The Netherlands will supply Ukraine with the first of 24 promised F-16 fighter jets soon, the outgoing Dutch government said on Monday.

Netherlands to start F-16 deliveries to Ukraine soon

Russia and Ukraine have been engaged in a bitter battle for Bakhmut since May 2022. The eastern city of Ukraine which had become one of the central battles in the war with heavy Manpower and resources used to control the city on both sides as Russia captured key parts of the city. Ukrainian forces launched a counter-offensive in May of this year to recapture lost territory according to Moscow a village on the outskirts of Bakhmut has now fallen into Russian hands.

Russia-Ukraine war: Russian forces advance in eastern Ukraine

While much of the world’s attention turned to the Gaza conflict, Russia intensified its offensive in Ukraine. Moscow's troops reportedly use the situation to gain momentum in a war that has devolved into a gruelling battle of attrition.

Russia-Ukraine war: Will battle for Bakhmut decide Ukraine war? | WION Newspoint

Kyiv military officials said on Monday that Russia has bulked up its forces around the devastated city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine and has switched its troops from defence to offence, but Ukraine has been preparing to repel the attacks.

Ukraine says it is ready to repel Russia's offensive actions in Bakhmut

Ukraine on Monday (September 18) claimed its forces had broken through a Russian line of defence near the eastern frontline city of Bakhmut amid fierce fighting, reported news agency AFP.

Ukraine claims to have broken Russian defence line near Bakhmut

Ukraine is ramping up its strikes to challenge Moscow's dominance in the black sea region. The war-hit nation says it attacked russian warships and destroyed air defences in Crimea. While Kyiv's counteroffensive in the south and east has been slowed by minefields and russian defensive lines, fighting has escalated in the black sea region. Here's all you need to know...

'Russian S-400 destroyed': Ukraine attacks warships in Black Sea, destroys air defences in Crimea

Kyiv, on Sunday (September 10) blamed Russia for the death of two aid workers, one Canadian and the other Spanish, in eastern Ukraine. It was previously reported that Russian shelling hit a van which was carrying a team of four people working with a Ukrainian non-governmental organisation near the war-battered city of Bakhmut.

Ukraine blames Russia for deaths of Spanish and Canadian foreign aid workers

According to Ukrainian officials, a Russian missile struck a major square in the ancient northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Saturday, killing seven people, including a 6-year-old girl, injuring 144, and putting 41 of them in hospitals.

Russia-Ukraine War: Seven killed, 144 wounded in Russian missile strike on Ukraine's Chernihiv

It's been over 500 Days since the Russia-Ukraine conflict commenced. The war clouds are still pouring heavily over the Eurasian region in the hot bit of the war. Bakhmut is still on fire, Russia has continued pounding the Ukrainian cities with missiles our next report gets more details

Zelensky praises special operation forces

Ukrainian forces are continuing their counteroffensive against Russian occupation in the southeast, with recent progress made in the capture of the village of Staromaiorske.

Ukrainian forces advance southward, claim they have recaptured strategic village from Russians

Considering employing cluster munitions against Ukraine "if they are used against us," Russian President Vladimir Putin stated, his country has a stockpile of them. Putin made his remarks just days after American-manufactured cluster munitions were sent to Ukraine, albeit they had not yet been used. The Russian leader claimed in an interview with a pro-Kremlin journalist that "Russia has a sufficient supply of various types of cluster munitions."

Russia-Ukraine War: Ukraine claims gains in Bakhmut, defensive action in Kharkiv

Ukraine's counter-offensive is still underway the battle for the city of Bakhmut is ongoing along with claims and counterclaims. Kyiv at this moment has reported some gains as it continues with its operations in the Northern and the southern part of Bakhmut. Meanwhile, the Russian sources while acknowledging the clashes have hailed its successful defence of Bakhmut.

Russia-Ukraine War: Diplomacy continues as battlefield heats up

Ukrainian forces on Sunday (July 9) pressed on with their campaign to recapture Russian-held areas in the southeast. Russian accounts said that heavy fighting gripped areas outside the city of Bakhmut.

Ukrainian forces advance in south; four killed in Russian strikes in Zaporizhzhia

Focus is once again on the Ukrainian city that has witnessed the war's fiercest and longest combat. Moscow's accounts are different from Kyiv's claims that its troops have advanced by more than a kilometre close to the eastern city where the commons were formed.

Russia-Ukraine War: Klishchiivka village emerges as vital to reach Bakhmut

The Ukrainian forces are resisting a Russian onslaught in eastern areas of the front and they face difficulties in the northeast. However, the Ukrainian deputy defence minister cited progress near the shattered city of Bakhmut and in the south. Ukraine's military has been engaged in a counter-offensive to recapture areas of the east and south seized in Russia's 16-month-old invasion. The initial Ukrainian advances have focused on securing clusters of villages in the south. Zelensky and Ukraine's commander-in-chief have reported steady, if slow, advances in the campaign. The president acknowledges progress is limited, but says the drive is 'not a Hollywood movie' with instant success.

'Things are hot': Ukraine minister flags Russian advances near Avdiivka and Maryinka | Details

Almost 16 months are over as the Russia-Ukraine war began and the world has been compelled to take sides or even worse stand by and watch in silence. But with all the noise of warfare who are the ones that pay the actual price? Take a look.

Russia-Ukraine war: Who pays the ultimate price of war?

"War has no winners" is an adage that has been espoused since time immemorial to describe the futility of it. One saw it unfold on camera when a Russian soldier, left alone on the battlefield after his whole unit was decimated, pleaded desperately to the Ukrainian side or in this case, a drone, to spare him.

VIDEO | Entire platoon gone, lone Russian soldier 'pleads and surrenders' before Ukrainian drone

It has been almost one year since the fight for Bakhmut began and after several months of grinding and nutritional conflict, the longest and bloodiest battle of the Russian war in Ukraine has left the town in ruins. Take a look at the dire condition of the town.

The grinding battle of Bakhmut | Russia-Ukraine War

Volodymyr Zelensky has praised Ukrainian troops for advances claimed near the devastated city of Bakhmut. On the other hand, Russia says it repelled a large-scale attack. The contrasting claims come at a time as Pope Francis's peace envoy arrived in Kyiv for two days of talks. Remember, in May, Russia said it seized the now-destroyed eastern Ukrainian city, the scene of the longest and one of the bloodiest battles of the war.

Russia-Ukraine War: Ukraine claims advances near Bakhmut, Moscow says 'Large-scale attack repelled'

Leader of Wagner mercenary forces Yevgeny Prigozhin on Monday (June 5) said that Russia's tactics would lead to more setbacks within two weeks. He decried Ukrainian victory at a village near Bakhmut.

Russian strategy will cause 'significant' defeats near Bakhmut, warns Wagner boss

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) foreign ministers met in Norway's capital city Oslo on Thursday (June 1) to discuss support for Ukraine and Sweden's NATO membership bid. According to a report by the news agency Reuters, the ministers are expected to discuss the ongoing situation in Ukraine, which has been combating the Russian invasion since February last year.

NATO foreign ministers meet in Oslo to discuss support for Ukraine, Sweden`s membership bid

Russia-Ukraine War: What's next for the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut? As Wagner Group prepares to handover Bakhmut to the Russian Army, we take you inside the battleground. Why does Bakhmut matter for Russia and Ukraine? Will this Russia's win turn the tide of the war?

Battleground Bakhmut: Russia vs Ukraine | WION Wideangle

Russian mercenary group Wagner's chief Yevgeny Prigozhin warned on Wednesday (May 24) that Russia could face a revolution similar to that of 1917 and lose the war in Ukraine unless the elite got serious about fighting the war.

Ukraine war: Wagner Group chief warns Russia could face another revolution unless...

Here we bring you a quick round-up of all the latest news and top headlines from all across the globe: Despite Russian claims to have captured the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, top military leaders in Ukraine insist the grinding nine-month battle there is not over.

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