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Ukraine war latest: Kyiv receives $2.6 billion in military aid; Russia creates defense lines in occupied Crimea

Ukraine war latest: Kyiv receives $2.6 billion in military aid; Russia creates defense lines in occupied Crimea

by Sofiya Doig

* US to provide Ukraine with additional $2.6 billion in military aid * UK Defense Ministry: Russia likely to 'eventually' replace Wagner with other mercenaries in Ukraine * Shoigu claims Russia placed aircraft, missile systems in Belarus capable of delivering nuclear strikes * Khmelnytskyi City Council revokes Moscow Patriarchate church land rights after

Ukraine war latest: Kyiv denies Wagner’s claim of seizing Bakhmut city hall

Ukraine war latest: Kyiv denies Wagner’s claim of seizing Bakhmut city hall

Key developments on April 3: * Ukraine denies Russian claims about seizing Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast * Poland delivers first MiG-29 jets to Ukraine * Zelensky on upcoming counteroffensive: Russians “still have time to leave — otherwise, we will destroy them” * Zelensky, European officials meet with Russian occupation survivors in Chernihiv Oblast * General Staff:

Ukraine war latest: Kyiv’s spring counteroffensive planned in several areas, says Reznikov
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Ukraine war latest: Kyiv’s spring counteroffensive planned in several areas, says Reznikov

by Thaisa Semenova

Key developments on March 29: * Ukrainian counteroffensive to take place in several areas in spring, says defense minister * Russian forces achieve ‘partial success’ in Bakhmut, General Staff reports * Moscow stopped informing US about its nuclear activities, including missile test launches * Russia announces exercises with the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system

Ukraine war latest: Russian missile strike on residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia kills 1, injures 34

Ukraine war latest: Russian missile strike on residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia kills 1, injures 34

Key developments on March 22: * Russian missiles hit two residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia * Zelensky visits soldiers on front line near Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast * Next few weeks of the war are 'critical,' says White House. Russian missile attack on two residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, a city in southeastern Ukraine,

Ukraine war latest: ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin, Russia's Bakhmut offensives 'lowest since January'

Ukraine war latest: ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin, Russia's Bakhmut offensives 'lowest since January'

Key developments on March 17: * ICC: arrest warrants issued against Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova * Russia's Bakhmut offensives "lowest since January" * Slovakia to send 13 MIG-29 fighter jets * Governor: Landmine explosions injure 2 As Russia's crimes against Ukraine become more visible, on March 17, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued

Ukraine war latest: As Wagner's offensive in Bakhmut likely ‘nears culmination,’ Kyiv set to receive first MiG-29 jets

Ukraine war latest: As Wagner's offensive in Bakhmut likely ‘nears culmination,’ Kyiv set to receive first MiG-29 jets

Key developments on March 16: * ISW: Wagner Group’s offensive on Bakhmut appears to be nearing culmination * UK military advisor: 20,000-30,000 regular Russian soldiers, Wagner fighters have been killed, wounded in Bakhmut since May * Poland to send 4 MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine in coming days * Politico: China

Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian military admits withdrawal from Bakhmut on the table, but only if 'absolutely necessary'

Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian military admits withdrawal from Bakhmut on the table, but only if 'absolutely necessary'

by Asami Terajima

Key developments on March 2: * Military says withdrawal from Bakhmut considered, but only if it is 'absolutely necessary' * Governor: About 5,000 people, including 37 children, remain in Bakhmut * Prosecutors: 4 killed, 8 wounded, 5 missing after Russian overnight missile strike on Zaporizhzhia * Russia uses drones to attack civilians lining

Ukraine war latest: China, Belarus urge ceasefire as Russia continues striking civilian sites in Ukraine

Ukraine war latest: China, Belarus urge ceasefire as Russia continues striking civilian sites in Ukraine

by Thaisa Semenova

Key developments on March 1: * Belarusian dictator Lukashenko visits China, calls for ceasefire in Ukraine * Russia strikes civilian, critical infrastructure in Poltava Oblast * Russia launches 3 missile strikes on Kharkiv Oblast, injuring civilians * Blinken says 'zero evidence' Putin is ready for peace talks * US extends sanctions against Russia until the

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine says it could strike airfields and depots inside Russia as part of anticipated spring counteroffensive

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine says it could strike airfields and depots inside Russia as part of anticipated spring counteroffensive

by Asami Terajima

Key developments on Feb. 26: * Ukrainian intelligence: Ukraine could strike airfields and military infrastructure in Russia as part of spring counteroffensive * Zelensky reinstates pledge to return Crimea on 9 year-anniversary of Russian occupation of the peninsula * Ukraine says it shot down 1 Russian aircraft near Avdiivka * Saudi foreign minister meets

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Inside Ukraine's desperate fight to stabilize Donbas front.

Amid the escalating geopolitical circus, Ukrainian soldiers fighting in between order and chaos assert that the only way to stop Russia remains on the battlefield. The Kyiv Independent spent two weeks in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove sectors of the front line in Donetsk Oblast, speaking to infantry and artillery commanders, medics, and the civilians now coming into Russia's line of fire.
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