Ukraine has denied Russian claims that they have captured a key town in the eastern Donetsk region, but admitted that the situation looks desperate. Russia claimed control of the eastern town of ...

Kyiv's army said on Tuesday it was clinging on to part of Kurakhove, a strategic town in Ukraine's east that Russia said it had seized the previous day. Moscow hailed the capture of the "important ...

Ukraine has denied Russian claims that they have captured a key town in the eastern Donetsk region, but admitted that the situation looks desperate. Russia claimed control of the eastern town of ...

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Russia claims its forces have captured Kurakhove in Ukraine's Donetsk — a town that has become one of the primary focus points of Moscow forces in the past few months as they have intensified ...

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Russia said on Monday its forces had made important gains in eastern Ukraine while continuing to fend off a new Ukrainian offensive inside the Kursk region of western Russia, where a second day of ...

Ukraine has largely been driven out of Kurakhove, a battered but strategic town in the Donbas, Russia said. Kyiv’s forces were pressing a renewed offensive in southern Russia. The president ...

Moscow has been pressing hard in eastern Ukraine, and the claimed capture of the industrial town is a major boost for its forces just two weeks before US President-elect Donald Trump takes office ...

(Photo by Florent VERGNES / AFP) Kyiv’s army said on Tuesday it was clinging on to part of Kurakhove, a strategic town in Ukraine’s east that Russia said it had seized the previous day. Moscow hailed ...