The battle of Bakhmut is the longest and bloodiest of the war in Ukraine. Russian forces seized control of the city in the eastern Donbas region in May. Ukraine’s 80th Airborne (Air Assault) Brigade is heavily involved in that battle and fighting side by side are a father and son. Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig reports from the front line near Bakhmut, Ukraine. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #UkraineWar #Ukraine #Battle #Bakhmut #Russia #Donbas #Brigade #FrontLine #Russian
Russia says 20 civilians were injured in the shelling of the town of Volnovakha, in the southern part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Russian-installed officials in the occupied town say it was shelled by six to 10 HIMARS. Volnovakha was taken by Russian forces last year. Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem reports from Volnovakha, Ukraine. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Russia
The Ukrainian military has retaken control of dozens of villages in the south of the country, but it says Russian forces are pushing back against its counteroffensive. Despite the fighting, Ukrainian civilians have begun returning to their destroyed homes. Al Jazeera’s @Charles Stratford met some of them in Arkhanhelske, in the Kherson region, Ukraine. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Ukrainewar #Ukraine #Russia
Defending Ukrainian troops will have to withdraw from the embattled city of Severodonetsk, the governor of Ukraine’s Luhansk region has said, after weeks of fierce fighting against Russian forces in the strategic city. Al Jazeera’s @Charles Stratford has more from Kyiv, Ukraine. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Ukraine #UkraineWar #Severodonetsk #Russia
NATO says Russian forces are not scaling back their invasion, but are regrouping to fight in eastern Ukraine. This comes as the battle to control Kharkiv continues, with one United States official saying Russia is not making any major gains in the city. Al Jazeera’s @Assed Baig reports from outside Kharkiv, Ukraine. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Russia #Ukraine #Kharkiv
The Polish government says 100,000 people have crossed the border into Poland from Ukraine since Russia’s invasion began on Thursday. “From the onset of warfare in Ukraine through today, along the entire border with Ukraine, 100,000 people have crossed the border from Ukraine into Poland,” Deputy Interior Minister Pawel Szefernaker told reporters on Saturday in the border village of Medyka, southeastern Poland. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #BreakingNews #Ukraine #Russia #Poland
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his forces are in control of the capital, Kyiv, after a series of explosions and gun battles overnight. It is now the third day of Russia’s land, sea and air invasion of Ukraine, and its troops are closing in on Kyiv. Al Jazeera’s @Alexi O’Brien begins our coverage. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Ukraine #Russia
Invading Russian forces have closed in on Ukraine’s capital in an apparent encircling movement after a barrage of air attacks on cities and military bases around the country. Frequent artillery blasts could be heard in Kyiv in the early hours of Saturday, coming from an unspecified location some distance from the city centre, according to the Reuters news agency. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #BreakingNews #Russia #Ukraine
When Ukraine was promised NATO membership in 2008, Georgia received the same guarantee. But Russian forces occupy nearly a quarter of Georgian territory and its hope of entering NATO remains distant. Al Jazeera’s @Robin Forestier-Walker reports from the line of control between Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Georgia #Ukraine #Russia
