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US, Germany sending weapons to Ukraine as Russia advances in the east

The battle for Sievierodonetsk in Ukraine's eastern Donbas area has become the focus of Russia's offensive in recent weeks.

Jun 16, 2022, 06:48 AM IST

Russia-Ukraine war: Russia destroys bridge over Ukrainian river, cutting escape route

Ukrainian and Russian forces were still fighting street-by-street in Sievierodonetsk on Sunday, the governor of Luhansk province, Serhiy Gaidai, said.

Jun 13, 2022, 06:24 AM IST

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine says it remains in control of Sievierodonetsk plant sheltering hundreds

Ukraine said some 800 people were hiding in several bomb shelters underneath the Azot plant, including about 200 employees and 600 residents of Sievierodonetsk.

Jun 12, 2022, 06:36 AM IST

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine pleads for more weapons, cholera spreads in Mariupol

"There is an outbreak of dysentery and cholera ... The war which took over 20,000 residents ... unfortunately, with these infection outbreaks, will claim thousands more Mariupolites," said Ukraine. 

Jun 11, 2022, 06:30 AM IST

Russia-Ukraine war: Russians are dying like flies, says Ukraine as troops hold on to Sievierodonetsk, advance in south

"They (the Russians) are dying like flies ... fierce fighting continues inside Sievierodonetsk," Luhansk governor Serhiy Gaidai said.

Jun 10, 2022, 06:25 AM IST

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukrainian President Zelenskiy travels close to front-line near Sievierodonetsk

In two separate videos released later, Zelenskiy is shown talking to troops in confined, bunker-like structures, presenting some with awards and addressing others.

Jun 06, 2022, 06:31 AM IST

Ukrainians hold out as Russia storms eastern city on war's 100th day

Ukrainian head of the Luhansk region Serhiy Gaidai told national television that Ukrainian troops had recaptured around 20% of the territory they had lost to Russian forces in Sievierodonetsk.

Jun 04, 2022, 06:23 AM IST

200,000 kids among Ukrainians taken to Russia, says Zelenskyy

They include children from orphanages, children taken with their parents and those separated from their families.

Jun 02, 2022, 06:47 AM IST

Ukraine, Russia battle in the east as Zelenskyy visits front

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the frontline positions of the Ukrainian military during a working trip to the eastern city of Kharkiv, PTI reported.

May 30, 2022, 06:19 AM IST

Russia takes small cities, aims to widen east Ukraine battle

The Kremlin said Putin held an 80-minute phone call Saturday with the leaders of France and Germany in which he warned against the continued transfers of Western weapons to Ukraine and blamed the conflict's disruption to global food supplies on Western sanctions.

May 29, 2022, 06:38 AM IST

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine fears repeat of Mariupol horrors elsewhere in Donbas

“Massive artillery shelling does not stop, day and night,” Sievierodonetsk Mayor Oleksandr Striuk told The Associated Press. “The city is being systematically destroyed 90% of the buildings in the city are damaged.

May 28, 2022, 06:15 AM IST

Russia-Ukraine war: Russia slams sanctions, seeks to blame West for food crisis

Russian President told Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi that Moscow “is ready to make a significant contribution to overcoming the food crisis through the export of grain and fertilizer on the condition that politically motivated restrictions imposed by the West are lifted."

May 27, 2022, 06:32 AM IST

Russia pounds Ukraine's east as town buries dead in mass grave

After failing to seize Ukraine`s capital Kyiv or its second city Kharkiv, Russia is trying to take full control of the Donbas, comprised of two eastern provinces Moscow claims on behalf of separatists.

May 26, 2022, 06:24 AM IST

Russia to continue military operation in Ukraine until 'all goals met'

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has said that Moscow was intentionally slowing its offensive in Ukraine "to avoid civilian casualties."

May 25, 2022, 07:15 AM IST

Russia declares war on Ukraine, announces 'military operation'

Russian President Putin warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to ‘consequences they have never seen.’

Feb 24, 2022, 09:01 AM IST