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Ukraine top military: Russian forces set deadline to capture Donetsk’s Chasiv Yar by May 9

Ukraine's military chief says Russians aim to seize Donetsk Oblast's Chasiv Yar by 9 May, directing efforts in Bakhmut’s vicinity, but Ukrainian defense holds strong, utilizing drones and artillery to disrupt and repel Russian infantry attacks.

byYuri Zoria

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Frontline report: Ukraine tries to defend heights around Bohdanivka in fierce fighting

After heavy aerial bombardment, Russian infantry secured a 1 km bridgehead south of Chasiv Yar, establishing positions 500 meters from the town's eastern edge.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Frontline report: Russians advance 1 km towards Chasiv Yar employing scorched earth tactics

The village of Ivanivske, standing between Russians and Chasiv Yar town, has been leveled to the ground, while the Ukrainians' goal is to slow the Russian advance before the new defense line along the canal is ready.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Frontline report: Russians employ new tactics in offensive on Ivanivske but retreat with heavy losses

Despite initial gains in their new offensive south of Ivanivske, Russian forces were pushed back to their starting point after failing to breach Ukrainian defenses, suffering heavy losses in manpower and equipment.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2024

In the blood: fallen Ukrainian sniper is third generation to oppose Russia

Decades after the KGB dragged his defiant father away just days before his planned marriage, dissident descendant Roman Chornomaz dies fighting Russian forces near Bakhmut.

byChristine Chraibi

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UK intel: Seizing Chasiv Yar Russia’s objective at Bakhmut axis, but no full-scale assault imminent

Russian forces continue attacking near Bakhmut, occupied parts of Ivanivske. Objective is Chasiv Yar but unlikely to attempt full-scale assault currently despite gradual gains, per UK intelligence.

byYuri Zoria

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Russian armed forces use Starlink terminals in Ukraine, sources say

Elon Musk’s company once hailed for aiding Ukraine, now allegedly helps Russian invaders as well.

byOlena Mukhina

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General Staff: Ukrainian forces repel over 90 Russian attacks across seven front sectors

Over the past 24 hours, a total of 105 skirmishes between Ukrainian and Russian forces took place on the frontline.

byIryna Voichuk

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ISW: Ukrainian forces advanced near Bakhmut

Fierce fighting rages on in partially Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast, as Moscow seeks to fully capture the eastern Ukrainian region.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

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ISW: Russian forces captured Krokhmalne in Kharkiv Oblast

Volodymyr Fitio, spokesman for Ukraine's Land Forces Command, said on 21 Jan. Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from Krokhmalne village in the Kupiansk sector to more prepared positions.

byMaria Tril

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ISW: limited Russian gains near Kreminna, Bakhmut; positional battles across Donbas

Mostly, frontlines remain static as Russian and Ukrainian forces are locked in positional fighting

byAlya Shandra

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Syrskyi: Russia continues offensive ops on three front sectors

The Russian army is persistently attempting to dislodge Ukrainian units from the Kupiansk forest and seize Synkivka, with the goal of cutting off Kupiansk, General Syrskyi said.

byIryna Voichuk

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ISW: Ongoing Russian offensives in Ukraine’s east can result in gradual tactical advances

Russian offensive operations pressure Ukrainian defenses in eastern Ukraine, forcing possible limited tactical retreats to preserve personnel as marginal Russian gains accumulate amid continued heavy casualties, ISW says.

byYuri Zoria

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Ukrainian soldiers take down 450 Russian occupiers on Kupiansk, Bakhmut fronts

The Ukrainian military has neutralized over 450 Russian occupiers and destroyed over 100 pieces of the enemy’s military…

byOlena Mukhina

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ISW: Russia makes minor gains near Bakhmut and Avdiivka

Russian forces made marginal gains northeast of Bakhmut and near Opytne and Stepove, Avdiivka direction. Ukrainian forces continue to hold positions on the eastern bank of the Dnipro in the Kherson Oblast.

byIryna Voichuk

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Frontline report

Frontline report: Russia brings well-equipped troops and tanks to Bakhmut

Russia has doubled its troop levels to 80,000 in the area around Bakhmut. This is twice as many as Russians had allocated for the Avdiivka, where the most intense fighting is happening.

byReporting from Ukraine

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ISW: Russian offensives continue near Avdiivka and Bakhmut

Despite ongoing Russian offensives near Bakhmut and Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast, the Ukrainian General Staff reports that Ukrainian forces have repelled all attacks., as detailed by ISW.

byIryna Voichuk

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Daily review

Russo-Ukrainian war, day 642: Over 70 clashes across frontline, Russian offensive on Avdiivka intensifies

Russians keep storming the Avdiivka Coke plant, yet Ukrainian troops maintain control of the territory. Ukrainian forces repelled 26 Russian attacks near Bakhum within 24 hours. Ukrainian forces uncovered Chinese-made munitions at Russian positions near the occupied city of Melitopol.

byEuromaidan Press Staff

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General Staff: Ukraine repels 26 Russian attacks near Bakhmut within 24 hours

Over the past 24 hours, a total of 79 skirmishes between Ukrainian and Russian forces took place on the front line, with the most intense fighting near Bakhmut and Avdiivka

byIryna Voichuk

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ISW: Russia’s eastern offensive sees little progress amid Ukraine’s advances in south

Russia's offensive operations across eastern Ukraine resulted in little confirmed progress on 15 Nov., even as Ukraine consolidated gains from its Kherson counterattack.

byMaria Tril