Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky says Putin preparing to bring 30,000 more North Korean troops into battle Ukraine's Air Force says Russia targeting Kyiv with ballistic missiles on Sunday The Independent UK · Jul 25
Putin admits oil deficit and adjusted fuel plans amid Ukrainian strikes on refineries A fresh overnight Ukrainian assault set southern Russia’s major Sloviansk refinery on fire, killing one person. Euronews · Jun 29
Strikes hit Sloviansk and Sumy as Russia pounds Ukrainian cities Russia strikes Sloviansk with a FAB-1500 bomb, wrecking civilian buildings, while repeated drone attacks ignite major fires in Sumy’s industrial zone. Euronews · Apr 15
Ukraine war briefing: Children ordered to leave key Ukrainian stronghold as Russians advance Compulsory evacuation of children begins in Sloviansk. Kyiv still expects first tranche of 90bn euro loan despite Hungary veto. What we know on day 1,487 The Guardian - AU · Mar 21
‘I survived 471 days in an underground bunker fighting for Ukraine against the Russians. This is my story’ SPECIAL DISPATCH: Exclusive: A Ukrainian sergeant spent 16 months in a frontline bunker underground, often unable to breathe and near starving. He told his story to world affairs editor Sam Kiley in Sloviansk The Independent UK · Mar 20
‘You have to live’: Ukrainians on frontline practise normality despite Russian bombings In once-occupied Sloviansk, war has become so routine that nobody pays attention to air-raid sirens The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2025
In Ukraine’s Sloviansk, some are abandoning long-held sympathies for Russia Locals who sided with pro-Russian separatists become ideologically closer to Ukraine as the war rumbles on. Al Jazeera · Sep 23, 2025
How much territory does Russia control in Ukraine? Russia controls about 20 percent of Ukraine’s territory and wants full control of four eastern and southern regions. Al Jazeera · Aug 14, 2025
War-weary Ukrainians Find Solace By Frontline Lake Raisa Ustimenko barely looked up as a fighter jet swooped overhead, roaring over the lakeshore in Sloviansk towards the agonisingly close war front in eastern Ukraine. International Business Times · Aug 14, 2025
'Back Home': Family Who Fled Front Buried After Kyiv Strike College sweethearts Mykyta and Sofia Lamekhov had simple dreams: safety for their family and a fresh start at life, away from the war they thought they had left behind in east Ukraine. International Business Times · Aug 8, 2025
Ukraine war briefing: Up to 11,000 North Koreans in Kursk, say Pentagon and Zelenskyy Europe not doing enough about foreign power taking part, says Ukrainian president; Sloviansk woman gets 15 years’ jail for treasonous aid to Russians. What we know on day 986 The Guardian - AU · Nov 5, 2024
Ukraine’s death-defying art rescuers The long read: When Putin invaded, a historian in Kyiv saw that Ukraine’s cultural heritage was in danger. So he set out to save as much of it as he could The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2024
Back in Sloviansk, Donbas, where the war in Ukraine started 10 years ago The first flashpoint of Russia’s hybrid war in Donbas in eastern Ukraine, and one of the first Ukrainian cities to be occupied and then liberated back in 2014, Sloviansk today finds itself once again under threat from the Kremlin’s armies. France 24 · Jul 12, 2024
Ukrainian soldiers' valentines arrive by 'train of love' Ukrainian soldiers on a break from the front lines meet up with their wives and girlfriends, who arrive on the so-called "train of love," where every day is Valentine's Day. WEKU · Feb 14, 2024
WEKU · Apr 20, 2023 Ukraine refugees face uncertainty and precarity as displacement persists Despite being welcomed by European neighbors, for most Ukrainians, it's not enough to build a new life. Many are caught in a cycle of repeated uprooting, displacement and return.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 16, 2023 Russia-Ukraine war live: Kyiv’s forces in ‘unprecedented’ bloody battles in Bakhmut – as it happened Intense fighting in middle of eastern city as Russia claims advances; Sloviansk death toll rises to 11 while Russian shelling also kills two in Kherson
The Guardian - AU · Apr 16, 2023 Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 417 of the invasion Death toll from Russian attack on Sloviansk apartment block rises to 11; Moscow claims Wagner forces have captured two more areas of Bakhmut
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 15, 2023 Russia Says Wagner Fighters Seize 2 More Parts of Bakhmut Fighters of Russia's Wagner mercenary group have captured two more areas of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Saturday. Wagner has spearheaded Russia's attempt to take Bakhmut since last summer in what has been the longest and deadliest battle of the war for both sides. Reuters…
The Guardian - AU · Apr 15, 2023 Russia-Ukraine war live: new Russian law shows Moscow expects lengthy conflict, warns UK — as it happened UK Ministry of Defence says Kremlin has made it harder for civilians to avoid being drafted into the army
The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2023 Ukraine awaits US missile system after latest Russian strike Ukrainian authorities say the death toll from Russian missile strikes on eastern Ukraine’s city of Sloviansk has gone up to 11 as rescue crews try to reach people trapped in the rubble of an apartment building
Bangkok Post · Apr 15, 2023 Russian strike kills 9 Ukrainian civilians SLOVIANSK, Ukraine: Russia has shelled a block of flats in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, killing nine people, authorities said on Saturday, including a two-year-old boy who was rescued from the rubble but died on his way to hospital.
France 24 · Apr 15, 2023 Death toll rises in Russian missile attack on Ukraine's Sloviansk The death toll from Russian missile strikes on eastern Ukraine's city of Sloviansk rose to 11 Saturday as rescue crews tried to reach people trapped in the rubble of an apartment building, Ukrainian authorities said. Earlier in the day, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the US should…
The Guardian - AU · Apr 15, 2023 Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 416 of the invasion Nine killed and 21 wounded in Russian missile attack on apartment blocks in Sloviansk; Vladimir Putin signs bill sparking fears of new wave of mobilisation
Reuters · Apr 14, 2023 Eleven killed in Russian strike, Ukraine rescue teams sift through wreckage Russian missiles hit residential buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk on Friday, killing 11 people, wounding 21 and reducing parts of apartment blocks to a tangled mess of metal and concrete.
The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2023 Russian shelling of Ukraine city kills 2, wounds 29 people Officials in Ukraine say two people were killed and 29 wounded when Russian forces shelled the Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, in the partially occupied eastern Donetsk region