of the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk killed at least 12 people and injured another 40. The regional governor of Luhansk announced on social media that “12 people have died and more than 40 people have been injured in Severodonetsk.” He accused Russian forces … Read more
Ukrainian forces prepared to defend their last stronghold in the devastated port city of Mariupol on Sunday, hoping to deny Russia a symbolic victory on the eve of Moscow’s Victory Day celebrations. US First Lady Jill Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made unannounced visits to Ukraine, and G7 leaders are set to join … Read more
Russian soldiers have nearly encircled and are attempting to attack Severodonetsk, Ukraine’s easternmost city held by Kyiv, according to a local official. “The city is almost surrounded by Russian and (separatist) Lugansk People’s Republic troops,” Severodonetsk military administration chief Oleksandr Striuk said on Ukrainian television. “They are trying to storm the city through nearby villages,” he … Read more
Antonina Boloto sits at a little table decked with flowers in her funeral supply store, doing a crossword with a view of a building destroyed by Russian shelling in Severodonetsk, Ukraine. Several coffins are perched against a wall behind her. As Moscow’s forces shell Severodonetsk — the easternmost town on the frontline of Russia’s war … Read more
Mykola keeps a “little war diary” of the violence in his part of eastern Ukraine by scouring the frontlines with binoculars from his home in Lysychansk. The date is in the top right-hand corner of every page, and the day’s entry is below it, always beginning with the words “We’re holding on!” The 67-year-old said … Read more
