Vuhledar had been under assault for almost three years. Russian forces entered it after a furious battle, and Ukraine ordered troops to retreat.

The capture of the strategically important town in the east of the country brings Russian forces closer to the key logistics hub of Pokrovsk.

Ukrainian soldiers have been ordered to retreat from the strategic eastern town of Vuhledar in order to avoid encirclement by Russian troops.

It becomes the latest urban settlement to fall to the Russians

For more than two years Russia has been trying to take this city as it advances in eastern Ukraine.

KYIV: Ukraine’s forces destroyed 11 out of 32 Russian attack drones launched overnight, Ukraine’s air force said on Wednesday. Another four drones lef...

MOSCOW: Russian troops on Wednesday (Oct 2) took charge of the eastern Ukrainian town of Vuhledar, a bastion that had resisted intense attacks since Russia launched its full-scale as

Ukraine destroys Russian attack drones, with 11 downed and 10 lost due to electronic warfare countermeasures.

In late September, Ukrainian forces recaptured the Volchansky chemical plant in Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast, a strategic location previously used by Russian troops for tactical operations along the

Ukrainian military officials and lawmakers say the front-line town of Vuhledar has fallen after more than two years of intense fighting.

Russian military reports downing 7 Ukrainian drones over Belgorod

Ukraine's military officials say forces are withdrawing from the front-line town of Vuhledar, perched atop a tactically significant hill in eastern Ukraine, after more than two years of grinding battle.

KYIV: Russian troops have reached the centre of Vuhledar, a bastion on strategic high ground in eastern Ukraine that had resisted Russian assaults since Moscow's full-scale invasion, the regional governor of Ukraine's Donetsk region said on Tuesday (Oct 1). Footage posted to social media showed Russian sol

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