Tag: Avdiivka (Ukraine)

Zelensky and Putin Make Dueling Trips to Front Line in Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine visited the embattled eastern town of Avdiivka, his office said on Tuesday, after the Kremlin announced that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had again traveled to occupied areas of Ukraine near the front line, as both leaders sought to display strength and rally their troops. The split-screen images came […]

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Russia Pounds Eastern Ukraine but Hasn’t Secured Decisive Breakthrough in Offensive

Russian jets, drones and artillery had pounded eastern Ukraine in deadly attacks over the past day, the Ukrainian authorities said on Saturday, but months into an offensive aimed at capturing all of the Donbas region, Moscow’s forces were still struggling to achieve a decisive breakthrough. Ukraine repelled 70 Russian attacks over the past 24 hours […]

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Some Ukrainians Refuse to Leave Avdiivka Despite Russian Bombardment

When the shelling starts, the people who remain in the devastation of Avdiivka hardly flinch. In truth, the shelling barely stops. In this ravaged town in eastern Ukraine, the thud of Russian artillery reverberates every minute or two. “Do you hear? It’s flying,” one resident said as a rocket passed overhead. “Then there is a […]

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U.N. Official Heads to Ukrainian Nuclear Plant as Safety Fears Grow

The United Nation’s chief nuclear energy official met on Monday with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine to discuss what he describes as increasingly dire fears about a battle-scarred nuclear plant on the front line of the war, ahead of his first visit to the plant in almost seven months. The official, Rafael Mariano Grossi, director […]

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Its Forces Under Siege, Ukraine Hits Distant, Russian-Held Crimea

KYIV, Ukraine — As swarms of Russian soldiers stormed Ukrainian lines in furious assaults around two cities in the east on Tuesday, Ukraine set the stage for its own advance by making strikes deep behind Russian lines, including what appeared to be a drone attack on a vital logistical hub in the occupied Crimean Peninsula. […]

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Russian Attacks Along a Wide Arc of Ukraine Yield Little but Casualties

KYIV, Ukraine — From Kupiansk in the north to Avdiivka in the south, through Bakhmut, Lyman and dozens of towns in between, Russian forces are attacking along a 160-mile arc in eastern Ukraine in an intensifying struggle for tactical advantage before possible spring offensives. Heavy fighting was reported on Monday in and around Avdiivka, a […]

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