Russians assaulted, threatened and abused in UK as hate crimes linked to Ukraine war surge. The Ukrainian counteroffensive is making verifiable progress in the south and the east, said the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington, DC-based think-tank. Wagner chief says his mercenaries have 'practically encircled' Bakhmut The center had been closed to patients since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the official said, and no children are thought to have been at the center at the time of the attack. "That was one of the key factors when they started taking in their recruits, that they immediately started implementing the ethos and the change in these young people's minds to be able to go ahead and execute any type of wartime mission. ", Coln-Lpez spoke before traveling to Europe to meet with his counterparts among the NATO frontline states. It's a threat US President Joe Biden appears to be taking seriously, and which the Ukrainian troops we spoke to seem unnervingly prepared for. Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the worlds largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-marks-successes-mourns-losses-as-war-enters-second-year-5f53c996. Ukraine and the rest of the nations that were in the Soviet orbit used Soviet tactics and doctrine. It's a grim illustration of Ukraine's current battlefield successes. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. The loss of the city is a major setback for Russia, Ukraine's latest advance comes after weeks of attacks on Russian-controlled bridges and other positions around, Elsewhere in Ukraine, fighting continues in. Never," President Joe Biden declared from Kyiv on Feb. 21. These military capabilities including Javelins, tanks, air defense systems and more have been crucial, but Ukraine's investment in developing a noncommissioned officer corps may be the key to victory against the Russian invader. Ukrainian officials say what looked like a video game was actually the work of a small, relatively cheap Turkish-made drone that has had a surprisingly lethal impact on Russia forces. Pro-Russian investigators in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on Friday said they have charged another two British citizens with being "mercenaries," according to the Donetsk News Agency. Areas in the west of the country, including Lviv, have seen missile attacks but no attempt by Russian forces to take and occupy ground. Dow Jones Reprints at 1-800-843-0008 or visit www.djreprints.com. Death and war are tragically ugly yet simultaneously pitiful. Compare that to what the Russians are doing. The local street market is back in front of the Hostomel glass factory, which is now destroyed and shuttered. The Russian army has not solved the existing problem with the enemys long-range weapons, the blogger said. Ukraine war: Why Kherson and Mariupol are key to Russian success - BBC News However, the Biden administration has pushed back on Russia's assertions that it now fully controls Soledar. After the . Ukrainian authorities say mandatory evacuation begins for families with children and residents having limited mobility. "Their fighter jets flew in and dropped a whole bunch of bombs, blowing up everything. Ukrainian intelligence said Russia is now offering convicts, including murderers, amnesty after six months of army service in Ukraine. The mood in the Ukrainian capital was of pride and defiance, with the national opera theater holding a concert called Ukraine: Free and Unbreakable. The Polish prime minister and other high-level foreign delegations flocked to the city, on the heels of this weeks visits by President Biden and by the prime ministers of Italy and Spain.