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Russia makes progress in frontline city of Bakhmut

The city of Bakhmut and towns in the eastern industrial region of Donetsk have been the focal point of assault for much of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.

The New Daily

Ukraine Hits Russian-held City Deep Behind Front as Talk of Counteroffensive Grows

Ukraine struck a railway depot and knocked out power in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol, deep behind the front line, on Wednesday amid growing talk from Kyiv of a counterassault against Russian forces worn out by a failed winter offensive. Unverified images on the internet showed explosions lighting up the…

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Ukraine hits Russian-held city deep behind front as talk of counteroffensive grows

Ukraine struck a railway depot and knocked out power in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol deep behind front lines on Wednesday amid growing talk from Kyiv of a counterassault against Russian forces worn out by a failed winter offensive.

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Ukrainian shelling kills two civilians, say Russian-installed officials

Ukrainian forces killed two civilians late on Monday when they shelled an apartment building in the Russian-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Russian-installed officials said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Russian shelling of Ukraine city kills 2, wounds 29 people

Officials in Ukraine say two people were killed and 29 wounded when Russian forces shelled the Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, in the partially occupied eastern Donetsk region

The Independent UK

Ukraine's Avdiivka becoming 'post-apocalyptic', city shuts down -official

Russia is turning Ukraine's Avdiivka into "a place from post-apocalyptic movies", intensifying shelling and forcing a nearly full shutdown of the frontline city, the top local official said on Sunday.

Reuters

Wagner advance in Bakhmut as Russian offensive appears to weaken

Russian mercenaries were the only element of Moscow’s forces making any progress in the 55th week of the war in Ukraine.

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Heavy losses reported by Russia and Ukraine as battle for Bakhmut rages

Both sides claim to have killed huge numbers of enemy soldiers, but have not given details of their own casualties

Evening Standard

Ukraine, Russia Locked in Brutal Battle in Bakhmut, Casualties Mount

Ukrainian forces faced relentless Russian attacks on Bakhmut in its eastern Donetsk region on Monday, with both sides reporting mounting enemy casualties as they battled across a small river that bisects the ruined town and now marks the front line. The situation in the nearly deserted town was difficult, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia says forces continue attack in Ukraine's Donetsk region

Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday that its forces continued to conduct military operations in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, claiming to have killed more than 220 Ukrainian servicemen over the past 24 hours.

Reuters

The Flowers of War: Ukraine Smith Turns Guns, Ammo into Art

A blacksmith in the Russian-controlled eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk is practically beating swords into ploughshares, and turning one man’s trash into treasures. Viktor Mikhalev takes weapons and ammunition and produces what he calls the flowers of war. Mikhalev, who trained as a welder, lives and works in a house…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The flowers of war: Ukraine smith turns guns, ammo into art

A blacksmith in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk is practically beating swords into ploughshares, and turning one man’s trash into treasures

The Independent UK

Battle for Bakhmut takes center stage in war in Ukraine

Bakhmut, a city in eastern Ukraine, has been the focus of a Russian attacks for six months in the war’s longest and bloodiest battle

The Independent UK

Drone footage shows how a Ukrainian city has been ‘completely destroyed’ by Russian army

Aerial footage show how the city of Marinka, in Donetsk, which once housed 10,000 people, has been left in ruin, with remains of buildings now surrounded by debris

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Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin’s forces capturing Bakhmut will not ‘change the tide of this fight,’ says US Defence Secretary

Vladimir Putin’s troops are said to have almost encircled the town in the Donetsk province in the eastern Donbas region

The Independent UK

Russia steps up effort to take elusive prize of Ukraine city

The fate of Bakhmut appears to be hanging in the balance as Russian forces continue to encroach on the devastated eastern Ukrainian city

Daily Mirror

Apocalyptic photos show 10,000-person town wiped off face of earth in Ukraine

Before Russia's invasion, 10,000 people lived in Mariinka, a town in the suburbs of Donetsk, which has become an apocalyptic wasteland as Vladimir Putin's troops raze neighbourhoods to the ground

Bangkok Post

Kyiv says Russia pursuing 'attempts to encircle' Bakhmut

KYIV, Ukraine: Kyiv said Sunday it was holding off attacks from Russian troops still attempting to surround Bakhmut, a now-destroyed eastern Ukrainian city that Moscow has been trying to capture for months.

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Meet the volunteers bringing relief to the residents of embattled Bakhmut, Ukraine

Photographer Natalie Keyssar recounts the work of The Angels of Salvation, a group of volunteers dedicated to bringing aid to and helping to evacuate civilians in Ukraine's Donetsk region.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Battle for Bakhmut Rages 'Round the Clock'; US Readies $400 Mln New Arms Aid for Ukraine

Ukrainian forces clinging to the eastern city of Bakhmut dug new trenches in an attempt to hold back Russian attackers, as the United States said new military aid for Ukraine would be discussed at a meeting with Germany's leader on Friday. Russian forces have been attacking Bakhmut in Donetsk province…

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Russia Tries to Close Ring on Bakhmut as Ukrainians Mount ‘Furious Resistance’

Russian forces carried out relentless attacks on Bakhmut on Wednesday, trying to encircle and storm the small eastern Ukrainian city and claim their first major prize for more than half a year after some of the bloodiest fighting of the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Moscow of throwing waves…

The New Daily

Russian forces hammer Ukraine’s Bakhmut

Russian forces have pressed forward their weeks-long drive to encircle and capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, where the Ukrainian military

The Guardian - UK

‘If you don’t burrow in you die pretty quickly’: the relentless battle for Bakhmut

Ukrainian soldiers who have been holding off a Russian offensive around the city describe intense fighting

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Bakhmut and other frontlines a ‘grinding slog’, says US

War in Europe could last another three years, says senior Pentagon official

Reuters

Russians tighten noose on Ukraine's Bakhmut, Putin warns of Western espionage

Russian forces on Tuesday pressed forward their weeks-long drive to encircle and capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, where the Ukrainian military described the attacks as constant.

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