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President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that he visited military positions near the frontline town of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, the scene of the longest and bloodiest battle since Russia’s war. At least one person was killed meanwhile and more than two dozen injured in a Russian strike on a block …

The Russian army said Saturday that its troops had launched an offensive in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, where fighting this week intensified after several months of an almost frozen front. In its daily report, Moscow’s forces said they led “offensive operations” in the region and claimed to have “taken more advantageous …

KYIV: Explosions were reported throughout Ukraine on New Year’s Eve as Russia carried out its second major round of missile attacks in three days on Saturday, Reuters reported while quoting Ukrainian officials. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said at least one person had been killed and eight wounded after a series …

Russia says its forces have left a key town in eastern Ukraine to avoid being surrounded by the Ukrainian army, and moved to “more advantageous frontiers.” Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Saturday the withdrawal from the strategic city of Lyman was “due to the risk to be encircled.” “In connection …

UKRAINE’S ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION JOINS RUSSIA ANNEXATION VOTES The Russian-held Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia, home to Europe’s largest nuclear plant, will join three other occupied territories in holding votes on becoming part of Russia, a pro-Moscow official said Tuesday. “Today I signed an order on the holding of a referendum on …

Russia said on Thursday it could shut down Europe’s largest nuclear power plant after it came under shelling on the front lines in Ukraine, a move Kyiv said would increase the risk of a nuclear catastrophe there. FIGHTING * Russia’s foreign ministry rejected a proposal by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres …