Posts tagged bakhmut
WAR IN UKRAINE: July 15, 2023

Russian shelling targeted border areas in Sumy Province in Ukraine's northeast, causing multiple explosions, local officials said on July 15, as Kyiv claimed its troops were advancing against the invading forces in the country's south. The Wagner Group fighters are said not to be fighting in Ukraine

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WAR IN UKRAINE: May 26, 2023

Russia launched 36 Iranian-made Shahed drones against Ukraine overnight Thursday, Ukraine’s Air Force reports. All the drones were shot down. Separately, a Russian missile hit a medical clinic in Dnipro, killing at least one and injuring 15 - including 2 children.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: May 6, 2023

The Ukrainian military reported on May 5 that fresh Russian reinforcements were being brought into Bakhmut, the city at the epicenter of Moscow's push in eastern Ukraine. Meanwhile, Russia overnight shelled the southern Ukrainian city of Nikopol, regional authorities said on May 5, as fighting intensified in Bakhmut

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WAR IN UKRAINE: May 5, 2023

The US has denied Russian claims it "masterminded" an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin. Volodymyr Zelensky told The Hague the Russian president should be sentenced for his "criminal actions.” Ukraine's president also called for the establishment of a war tribunal to hold Russia to account for alleged war crimes

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WAR IN UKRAINE: May 3, 2023

At least three civilians were killed and several wounded in fresh Russian shelling in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, regional authorities said on May 2, as Russian forces launched more unsuccessful attacks on Ukrainian positions in Bakhmut over the past day

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WAR IN UKRAINE: April 30, 2023

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russian paramilitary group Wagner, has threatened to withdraw his troops from the embattled Ukrainian city of Bakhmut if ammunition supply problems are not resolved. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has appealed for modern air-defense systems following one of the deadliest Russian strikes on civilian targets in recent months

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WAR IN UKRAINE: April 26, 2023

The Ukrainian military said Russian forces unleashed more waves of assaults on Bakhmut over the past day, but neither side managed to make critical advances RFE/RL reported. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia is doing all it can to destroy Ukraine’s history, culture and people.

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UKRAINE WAR: April 16, 2023

On this Orthodox Easter Sunday, Russia and Ukraine completed a prisoner exchange that resulted in the return of 130 Ukrainian prisoners. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: April 12, 2023

Ukraine says its forces have repelleddozens of attacks as the invading Russian military pressed on with its offensive in the eastern Donetsk region with air strikes and artillery attacks. Ukraine is at a critical juncture in the war and both the country and its allies must not lose sight of the path to victory, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address on April 11.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: April 6, 2023

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled Wednesday to neighboring Poland to meet with leaders there as well as members of the public and Ukrainian refugees who fled after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: April 1, 2023

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the liberation of Bucha, the Ukrainian town that has become synonymous with unspeakable Russian war crimes. Bucha and Bucha district saw 33 days of occupation. More than 1,400 deaths, including 37 children. More than 175 people were found in mass graves and torture chambers. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 28, 2023

Ukraine shut the eastern town of Avdiivka to non-military personnel on Monday, describing it as a post-apocalyptic wasteland, as Kyiv tried to break the back of Russia's flagging winter offensive before a counter-assault of its own

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 27, 2023

Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, President Vladimir Putin has said. The Ukrainian military says that Russian attacks are focusing on Bakhmut and a handful of other eastern areas

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 24, 2023

The estimated cost of reconstruction efforts in Ukraine after Russia's invasion has reached $411 billion, according to an updated assessment by the World Bank. The death and injury toll from separate Russian strikes in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia rise

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 23, 2023

A heavy drone attack early Wednesday causes death and injuries in Kyiv, just hours after the ending of the Sino-Russian leaders summit. Evidence emerges of Chinese drone sales to Russia. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 14, 2023

Senior UN officials are hosting Russian envoys in Geneva in a bid to extend an export agreement amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and prevent a potential new spike in world food prices. Ukrainian forces repelled several waves of Russian attacks in and around Bakhmut the over the past 24 hours, the military said, as commanders on both sides described the situation in the city in the eastern Donetsk region as "difficult."

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 13, 2023

Ukrainian military asserted on March 12 that the Russian side lost more than 1,000 troops in 24 hours as Moscow's push for the eastern city of Bakhmut continued. Large pro-Russian protests in the Moldovan capital 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 12, 2023

Russian forces are continuing to press their offensive in the area around Ukraine’s Donetsk region city of Bakhmut, the Ukrainian military reported on March 11. Media in Finland have reported that the Prime Minister is prepared to discuss providing U.S.-made fighter jets to Ukraine.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 5, 2023

Ukrainian forces repelled numerous Russian attacks in Bakhmut over the past 24 hours, Kyiv said on March 4, despite claims by Moscow's mercenaries that the eastern city that has been the focal point of Russia's months-long assault had been nearly completely surrounded. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland made a surprise visit to Ukraine

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WAR IN UKRAINE: January 21, 2023

Germany failed to reach an agreement with its key Western allies on sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, despite growing pressure to step up its military aid and pleas from Kyiv for more weapons. However the more than dozen European countries with the tanks are moving towards a work around. 

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