Russia-Ukraine WarUkraine Launches Deadly Attack on Russian Soldiers in East
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Using U.S.-supplied HIMARS guided rockets, Ukraine struck a makeshift Russian barracks in the occupied city of Makiivka. There were conflicting reports about casualties.
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A New York Times team was given a rare chance to witness the weapon, the American-developed M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System, in operation near the front line in eastern Ukraine. Here is what we’re covering:
Russia launched its broadest barrage of missiles in nearly a month, striking residential areas and knocking out power in multiple areas. The attacks used some of Moscow’s most sophisticated weapons.
Yevgeny V. Prigozhin claimed that his forces had taken the eastern part of Bakhmut and that seizing the rest would allow Russia to press ahead in eastern Ukraine. Here is what we’re covering:
Ukrainians say Russia’s Wagner mercenary group is running low on fighters recruited from prisons, used in attacks on Bakhmut, where Ukraine has also endured heavy losses.
The Ukrainian military’s leadership supports continuing the seven-month battle for Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelensky says. Here is what we’re covering:
Pvt. Ivan Ovlashenko was one of at least 16,000 Russians who have died in Ukraine, more than in the Soviets’ Afghan war. It’s getting hard for the Kremlin to cover that up.
The battle for Bakhmut is not over — at least not yet. Ukrainian assault brigades offered Moscow a bloody reminder of that over the weekend.
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Against the odds, Ukraine’s helicopter brigades are not only still operational, but are an inspirational component of its war effort.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov of Russia briefly spoke one on one during a Group of 20 summit. The unexpected meeting signaled that the Biden administration hopes to keep talking with Moscow despite being on opposing sides of the war.