Replacing the eastern front commander, the most heated battlefield, aims to bolster Ukraine’s defences in Donetsk after the ...

Russian forces have been slowly but steadily advancing in eastern Ukraine for more than a year in relentless ground combat ...

Brigadier-General Andriy Hnatov was replaced as the battlefield commander in the east by Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi, overall commander of ground forces, who will keep his previous duties.

Brigadier-General Andriy Hnatov was replaced as the battlefield commander in the east by Major-General Mykhailo Drapatyi, overall commander of ground forces, who will keep his previous duties.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has implemented a strategic leadership change, replacing Brigadier-General Andriy Hnatov with Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi as commander on the eastern front, ...

By Andrew Osborn and Anastasiia Malenko MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces are starting to encircle the strategically important eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk after capturing a string of ...