KYIV/POKROVSK, Ukraine—Russian forces have fully occupied Sievierodonetsk, the mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city said on Saturday, confirming Kyiv’s biggest battlefield setback for more than a month, after weeks of some of the war’s bloodiest fighting. Ukraine called its retreat from the city a “tactical withdrawal” to fight from higher ground in Lysychansk on the…
Ukrainians Set to Quit Embattled Sievierodonetsk as Russians Inch Forward
KYIV—Ukraine signaled on Friday its troops were withdrawing from the city of Sievierodonetsk, scene of weeks of heavy fighting, a move that would be a significant setback in its struggle to defeat Russian forces. Provincial governor Serhiy Gaidai said troops in the city had already received the order to move to new positions, but he…
Ukraine Defies Russia’s Sievierodonetsk Ultimatum
KYIV/NIU-YORK, Ukraine—Ukraine ignored a Russian ultimatum to surrender the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday as Washington urged NATO defense ministers weighing more military support for Kyiv not to lose focus, saying the stakes were too high. Sievierodonetsk, now largely in ruins, has for weeks been the main focal point of the war. Russia had…
Ukraine Says Troops Holding out in Sievierodonetsk After Last Bridge Destroyed
KYIV—Ukraine said on Tuesday its forces were still holding out inside Sievierodonetsk and trying to evacuate civilians, after Russia destroyed the last bridge to the devastated eastern city in a potential turning point in one of the war’s bloodiest battles. Russia said it would give Ukrainian fighters holed up in a chemical plant inside the…
Russian Artillery Pounds Sievierodonetsk
KYIV—Russian forces swarmed into the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, a Ukrainian official said on Monday. Pro-Moscow separatists claimed the last bridge out of Sievierodonetsk had been destroyed and Ukrainian defenders there must now surrender or die. Ukraine said there was still another way out although it was severely damaged. Regional governor Sergei Gadai said…
Intense Fighting Reported in Ukraine’s Bombed-Out Sievierodonetsk
KYIV—Ukrainian forces were holding their positions in intense street fighting and under day and night shelling in Sievierodonetsk, officials said, as Russia pushes to control the bombed-out city, the key to its objective of controlling eastern Ukraine. Sievierodonetsk and its twin city Lysychansk, on the opposite bank of the Siverskyi Donets river, are the last…
Ukraine Claims Troops Hold on Sievierodonetsk, Advance in South
KYIV/SLOVIANSK, Ukraine—Ukrainian troops claimed on Thursday to have pushed forward in intense street fighting in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, but said their only hope to turn the tide was more artillery to offset Russia’s massive firepower. In the south, Ukraine’s defence ministry said it had captured new ground in a counter-attack in Kherson Province….
Ukrainian Forces Come Under Renewed Russian Attack in Key Eastern City
KYIV/SLOVIANSK, Ukraine—Ukrainian troops holding out in the ruins of Sievierodonetsk came under renewed heavy assault on Wednesday from Russian forces who see the capture of the industrial city as key to control of the surrounding Luhansk region. Turkey hosted Russia’s foreign minister to discuss a U.N. plan to open a corridor in the Black Sea…
Street Fighting Rages as Kyiv Seeks to Hold Sievierodonetsk Gains
KYIV/DRUZHKIVKA, Ukraine—Ukrainian troops battled Russians street-to-street in the ruins of Sievierodonetsk on Tuesday, trying to hold onto gains from a counter-offensive that had reversed momentum in one of the bloodiest land battles of the war. The fight for the small industrial city has emerged as a pivotal battle in eastern Ukraine, with Russia focusing its…
Battle for Ukraine’s Sievierodonetsk Ebbs and Flows Through City Streets
KYIV—Intense fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces raged in the streets of the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on Monday in a pivotal battle for advantage in eastern Ukraine, the provincial governor said. The Ukrainian defenders had over the weekend regained control over about half the city just as the Russians appeared on the verge of…
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