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President Zelenskiy: ‘Ukraine is advancing in parts of Donbas’

Ukrainian forces are holding their positions against Russian troops in the eastern Donbas region and making small advances in some areas, president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said.

Evening Standard

Ukraine's Zelenskiy: We are advancing in some parts of Donbas

Ukrainian forces are holding their positions against Russian troops in the eastern Donbas region and making small advances in some areas, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday.

Reuters

How volunteers support Russian troops in Ukraine

Burgeoning volunteer movement has taken on increasingly prominent role in supplying Russian forces fighting in Ukraine.

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Volodymyr Zelenskiy calls Donbas situation ‘difficult and painful’

Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that the situation at the front in the Donbas region was "difficult and painful" and required all of the country's "strength and concentration".

Evening Standard

Ukraine's Zelenskiy: Situation at the front is "difficult and painful"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that the situation at the front in the Donbas region was "difficult and painful" and required all of the country's "strength and concentration".

Reuters

In the ‘Bakhmut meat grinder’, deadlocked enemy forces slog it out

Ukrainians have the technical advantage but Russians persist in sacrificing troops to take an area with no strategic value

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine-Russia news – live: Putin’s drone attacks leave Odesa without power

‘The occupiers actually destroyed Bakhmut, another Donbas city that the Russian army turned into burnt ruins’, says Zelensky

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Ukraine says situation in key areas of Donbas front remains very difficult

The situation in key areas of the Donbas front in eastern Ukraine remains very difficult, but Kyiv's forces are repelling Russian attacks and inflicting significant losses, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday.

Reuters

Ukraine war: what the Northern Ireland peace process can tell us about ending this conflict

Most armed conflicts end not with a total victory but with messy compromises. This is especially the case when the objectives on either side are incompatible and both are escalating their efforts to secure a victory which is unachievable.

The Conversation

EU targets Russian armed forces and banks in new round of sanctions

The EU's executive arm on Wednesday proposed a ninth package of sanctions on Russia, adding nearly 200 new individuals and entities to the sanctions list. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).

France 24

Volodymyr Zelensky visits troops near Donbas frontline

The Ukrainian president met soldiers and distributed awards near the frontline of Donetsk

Evening Standard

Ukraine's Zelenskiy meets troops near eastern front, says 'all our people will be free'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited troops close to front lines in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday and expressed thanks to everyone involved in the war effort to mark the country's Armed Forces Day.

Reuters

Putin’s forces still seeking to advance in Donbas in Ukraine despite ‘extremely large losses’, says Zelensky

Vladimir Putin’s generals are still seeking to advance in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region despite suffering “extremely large losses,” Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Ukrainian soldiers face a new adversary: muddy trenches

Squelching through thick mud on Tuesday, Petro, a Ukrainian soldier dug in not far from Russian positions in the Donbas, recounted matter-of-factly how his unit had to use buckets to clear out water-logged trenches.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

UK: Russia Likely Redeployed Major Elements of Airborne Forces to Eastern Ukraine

Russia has lately redeployed major elements of its airborne forces to Eastern Ukraine, the UK Defense Ministry said in its latest Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine. The ministry said the forces were likely redeployed to the Donetsk and Luhansk fronts in the Donbas. Between September and October, most…

ABC News

Friend of Australian man killed in Ukraine says he died in Russian mortar attack

A friend of Trevor Kjeldal says the Brisbane man was a brave soldier who died in a mortar attack while fighting Russian forces in Ukraine's Donbas region.

Al Jazeera

Battle for Bakhmut heats up as Russian forces edge closer

Ukrainian soldiers have been fighting advancing Russian forces near the city in the eastern Donbas region.

Reuters

Ukrainian troops holding out against crazy Russian tactics -Zelenskiy

Ukrainian troops are holding out against repeated attacks near two key towns in the eastern Donbas region, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday, describing the Russian tactics as crazy.

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The Independent UK

‘Life can end suddenly here’: Inside Bakhmut, the city being bombed to ruins by Russia’s forces

The Wagner Group has fought on behalf of the Kremlin in a range of arenas including Syria, Libya, central Africa and, most recently, in the Sahel, where its soldiers replaced French forces in Mali, Kim Sengupta reports

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine news – live: Kyiv ‘shot down 85%’ of kamikaze drones launched in Putin attack

Heavy fighting underway in towns near Donbas, says Volodymyr Zelensky

ABC News

Heavy fighting in Soledar, Bakhmut in Donbas, Russia sends thousands of troops to Belarus

There is heavy fighting in two towns in Ukraine's Donbas region as thousands of Russian troops move to Belarus, further raising tensions along Ukraine's north-western border.

Reuters

Zelenskiy: heavy fighting around two Donbas towns

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Reuters

Zelenskiy: Ukraine troops hold key town, Russia firing more missiles

Ukrainian troops are still holding the strategic eastern town of Bakhmut despite repeated Russian attacks while the situation in the Donbas region remains very difficult, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Idaho army veteran killed fighting in Ukraine war

State Department confirmed death of US citizen in Donbas region

Tribune News Service

Another defeat in Ukraine undermines Putin’s ‘forever’ goals

A new operational defeat for Russia’s forces — this time in a strategic eastern Ukrainian town — casts further doubt on the “forever” annexation of four occupied regions by President Vladimir Putin.

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