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Dozens of Ukrainians feared dead after Russian bomb hits a school where 90 people were sheltering
"The chances of finding [anyone still] alive are very small," Serhiy Hayday, head of the Luhansk re…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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The West always gives Ukraine weapons one year after it actually needs them, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the West's delays in arms deliveries call for a change…
Thibault Spirlet
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Zelenskyy says Russian forces have begun a new offensive in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian and Western officials had warned that Russia would set its focus on the Donbas region aft…
Jake Epstein,Azmi Haroun
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Russia is exploiting Ukraine's lack of manpower to thin out the front line and seek a breakthrough, military expert says
Part of Russia's plan is to force Ukraine to divert troops from other fronts, notably those in Donb…
Thibault Spirlet
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NATO says it expects Russia to plan a 'concentrated attack' to take over the entire Donbas region
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Russia is expected to try and take the entire Donbas a…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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A Ukrainian war reporter's story: Why I refused to make a 'deal with the devil' and leave my homeland
Illia Ponomarenko, a renowned Ukrainian journalist, reports from the front lines of the Russia-Ukra…
Cameron Manley
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Here are Donetsk and Luhansk, the 2 separatist regions in eastern Ukraine that Russia recognized as independent states
Ukraine has been fighting Kremlin-backed rebels in Donetsk and Luhansk since 2014. Putin ordered tr…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Russian defense ministry says it will focus on 'liberating' the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine as invading troops remain stalled
The new plan appears to show Russia is scaling back its operation after being met with strong resis…
Rebecca Cohen
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NATO chief says Putin still wants to control all of Ukraine, despite repositioning forces to the eastern Donbas region
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Putin wants to "rewrite the international order" throu…
Jake Epstein
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Russia seems to be using its Ukraine playbook to destabilize another European state, experts warn
There have long been concerns of a hybrid campaign by Russia against Moldova, and recent activity h…
Ella Sherman
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Biden is sending Ukraine secret 'Phoenix Ghost' drones built by the USAF to combat Russian forces massing in Donbas region, say reports
The Pentagon's John Kirby said the 'kamikaze drones' are designed for Zelenskyy's army battling on …
Alia Shoaib
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Zelenskyy said Ukraine would return with more weapons to fight Russia in the city it just lost
Russia took Lysychansk, which was the last city in the eastern Luhansk region that Ukraine had mana…
Sinéad Baker
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New footage appears to show 23 Russian tanks and IFVs destroyed on a 'road of death' by Ukrainian paratroopers
Ukraine's 79th Air Assault Brigade say the strikes used artillery fire, anti-tank missile systems, …
Cameron Manley
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The next phase of Russia's invasion of Ukraine will be an 'attritional conflict' in the Donbas, UK ministers told
The next phase of the Ukraine conflict will worsen the humanitarian crisis, a UK official said, as …
Henry Dyer
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Putin's macabre tour of occupied Ukraine: Russian leader visits besieged regions of Crimea and Mariupol
A defiant Putin flew to Crimea and then toured Mariupol, The New York Times reported, two days afte…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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2 US volunteers believed to be fighting for Ukraine killed in Donbas, State Department says
It is believed that the US citizens were volunteer fighters, per ABC News. At least two other Ameri…
Joshua Zitser
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An unusual twist during US Army training had noncombatants posting photos and videos to Fakebook for the enemy to see: report
The Ukraine war has forced Western militaries to rethink their modern warfare and potential threats…
Jake Epstein
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Russia signals change in war plans as 'first stage' siege in Kyiv slows
Russian military officials have signaled that the invasion of Ukraine will shift to the Donbas regi…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Ukrainian soldier fighting Russia says his own parents are convinced by Putin's propaganda and think he's on the wrong side
Ukrainian soldier Cpl. Andrii Shadrin said his own parents' media diet in Crimea leaves them convin…
Mia Jankowicz
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Counting the 'colossal' cost of capturing Avdiivka: Russia could have suffered 30,000 casualties and lost over 400 tanks, IFVs
Counting the cost of capturing Avdiivka. Russia paid a heavy price for victory over Ukraine for the…