Articles tagged "Kyiv Independent"

Heavy fighting continues in Sievierodonetsk as Russian forces push toward Sloviansk -- Russian troops leave 'almost all' military checkpoints around Melitopol amid Ukrainian advances -- Forced retreat of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet may ease pressure on blockade of Ukraine’s southern ports -- Russian troops with Iskander-M systems positioned in Belarus along Ukrainian border -- and more

Russia launched several missiles toward Kyiv from Caspian Sea -- Russian cruise missile flew 'critically low' over nuclear power plant -- Putin threatens to attack locations that haven't been hit yet if Ukraine gets long-range missiles -- Ukrzaliznytsia confirms that four Russian missiles hit repair plant in Kyiv -- and more

Russia amasses warships in Black Sea -- Nearly 14 million Ukrainians flee their homes since beginning of Russia's war -- Russian ballistic missiles hit 4 settlements in Donbas -- Russia forcibly relocates residents from Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast -- and more

Russia begins military drills in the Pacific Ocean -- Russians control 50% of Sievierodonetsk after Ukrainian counteroffensive -- Resistance among locals in Kherson Oblast growing -- Ukrainian official urges Scholz to deliver heavy weapons quickly -- and more

Russia to intensify air attacks on critical infrastructure -- Russian forces struggle to establish permanent societal control in temporarily occupied territories -- Russian cruise missiles severely damaged railway infrastructure -- Russian troops set up second filtration prison near Mariupol -- and more

Russian troops dress in Ukrainian army uniform to hunt for activists in largely-occupied Kherson Oblast -- Ukraine pledges to not strike Russian territory with US rockets -- Russian ground operations concentrated in Luhansk Oblast -- Putin, Erdogan tentatively agree on unblocking Ukrainian ports -- and more

Genetic code for nearly 2,000 crops at risk due to Russia’s war -- US warns against formalizing Russian control in Kherson -- Prosecutor General estimates Russians commit about 200-300 war crimes in Ukraine every day -- One more Russian offensive towards Sloviansk fails -- and more

Russia preparing to attack Ukraine from three directions -- Russians advance in Sievierodonetsk -- Belarus to start military drills near Ukrainian borders in June -- Russia stole half a million tons of grain, trying to sell it -- Domestic dissent within Russian military circles continues to grow -- and more

Russian troops repeatedly block civilian cars evacuating from occupied territories to Zaporizhzhia -- Capturing all of Donbas is ‘absolute priority’ for Russia -- Russian troops move towards central Sievierodonetsk -- Russian ship loaded with grain allegedly stolen from Ukraine arrives in Syria -- and more

Released Ukrainian POWs say Russian troops tortured them -- Ukraine destroys over 30% of Russia’s modern tanks -- Ukrainian forces in tough defensive position in Sievierodonetsk -- EU considers sending naval mission to unblock agricultural exports from Ukrainian ports -- and more

Russia advances in Donbas due to narrow field of operation -- Russian regional lawmakers call for withdrawal of troops from Ukraine -- New report suggests Russia intents to ‘destroy Ukrainian people’ -- Kremlin still discussing attacking Kyiv -- and more

Russia deletes 38,000 messages calling for protests against the war in Ukraine -- US, Ukraine discuss risk of escalation amid weapons provisions -- Russia kidnaps men in Chechnya, forces them to fight -- Kremlin proxies in Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts plan to join Russia -- and more