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
Russian forces have withdrawn from the strategically important Ukrainian town of Lyman in the Donetsk region. It is served as a logistics and transport hub for Moscow, connecting eastern Ukraine to the north. The Russian Defence Ministry says it made the move to avoid its troops being encircled by Ukrainian forces. Al Jazeera’s @Charles Stratford has more from Kramatorsk, 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 #Russia #Ukraine
Ukraine has encircled Russia’s forces around the eastern town of Lyman, in an operation that is still under way, a Ukrainian military spokesperson said on Saturday. The director-general of Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been detained by a Russian patrol, according to Energoatom, the state agency in charge of the plant. Russian President Vladimir Putin proclaimed the annexation of territory seized in his invasion in four regions – Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia – amounting to 15 percent of total Ukrainian territory on Friday. Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford reports from Slovyansk and Hoda Abdel-Hamid from Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall reports from Moscow. Subscribe to our channel […]
