LAST UPDATE: 13:12 Russian military forces and separatist forces in eastern Ukraine are in full control of the city of Lisitsansk, Russian news agency TASS reported, citing the Defense Ministry. The ministry said earlier today that Russian forces had surrounded Lisitsansk and were now fighting inside the city. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has informed […]
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Ukraine has confirmed the withdrawal of its forces from Lisitsansk
LAST UPDATE: 19:48 Ukrainian forces have been forced to withdraw from the eastern city of Lisitsansk, Kiev’s last stronghold in the Lugansk region, according to a statement from Ukraine’s military command, Reuters reported. “Continuing the defense of the city would lead to fatal consequences. In order to preserve the lives of the Ukrainian defenders, the […]
Ukraine: Fierce fighting in Lisitsansk – Russia ‘attacks with all its forces’
LAST UPDATE: 18:49 Fierce fighting is raging today in eastern Ukraine’s Lisitsansk, a city at the center of the war for control of Donbas, with pro-Russian separatists claiming they have completely surrounded it, a claim the Ukrainian military denies. “The fighting is raging around Lisitsansk. Fortunately, the city is not surrounded and is under the […]
Ukraine: Russian forces bomb Kharkov nuclear research center
LAST UPDATE: 20:50 A nuclear research center in the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine was bombed by Russian forces today, the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate announced. Buildings and infrastructure were damaged, but the area where the nuclear fuel is housed was not affected and radioactivity levels remain normal in the area, the authority said […]
Reuters: Russia’s change of tactics has brought territorial benefits to Donbass
It took weeks of fierce fighting, countless casualties and relentless bombing to get the exhausted Ukrainian defenders of Sheverodonetsk ordered to evacuate its burning ruins. “It does not make sense to stay in positions that have been disbanded for many months just to stay there,” Serhiy Gaidai, the governor of the wider region, told Ukrainian […]
Reuters: The change in tactics on the part of Russia behind the territorial gains in Donbas
It took weeks of fierce fighting, countless casualties and relentless bombing to get the exhausted Ukrainian defenders of Sheverodonetsk ordered to evacuate its burning ruins. “It does not make sense to stay in positions that have been disbanded for many months just to stay there,” Serhiy Gaidai, the governor of the wider region, told Ukrainian […]
Ukrainian official: Sheverodonetsk still supplied, not fully encircled
Ukrainian troops in Sheverodonetsk, on the front line, can still pick up weapons and evacuate their wounded despite damage to supply corridors, a senior Ukrainian military official told Reuters today, according to Reuters. Oleksiy Gromov, deputy chief of staff of the General Staff’s main operations department, said the situation in the city was difficult but […]
Ukraine: Russia Sends Large Number of Reserve Troops to Sheverodonetsk – Controls Most of
LAST UPDATE: 19:53 Russia is sending large numbers of reserve troops to Sheverodonetsk from other battle zones to try to gain full control of the eastern frontal city, the governor of Ukraine’s Luhansk region said on Sunday, according to Reuters. “Today, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, they will drop all the reserves they have […]
Ukraine: Explosions heard in Kyiv – Fierce fighting in Sheverodonetsk
Explosions were heard early this morning in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, said the mayor of the city Vitali Klitschko. “Explosions in the Darnicki and Dniprovsky districts of the capital,” Klitschko wrote in the Telegram. “Services are already working on the spot. More details – later.” A former eyewitness had told Reuters he saw smoke over […]
Ukraine: Russian army gathers forces around Slovyansk
The Russian army is gathering forces ahead of an attack in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk, the Ukrainian general staff has warned. According to the Ukrainian generals, there are up to 20 battle formations of the Russian army in the area, with motorized infantry, artillery and air defense systems, which have from 600 to […]