Ukrainian units including the 3rd Separate Assault Infantry Brigade have made ‘significant gains’ in recent days, while Yevgeny Prigozhin has once again accused Russian forces of retreating.
May. 19, 2023
Is the ongoing battle for Bakhmut, to quote Churchill, the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?
May. 15, 2023
Latest
Bakhmut
The saying “Many a good tune played on an old violin” equally applies to weapons of war on the battlefield – as Ukraine shows that new isn’t necessarily better.
Jul. 29
Bakhmut
Russian news site Mediazona, working with BBC Russia, reported that 20,000 Wagner troops died during last year’s assault on Bakhmut, almost 90 percent of which were convicts.
Jun. 12
Bakhmut
The 80th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade said they used an aerial drone to track the Russian UAZ “Bukhanka” and watched a group of Russians unload the ammunition before blowing it up.
Apr. 9
War in Ukraine
Moscow’s “journalists” very quiet about two years of war; Russia knocking on the door on left bank, moving on Bakhmut front; More Ukrainian POWs murdered?
Feb. 26
War in Ukraine
Russia said to be secretly getting around Western oil-price cap; Kyiv claims successful cyber-strike on Kremlin’s defense command; Moscow makes headway in surrounding areas of Bakhmut
Jan. 31
War in Ukraine
Kremlin claims advance northeast of Bakhmut; Partners promise 1M artillery shells in 2024; No attack on French soldiers, Paris says; Moscow also makes marginal advances around Avdiivka
Jan. 19
Europe
Explosions reported by Crimean bridge; Riga has had enough of kidnapped Ukrainian kids, while Putin says he wants to support them; Kyiv’s troops repel over 30 Dnipro left bank attacks
Dec. 22, 2023
War in Ukraine
US worries Russia to step up attacks as ground freezes; Oil price cap proves effective; Kremlin again turns down negotiations; Ukraine claims 25,000 kills in two months near Avdiivka
Dec. 21, 2023
Bakhmut
Bakhmut was the scene of fierce fighting for months in the first half of 2023, and massive losses to both sides – since then the front in this sector had been relatively quiet.
Nov. 29, 2023
ISW
The once elite “Z Assault Companies” are now made up of members of the “special contingent,” the Kremlin’s euphemism used to denote convicts, or those being punished for ill-discipline.
Nov. 2, 2023
Ukraine
Kyiv Post visited the stabilization point of brigades that liberated Andriivka and Klishchiivka in the Donetsk Region. There, as elsewhere, combat medics can be prime targets.
Oct. 15, 2023
Bakhmut
President Zelensky has just vowed to liberate Bakhmut along with two other cities which he didn’t name, saying Ukraine has a “very, very comprehensive plan.”
Sep. 22, 2023
War in Ukraine
"There's no retreat because there are people behind us who won't spare us either,” the Russian soldier said in a stark account of the front lines.
Sep. 19, 2023
War in Ukraine
“The advantage in artillery, observation and adjustment from the air is decisive for them,” a Russian soldier fighting near the village of Klishchiivka has said.
Sep. 19, 2023
War in Ukraine
Ukraine breaches Russian defense line near Bakhmut; more gains reported in south; incredible partisan operations; Russia’s increasingly dire tank situation.
Sep. 18, 2023
War in Ukraine
“Klishchiivka was cleared of Russians” setting up staging ground for further counteroffensive actions in the area around Bakhmut as the counteroffensive grinds on.
Sep. 18, 2023
The saying “Many a good tune played on an old violin” equally applies to weapons of war on the battlefield – as Ukraine shows that new isn’t necessarily better.
Jul. 29