Bakhmut

Ukrainian forces have retaken part of the village of Berkhivka, north of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. "Now part of the settlement of Berkhivka has already been lost, the troops are quietly running away. Disgrace!" Russian mercenary leader…

Russian troops have temporarily eased attacks in and around the besieged eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut to regroup and strengthen their capabilities. In a statement on Telegram, Ukraine Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said…

Russia has claimed to have fully captured Ukraine’s Bakhmut, with President Vladimir Putin congratulating his troops and the mercenary Wagner Group for taking the largely levelled eastern city. The Russian announcement on Saturday came…

Ukraine says its counterattacks have ousted Russian forces from some positions in the besieged eastern city of Bakhmut. "The situation is quite difficult...At the same time, in certain parts of the city, the enemy was counterattacked by…

A Ukrainian military spokesperson says Ukraine remains in control of a key supply route into Bakhmut as Kyiv pledged to defend the city which Russia sees as a stepping stone to attacking other cities. "For several weeks, the Russians…

Russia says its forces have advanced in Bakhmut and secured two blocks in the western districts while airborne units were providing reinforcements to the north and south. Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the private Wagner military force which…

Russia's forces have kept up a barrage of attacks along the front concentrated in two Ukrainian cities in the eastern Donetsk region. Ukraine's military said fighting was heaviest along the western approaches to Bakhmut, one of the two…

Ukrainian forces are holding onto the devastated eastern city of Bakhmut which has become a symbol of Kyiv's defiance of Russia, as the battle for the city continues with no end in sight. The months-long battle for Bakhmut, one of the…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says fighting around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is particularly hot. Zelenskiy, in his Sunday night video address, thanked soldiers for fighting in Avdiivka, Maryinka, and Bakhmut,…

Ukrainian forces outside the battered eastern city of Bakhmut are managing to keep Russian units at bay so ammunition, food, equipment and medicines can be delivered to defenders. "We are managing to deliver the necessary munitions,…