Ukrainian troops vow to take back Bakhmut but say it won’t be easy
By Anna Voitenko EASTERN UKRAINE (Reuters) – Ukrainian soldiers are vowing to take back the shattered city of Bakhmut but face a long, hard slog …
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Ukraine aims to retake ground by Bakhmut, Russia says it repelled attacks
(Reuters) – Ukrainian military officials said on Friday that Kyiv was persistently working to retake land near the shattered eastern city of Bakhmut while Russian …
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy visits positions near Bakhmut
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Ukrainian troops near the eastern Bakhmut front line on Saturday. Photos published by Zelenskiy on Twitter showed …
Ukraine’s army reports new gains against Russian forces near Bakhmut
KYIV (Reuters) – Counterattacking Ukrainian forces have advanced up to 1,400 metres at a number of sections of the front line near the eastern city …
Ukraine says fighting decreases in Bakhmut, shelling continues around it
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Tuesday fighting had decreased in Bakhmut but shelling continued in the area around it, with its troops keeping a small …
Russia’s war on Ukraine latest: Ukraine says closer to encircling Bakhmut
(Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine gave conflicting accounts of the situation in Bakhmut on Sunday, with Kyiv saying it still controlled a small part of …
Explainer-How important is the claimed capture by Russia’s Wagner Group of Ukraine’s Bakhmut?
By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) – Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday that his Wagner fighters had completed the capture of the Ukrainian …
Key moments in the Battle of Bakhmut in Ukraine’s east
KYIV, (Reuters) – The battle for the small city of Bakhmut in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region has become the longest and bloodiest of Russia’s full-scale …
Russia’s Prigozhin says Bakhmut will not fall in next two days
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Friday that the city of Bakhmut was unlikely to fall to his mercenary forces in the …
Ukraine reports new advances near eastern city of Bakhmut
By Pavel Polityuk and Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said it had made new advances on Wednesday in heavy fighting near the eastern …
Russia’s Wagner group signals it will stay in Bakhmut after threat to quit
(Reuters) – The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group appeared on Sunday to ditch plans to withdraw his forces from Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine after …
Russians pound frontline positions in Bakhmut, Ukraine military says
(Reuters) – Russian forces pounded the city of Bakhmut, the months-old focal point of their attempts to capture the eastern Ukrainian industrial region of Donbas, …
Russia says Wagner fighters take two more blocks in battered Bakhmut
(Reuters) – Russia said on Sunday that Wagner mercenary units supported by airborne troops had captured two more city blocks in the eastern Ukrainian city …
Ukraine forces pull back as Russia mounts ‘re-energised’ Bakhmut assault, UK says
LONDON (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops have been forced to withdraw from some territory in the battlefield city of Bakhmut as Russia mounts a renewed assault …
Russian official claims 75% of Bakhmut seized
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian-installed head of the Moscow-controlled part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region said on Monday that Russian forces controlled more than 75% of …
Russia’s Prigozhin says no sign Ukraine quitting Bakhmut, more support needed
(Reuters) – The head of Russia’s private Wagner militia said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces were not abandoning the city of Bakhmut but that, even …
Russian forces advance in Ukraine’s Bakhmut – Russian-installed leader
By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) – Russian forces are moving forward in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut despite fierce resistance and have almost taken …
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy: More than 1,100 Russian dead in less than a week in Bakhmut
(Reuters) – Russian forces suffered more than 1,100 dead in less than a week of battles near the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the focal …
Fall of Bakhmut would not mean Russia has turned tide of war – Pentagon chief
By Idrees Ali AMMAN (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Monday that the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was of more symbolic …
Ukraine’s ground forces commander visits besieged Bakhmut to talk strategy, boost morale
By Oleksandr Kozhukhar KYIV (Reuters) – The commander of Ukrainian ground forces Colonel general Oleksandr Syrskyi visited besieged Bakhmut to boost morale and talk strategy …
Russia’s Prigozhin, Ukraine give varying accounts on fighting near Bakhmut
(Reuters) -Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said forces of his Wagner group had captured the village of Yahidne, just north of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine …
Zelenskiy says Ukraine will defend Bakhmut within reason from Russia
By Gianluca Semeraro and Ronald Popeski (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview published on Sunday that Ukraine would maintain its months-long defence …
Ukraine troops prepare for threat of Russia capturing Bakhmut
SIVERSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops conducting weekend exercises near the small town of Siversk, in the country’s east, said they were preparing to defend …
Fierce fighting in north of Ukraine’s Bakhmut, says Russian head of Wagner militia
(Reuters) – The head of Russia’s private Wagner militia said on Sunday that fierce fighting was ongoing in the northern parts of the Ukrainian city …
Russia likely planning to encircle Donetsk Oblast town of Bakhmut, Britain says
(Reuters) – Russia is likely planning to encircle the Donetsk Oblast town of Bakhmut with tactical advances to the north and south, Britain’s defence ministry …