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Ukraine’s military says it is inflicting major losses on Russian troops as Vladimir Putin’s forces seek to try and encircle the key strategic city of Avdiivka in the east.
A series of military engagements have taken place in and around the town of Vuhledar in western Donetsk Oblast over the course of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian commanders have described the clashes as "the largest tank battle" of the Russo-Ukrainian War to date.
Vitaliy Barabash, head of Avdiivka‘s military administration, said last week that Ukrainian troops had made some headway in halting and pushing back the Russian advance.
Meanwhile, Russian forces launched the second largest combined drone and missile strike on Ukraine this year with around 64 munitions hitting the country, according to a US think tank.
In March and April 2021, prior to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces began massing thousands of personnel and military equipment near Russia's border with Ukraine and in Crimea, representing the largest mobilisation since the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014. [37] [38] This precipitated an international crisis due to concerns over a potential invasion. Satellite ...
The aim is to prevent Ukrainian troops from advancing towards the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, which was annexed by Russia in September. [4] [5] According to the Russian media, it is a "second line of defence in case the Ukrainian armed forces try to penetrate the area. [6] [7]
Casualties in the Russo-Ukrainian War include six deaths during the 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, 14,200–14,400 military and civilian deaths during the War in Donbas, and up to 500,000 estimated casualties during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has raised concerns of a possible danger to nuclear security in Ukraine amid “increased military activity” in the areas around the Russian ...