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Ukrainian servicemen fire a 120mm mortar towards Russian positions at the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

War rations: Front-line Ukrainian units deal with ammo shortages in the fight with Russia

By Guillaume Ptak - Special to The Washington Times

A Ukrainian serviceman lies on a bed at a field hospital near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. When Ukrainian soldiers finally reclaimed Andriivka last week, it was at a high cost in lives. The village is significant largely because it's on the road to the Russian-held city of Bakhmut. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

Inside a Ukrainian brigade’s battle ‘through hell’ to reclaim a village on the way to Bakhmut

By Mstyslav Chernov and Lori Hinnant - Associated Press

Assault unit commander from the 3rd Assault Brigade who goes by the call sign 'Fedia,' passes by the body of a dead Russian soldier at the frontline in Andriivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. The 3rd Assault Brigade announced Friday they had recaptured the war-ravaged settlement which lies 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of Russian-occupied city of Bakhmut, in the country's embattled east. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

Zelenskyy purges more officials as fighting rages in east

By Guy Taylor and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Illustration on Putin, Ukraine and NATO by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

How Ukraine’s campaign to defend Bakhmut weakened Putin

By Daniel N. Hoffman

A Ukrainian soldier covers his ears while firing a mortar at Russian positions on the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine keeps up pressure following Russian declaration of victory in Bakhmut

By Mstyslav Chernov and Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Ukrainian servicemen fire a 120mm mortar towards Russian positions at the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Russia claims to have Bakhmut, but top Ukrainian military leaders say the battle is not over

By Samya Kullab - Associated Press

A Ukrainian army Grad multiple rocket launcher, fires rockets at Russian positions in the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

U.S. military veteran killed after Russian artillery hits building in Bakhmut

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Doctors surgery a Ukrainian serviceman during the operation at the military hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 5, 2023. Much more common are wounds caused by explosions, from weapons including landmines, artillery and grenades, which frequently cause damage to many parts of the body. While the Ukrainian military does not provide casualty figures, some Western sources estimate more than 100,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed and wounded since Russia invaded the country. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

Ukrainian trauma surgeon operates on soldiers all day long amid Russia’s war

By Illia Novikov and Vasilisa Stepanenko - Associated Press

Municipal workers dismantle a Soviet-era monument to the Soviet soldiers killed during WWII in the village of Pnikut, Lviv region, western Ukraine, Friday, May 12, 2023. Ukraine is accelerating efforts to erase the vestiges of centuries of Soviet and Russian influence from the public space by pulling down monuments and renaming hundreds of streets to honour home-grown artists, poets, military chiefs, and independence leaders. (AP Photo/Mykola Tys)

Ukraine says it has retaken territory near embattled eastern city of Bakhmut

By Samya Kullab - Associated Press

FILE - Ukrainian soldiers fire a cannon near Bakhmut, an eastern city where fierce battles against Russian forces have been taking place, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. The owner of Russia’s Wagner Group military contractor is threatening to pull his troops out of the protracted battle for the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut next week. He accused Russia’s military command Friday, May 5 of starving his forces of ammunition and rendering them unable to fight. (AP Photo/Libkos, file)

No love lost between Russian military and Wagner mercenaries amid Ukraine war

Associated Press

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 8, 2023. Prigozhin is threatening to pull his troops out of the protracted battle for the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut next week. He accused Russia’s military command Friday, May 5 of starving his forces of ammunition and rendering them unable to fight. (AP Photo, file)

Russia’s Wagner boss threatens Bakhmut pullout in Ukraine

By David Rising - Associated Press

A Ukrainian soldier of the 28th brigade fires a grenade launcher on the frontline during a battle with Russian troops near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, March 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

Ukraine says battle for Bakhmut is ‘stabilizing’

Associated Press

Ukrainian servicemen of the 3rd Separate Tank Iron Brigade take part in a drill, not far from the front lines, in the Kharkiv area, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. Grueling artillery battles have stepped up in recent weeks in the vicinity of Kupiansk, a strategic town on the eastern edge of Kharkiv province by the banks of the Oskil River as Russian attacks intensifying in a push to capture the entire industrial heartland known as the Donbas, which includes the Donetsk and the Luhansk provinces. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) **FILE**

Kyiv plans to turn war against Russians; forces intent on holding Bakhmut until offensive drive

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, left, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, around his factory which produces school meals, outside St. Petersburg, Russia on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. The fighting for Soledar and Bakhmut again highlighted a bitter rift between the top military brass and Yevgeny Prigozhin, a rogue millionaire whose Wagner Group military contractor has played an increasing role in Ukraine. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Shadowy Putin confidant, soldiers-for-hire grab spotlight in Ukraine battle

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Smoke billows during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Soledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. Soledar and Bakhmut again highlighted a bitter rift between the top military brass and Yevgeny Prigozhin, a rogue millionaire whose Wagner Group military contractor has played an increasing role in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

Rifts in Russian military command seen amid Ukraine fighting

Associated Press