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Ukraine’s military chief says Russia’s 2025 offensives have failed

September 26, 2025 admin

“Russian plans to create a ‘buffer zone’ in Sumy and Kharkiv regions in the north and northeast, to take the city of Pokrovsk and to capture all of Donetsk region had failed,” Commander in Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi said. Photo: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service Handout via Reuters Russia’s spring…

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How Significant Is Russia’s Capture Of Ukraine’s Vuhledar?

October 2, 2024 admin

Russian troops are in complete control of the town of Vuhledar in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region that has resisted Russian assaults for more than two years, the SHOT Telegram channel and pro-Russian war bloggers said on Wednesday. Here are some key points about the town and the battle. WHAT IS VUHLEDAR? Vuhledar – which means…

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Russia bans entry of 13 Japanese executives in response to Japan’s ongoing sanctions

July 24, 2024 admin

Toyota president Akio Toyoda was one of the executives banned from entering Russia. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Russia has banned the head of Toyota and 12 other senior Japanese business figures from entering the country, prompting a protest by Tokyo on July 24. The list published by Russia’s foreign ministry on Tuesday includes Toyota…

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Missile fragments hit apartment building in Kyiv suburb, damage balconies

June 30, 2024 admin

Missile fragments fell on a northern suburb of Kyiv on Sunday, damaging balconies on a multi-storey apartment building, officials said. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said two female residents were being treated for severe stress at the site in the city’s Obolon district. The head of Kyiv’s military administration, Serhiy…

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“Swarm” Of Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Steel Mill In Overnight Raid

June 30, 2024 admin

The attack achieved no results other than causing extra welding work (Representational) Moscow: A “swarm” of Ukrainian drones targeted Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel’s facility in a raid in the early hours of Sunday, but it sustained no serious damage, a company spokesperson said. The attack achieved no results other than causing extra welding work, the…

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Renewed Russian offensive on Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine forces 1,700 civilians to flee

May 11, 2024 admin

Firefighters work at a site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine on May 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian forces began a renewed ground assault in Ukraine’s northeast, killing and injuring several people and forcing more than 1,700 civilians to evacuate from the Kharkiv region, officials said…

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Ukraine Pulls Back From 3 Villages In East, Zelenskyy Pleads For Weapons

April 28, 2024 admin

Kyiv, Ukraine: Ukraine’s top commander said on Sunday Kyiv’s outnumbered troops had fallen back to new positions west of three villages on the eastern front where Russia has concentrated significant forces in several locations. The statement by Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi reflected Ukraine’s deteriorating position in the east that Kyiv hopes it can stabilise once…

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Situation near Chasiv Yar tense, Ukrainian army says

March 25, 2024 admin

Ukrainian forces face a “difficult” situation around the eastern city of Chasiv Yar as Russia focuses its offensive there, a Ukrainian army official said Monday. Moscow has made a number of gains on the frontline in recent months, pressing their advantage as Kyiv struggles with shortages of vital munitions from its Western allies. “The situation…

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Russia Captures Another Village Tonenke In Eastern Ukraine, Second This Week

March 21, 2024 admin

Russia Ukraine War Update: Russia captured the village of Tonenke (File) Moscow: Moscow said Thursday that it had captured another village in east Ukraine, around 10 kilometres (six miles) from the city of Avdiivka, which fell to Russian forces last month. It was the second village west of Avdiivka that Moscow claimed to have seized…

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Russia hacks unsecured German line discussing Ukraine arms aid

March 6, 2024 admin

A demonstrator holds a placard calling on the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to supply Ukraine with Taurus air-to-surface cruise missiles, during a rally in support of Ukraine to mark the second year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Berlin on February 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP A German military officer used an unsecured phone…

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