The Latest Breaking News from Oleksandr Syrskyi

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine said Tuesday its troops were under pressure in the near-destroyed frontline city of Bakhmut, where Russian forces were launching heavy assaults after months of fighting.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian troops are "constantly destroying" anything his forces can use to "protect our positions for fortification and defence"

The United States is planning a provocation in Ukraine using toxic chemicals, the Russian defense ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry cited former US ambassador to Russia John Sullivan as saying that "Russian troops plan to use chemical weapons in the special military operation area." "We regard this information as…

The commander of Ukrainian ground forces Colonel general Oleksandr Syrskyi visited besieged Bakhmut to boost morale and talk strategy with units defending the town and surrounding villages in eastern Ukraine, the military said over the weekend.

The time and tide of the conflict is changing, temporarily at least, reports Kim Sengupta from Kyiv

Russia announced Tuesday it will “fundamentally" scale back military operations near Ukraine’s capital and a northern city, as talks to end the grinding war brought the outlines of a possible deal into view. Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said the change on the battlefield was meant to increase trust at…

The commander of Ukraine’s Army Oleksandr Syrskyi told how Ukraine is defending against the growing Russian threat from its eastern flank, where there are 126,000 troops, and Belarus to the north, where there are 80,000