Ukraine’s president has called an attack on a shopping mall in the city of Kremenchuk by Russian warplanes “one of the most brazen terrorist acts in European history”. There are reports of other attacks in the country’s east that killed at least 12 civilians. The incident has been condemned by the United Nations and world … Read more
Ukraine says it was subjected to “massive bombardment” from neighbouring Belarus. Ukraine’s northern military command said in a statement that twenty rockets were fired at the village of Desna. Strikes came ahead of a planned meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko. Ukraine said it was subjected to “massive … Read more
Ukrainian forces will withdraw from Severodonetsk, a senior Ukrainian official says. The strategically important industrial hub has been the scene of weeks of street battles. Russia has focused its offensive in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region after being driven out of Kyiv. Ukrainian forces will withdraw from Severodonetsk after weeks of fierce fighting over the … Read more
Ukrainian troops will withdraw from Severodonetsk, a senior Ukrainian official has said. The Russian attack on the city is reducing the eastern city to ashes. However, Sergiy Gaiday, the governor of Lugansk, which includes the city, stated that the Ukrainian troops must retreat. KYIV, Ukraine: Ukrainian soldiers will withdraw from Severodonetsk in the face of … Read more
Ukraine says it has lost control of Metyolkine, a village near the eastern industrial city of Severodonetsk. Hundreds of civilians are reportedly taking refuge in nearby chemical facility where Russian military are shelling Ukrainian troops from within the city. Moscow’s army now controls most of the city’s residential areas. KYIV: Ukraine announced on Monday that … Read more
Moscow’s soldiers have been attempting to capture control of the city of Severodonetsk for weeks. On Saturday, Ukrainian authorities reported “fierce battles” with Russia in towns surrounding the city. “Now the most fierce battles are near Severodonetsk. They (Russia) do not control the city entirely,” Sergiy Gaiday, the governor of the eastern Lugansk area, stated via … Read more
Russian and Ukrainian forces fighting for “literally every metre”: Zelensky. The strike — a rare attack by Russia in the relatively calm west of Ukraine. Demonstrators brandishing blue and yellow Ukrainian flags circled Eu.C President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian and Russian forces were fighting for “literally every metre” in Severodonetsk, as fighting raged in an eastern … Read more
Strike on Chortkiv, a rare attack by Russia in west of Ukraine, leaves 22 people injured. EU Commission promises clear signal on Ukraine’s bid to join the European Union. Two bridges in the Ukrainian cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk destroyed. As the struggle for the vital eastern city of Severodonetsk heated up, Russian forces reported … Read more
Ukraine may have to evacuate strategic city of Severodonetsk. Russian troops shelling the city 24 hours a day, Sergiy Gaiday says. Ukraine says it will not demine waters around Black Sea port of Odessa to allow exports. As diplomatic attempts to unlock grain held in Ukraine’s ports escalated on Wednesday, a top Ukrainian official conceded … Read more
Lugansk governor Sergiy Gaiday says Ukrainian forces may have to retreat from Severodonetsk. The strategically significant city is being shelled by Russian troops “24 hours a day”. Its seizure would allow Russian troops to advance deeper into the eastern Donbas region. The regional governor stated on Wednesday that Ukrainian soldiers may have to withdraw from … Read more
Ukrainian troops have retaken parts of the key city of Severodonetsk. Bulgaria, Macedonia and Montenegro refuse access to their airspace to Russian warplanes. Serbia has condemned Russia’s military action in Ukraine.. Local sources reported on Monday that Ukrainian troops suffered setbacks after retaking parts of the key eastern city of Severodonetsk from Russian forces, as … Read more
Ukraine’s military has taken control of half of the city of Severodonetsk, local sources say. The strategically crucial city is the largest in the Lugansk region not under Russian control. Ukrainian President praises his country’s “heroes” as he visits the front lines. Ukrainian military has repelled Russian forces and taken control of half of a … Read more
Lysychansk’s mayor says 60 percent of infrastructure and housing destroyed in his city. Ukraine reports two victims from a missile strike on the port of Odessa. The war has sparked fears of a global food crisis. Despite Russia “throwing all its power” towards conquering the vital eastern city, Ukraine claimed Saturday that its forces were … Read more
Russian forces had taken control of half of eastern Ukraine’s key city of Severodonetsk, A senior official said Tuesday, while EU leaders were divided on whether to ban Russian gas after agreeing to embargo most of its oil. Meanwhile, Ukraine has been conducting an investigation into war crimes since the Russian invasion. Officials said thousands of … Read more
The Ukrainian official in charge of the region stated Tuesday that Russian troops had gained partial control of the east Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk, as Moscow’s army moved farther into the Donbas region. Read more: Georgia’s breakaway region abandons a vote on joining Russia “The situation is extremely complicated. Part of Severodonetsk is controlled by … Read more
On Sunday, the war for control of Donbas in eastern Ukraine raged as Russian forces reinforced their grip on the strategic cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk. The situation in Lysychansk had become “significantly worse”, the regional governor of the Lugansk region, Sergiy Gaiday, said on the messaging service, Telegram. “A Russian shell fell on a … Read more
Fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces has reached the outskirts of Severodonetsk, a significant eastern Ukraine city, according to the regional governor, who described the battle as “extremely difficult.” “Russian troops have moved far enough that they may already fire mortars” on the city, according to Lugansk governor Sergiy Gaiday, who added that “there was … 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 strikes Tuesday killed at least 9 civilians in southern and Japanese Ukraine, local officers said. Three people died and 7 others have been wounded, of them seriously, in a bombing inside the eastern city of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second town, nearby governor Oleg Synegubov wrote on the Telegram messaging provider. “We urge residents to be … Read more
Russian troops on Monday captured the east Ukraine metropolis of Kreminna, neighborhood authorities stated, as Kyiv’s military released salvos on Russian forces in the nearby agreement of Rubizhne. “There becomes a main attack within the night” from Sunday to Monday in Kreminna, the Lugansk local governor Sergiy Gaiday stated in a statement on social media. “The Russian … Read more
