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Russia bombards Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast during talks in US, killing and injuring people

Russian forces struck the city of Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast on the late evening of 18 August - at the same time as ...
Interfax-Ukraine5h

Ukrposhta closes branch in Kostiantynivka – CEO

State-owned Ukrposhta JSC is closing its last branch in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, from August 20 for security reasons, ...
Kyiv Independent on MSN2d

Ukraine claims battlefield success in Donetsk Oblast

The General Staff said Russian forces suffered significant losses in the area, including 910 killed, 335 wounded, and 37 ...
The New Voice of Ukraine on MSN3d

Seizing all of Donetsk Oblast would take years, not weeks — ISW

According to ISW analysts, Putin continues to rely on slow, grinding infantry assaults, limiting the pace at which Russian ...
The Economist1d

Putin’s “land swap” is really a grab for Ukraine’s fortress belt

At the top of Vladimir Putin’s shopping-list is the western part of Donetsk province, which is still firmly in Ukrainian ...

Trump broke off his meetings with Europe’s leaders to call his friend in the Kremlin...why?

ANALYSIS: Trump’s call to the Kremlin mid-session with Europe’s leaders is not good news, Sam Kiley, world affairs editor, ...
Ukrainska Pravda on MSN2d

Trump nearly stopped Alaska talks after Putin demanded all of Donetsk Oblast – Axios

US President Donald Trump has been reportedly ready to cut short talks with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska due to Putin’s intransigence over his demand to annex the entire Donetsk Oblast.
Defense One1d

The D Brief: European leaders visit Trump; Summit reax; Armed troops to patrol DC; DOD’s battery plans; And a bit more.

White House officials won’t yet share publicly what they learned during Friday’s private summit between Donald Trump and ...

How Ukraine's Critical 'Fortress Belt' Could Be Lost Under Putin's Demands

Surrendering a strategically significant part of Donetsk could leave Ukraine vulnerable, said the Institute for the Study of ...

All Russia Needs to Do Is Go Home

Mr. Putin, the president of Russia, the man who has proclaimed that my country shouldn’t exist — that it’s a historical ...
The New Voice of Ukraine on MSN2h

Kremlin targets political control of Ukraine, not merely Donbas

Russia’s main objective in Ukraine is to achieve political control over the entire nation, rather than merely seizing specific territories such as Donetsk Oblast, the U.S.-based Institute for the ...