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KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russia redoubled its push for Ukraine's eastern Donbas region Wednesday, with the Ukrainian military claiming to have repelled some advances and both sides reporting casualties. The Ukrainian armed forces General Staff said troops stopped enemy units advancing towards Sloviansk, a city in Donetsk, one of two provinces in the Donbas whose capture is among Moscow’s main goals. It also claimed to have repelled Russian attacks on a town and village north of Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, just miles (kilometers) from the Russian border. The Ukrainian presidential office said most civilian casualties were in Donetsk province, where Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said two people died in the city of Avdiivka; the cities of Sloviansk, Krasnohorivka and Kurakhove each reported one civilian killed. “Every crime will be punished,” he wrote on social media. This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 9 … [Read more...] about Russia pounds rebel-claimed region, Ukraine pushes back

close Video US urges Russia to pull back forces in Ukraine Peter Doocy reports from Washington, D.C. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Western leaders on Sunday scrambled to defuse the crisis in Ukraine, as the nation's new government placed its military on "high alert" after more than 6,000 Russian forces poured into the Crimean Peninsula. The response was seen in phone calls between world leaders, statements of protest and threats of diplomatic and economic pressure against Russia. The Group of Seven nations  -- including the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Britain -- said Sunday night that they're suspending participation in the upcoming economic summit scheduled to be held in Sochi, the recent site of the Winter Olympics, in protest of Russia's actions. "We call on Russia to address any ongoing security or human rights concerns that it has with Ukraine through direct negotiations, and/or via … [Read more...] about Ukraine crisis: Western leaders scramble to respond to Russian incursion

close Video Atrocity rocks Ukraine war coverage Russian missile devastates shopping mall. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! News emerged Wednesday on the six Belarusian soldiers who went missing in the Luhansk region late last month after they volunteered to fight for Ukraine against Russia, with reports confirming at least one had been killed and another captured. Soldiers from the Kastus Kalinouski Regiment, who pledged their allegiance to the Ukrainian armed forces in March, reportedly engaged in a deadly exchange with a Russian convoy June 26. Half of the patrol was able to escape the firefight, while the other half remained behind to hold off the Russian forces , Belarusian news outlet Nasha Niva first reported. Servicemen of Ukrainian Military Forces walk in the small town of Sievierodonetsk, Lugansk Oblast, Feb. 27, 2022. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images) UKRAINIANS BRACE FOR … [Read more...] about Russia confirms 6 Belarusian soldiers fighting for Ukraine captured or killed in Luhansk