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DONETSK REGION, Ukraine — From a bunker in eastern Ukraine, the 33-year-old soldier asks her comrade to fly a reconnaissance drone over her childhood home, hoping for a final glimpse before it becomes ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Life: Ukraine fights to hold Eastern Donetsk, seen as Russia’s gateway to further invasion
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News Ukraine » Donetsk » Life: Despair and destruction: Civilians in Ukraine's eastern strongholds struggle as Russia advances
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine — With the Russian advance deeper into the Donetsk region, the air in Ukraine’s last strongholds is thick with dread and the future for civilians who remain grows ever more ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Life: 'Bomb hit my home': Life with no water and no power in Ukraine's Druzhkivka under constant attacks
Thousands of people remain living near the frontline, not daring to evacuate with White Angels Constant strikes with KABs (guided aerial bombs), no electricity, and only one pharmacy for the entire ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Life: Ukraine faces a new test as Russia steps up its drive to seize Donetsk’s fortress belt
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Fall is expected to bring another grueling test for Ukraine's armed forces as Russia intensifies its campaign to seize an eastern region, once Ukraine's industrial heartland ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Life: Trench life at last rebel checkpoint before Donetsk airport
For weeks now, Pavel has spent his nights sleeping in a trench, eating what little he can find and washing himself from a cooking pot. This is the life of some 15 rebel fighters manning the last ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Life: Putin claims Ukraine should give up Donetsk because Russia will conquer region by October —despite a decade of failing to do so
Russian leader Vladimir Putin reportedly told President Trump his forces could conquer the long-sought-after Donetsk region by October if Ukraine didn’t give up the land as part of a peace deal — but ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Life: Some Russian soldiers last just minutes on front lines, military bloggers say
Once Russian soldiers reach certain parts of the front lines of the war in Ukraine, they can expect to live an average of just 20 to 35 minutes, according to a grim estimate by Russian military ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Life: Ukraine war casualties cross 2 million as Russia loses 30,000 soldiers a month: Study
The casualties in the Ukraine war have crossed 2 million, with Russia losing 1.4 million soldiers over the past four years. But a far larger population and absence of internal protests have allowed ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Life: Ukraine’s Donetsk region seen as Russia’s gateway, not the ultimate prize in war
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — From a bunker in eastern Ukraine, the 33-year-old soldier asks her comrade to fly a reconnaissance drone over her childhood home, hoping for a final glimpse before it ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Life: Despair and destruction: Civilians in Ukraine’s eastern strongholds struggle as Russia advances
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — With the Russian advance deeper into the Donetsk region, the air in Ukraine’s last strongholds is thick with dread and the future for civilians who remain grows ever ...