battle for bakhmut

Yuriy Korpan is 39 years old but looks a decade older, his face worn as he returns from a week of combat near Bakhmut.The Ukrainian infantryman, a father of three, was fighting to retake Bakhmut, a city which fell entirely into Russian…

Ukrainian servicemen look on after a fight, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the front line city of Bakhmut, in Donetsk region, Ukraine. (Image: Reuters)A major part of the offensive in Ukraine is now concentrated in Bakhmut…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ukrainian forces have managed to blunt Russia’s offensive in and around the embattled eastern city of Bakhmut, where the…

Russia’s advance seems to have stalled in Moscow’s campaign to capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, a leading think tank said in an assessment of the longest ground battle of the war. The Washington-based Institute for the…

KYIV: The six-month battle for the Ukrainian city of Bakhmuthas been the longest and bloodiest fight of the war so far.Little known outside Ukraine before the Russian invasion, Bakhmut has become a symbol of the country’s fortitude and…

Russian shelling destroyed homes and killed one person in northern Ukraine’s Kharkiv province, the region’s governor said Sunday, while fighting raged in the fiercely contested eastern city of Bakhmut. The town of Kupiansk is about 30…

CHASIV YAR: Ukrainian forces clinging to the eastern city of Bakhmutdug new trenches in an attempt to hold back Russian attackers, as the United States said new military aid for Ukraine would be discussed at a meeting with Germany's leader…

Last Updated: January 11, 2023, 15:34 ISTSmoke rises from strikes on the frontline city of Soledar, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, as seen from Bakhmut, Ukraine (Image: Reuters)Kremlin spokesperson Peskov acknowledged losses but…

A man walks past an apartment block destroyed by a missile strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, from the frontline Donbas city of Bakhmut, Ukraine (Image: Reuters)The heavy-lifting in the battle for Bakhmut was done by Putin’s…