Ukrainian units including the 3rd Separate Assault Infantry Brigade have made ‘significant gains’ in recent days, while Yevgeny Prigozhin has once again accused Russian forces of retreating.
May. 19, 2023
Is the ongoing battle for Bakhmut, to quote Churchill, the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?
May. 15, 2023
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War in Ukraine
“Klishchiivka was cleared of Russians” setting up staging ground for further counteroffensive actions in the area around Bakhmut as the counteroffensive grinds on.
Sep. 18, 2023
War in Ukraine
The now completely destroyed village is subject to competing claims from Kyiv and Moscow, but the available evidence suggests its Ukraine’s troops who have the upper hand.
Sep. 17, 2023
War in Ukraine
Dodging mortars and heavy gunfire, two members of Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade can be seen advancing on Russian positions in a post-apocalyptic landscape.
Sep. 16, 2023
Bakhmut
Ukraine’s “crawling offensive” was confirmed to have taken more ground to the south of Bakhmut, as new reports came in about a defeated Russian brigade and a key village captured.
Sep. 15, 2023
War in Ukraine
A joyous announcement was quickly quashed by those fighting on the ground. Kyiv blamed a “communication breakdown between several sources of information.”
Sep. 14, 2023
Zelensky
Bakhmut, an industrial town that was once home to some 70,000 people, was captured by Russian forces this summer after months of brutal fighting.
Sep. 5, 2023
War in Ukraine
Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said on Monday a total of 40 sq km of territory have been retaken on the southern flank of the Bakhmut sector.
Aug. 14, 2023
War in Ukraine
More talk than action on another day of the grinding war. But Russia is worried about its rear.
Aug. 3, 2023
US
Ukrainian troops are firing Soviet-era BM-21 Grad rockets that seem to have come from North Korea (DPRK), signalling that Moscow has turned to another despot for help.
Jul. 29, 2023
Bakhmut
Ukraine mounts up and possibly breaks through on southern front; Russian claims of gains on northern front denied, but experts sound a big gong of caution.
Jul. 27, 2023
War in Ukraine
Poised to take the town of Klishchiivka south of Bakhmut, Ukrainian assault forces ambushed Russian troops with artillery after luring them into a vulnerable position.
Jul. 26, 2023
War in Ukraine
A window into the mounting emotional and physical toll for Ukraine’s medical staff who have played a vital but behind-the-scenes role for 17 months of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Jul. 25, 2023
Bakhmut
More gains in Bakhmut sector, US says Kyiv faces a “very hard fight,” Ukraine claims two companies of Russian troops killed and wounded on Tavria axis.
Jul. 24, 2023
Bakhmut
Russian forces in the besieged city are “semi-encircled,” according to Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi.
Jul. 20, 2023
Bakhmut
Senior Ukrainian army officers have acknowledged that Moscow’s forces have shifted the focus of attack closer to Russia’s western border, notwithstanding Kyiv’s major offensive on the southern front.
Jul. 18, 2023
War in Ukraine
Ukraine is gradually surrounding the city of Bakhmut, which Russian forces had captured in May. The city has seen some of the war’s fiercest fighting and has become a symbol for both sides.
Jul. 17, 2023
A Kyiv-raised elite assault infantry unit grabbed ground and hit defenders with dozens of casualties in the Russian army’s worst battlefield failure in months.
May. 10, 2023