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Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Pipelines likely sabotaged by pro-Ukraine group

Published 03/03/2023, 08:42 PM
Updated 03/08/2023, 01:58 AM
© Reuters. Ukrainian service members ride a self-propelled howitzer, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the frontline city of Bakhmut, Ukraine February 27, 2023. REUTERS/Yevhen Titov

© Reuters. Ukrainian service members ride a self-propelled howitzer, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the frontline city of Bakhmut, Ukraine February 27, 2023. REUTERS/Yevhen Titov

(Reuters) - Intelligence reviewed by U.S. officials indicates that a pro-Ukrainian group was behind last year's attacks on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines, but there was no evidence of the Kyiv government's involvement, the New York Times reported.

FIGHTING

* Russia's Wagner group of mercenaries has taken full control of the eastern part of town of Bakhmut, Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Wednesday.

* Russian forces made more than 30 unsuccessful attacks over the past day near Orikhovo-Vasylivka alone, 20 km (12 miles) northwest of Bakhmut, the General Staff of the Ukraine's Armed Forces said in a statement on Wednesday.

* Russian losses in Bakhmut are between five and eight times greater than Ukraine's, military expert Pavlo Narozhniy told Ukrainian NV Radio.

* Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said the seizure of Bakhmut would allow Moscow's forces to mount further offensive operations deeper inside Ukraine. Kyiv has vowed to keep defending the town.

Reuters could not independently verify battlefield reports.

INSIDE RUSSIA

* A Russian opposition activist who used social media to condemn Moscow's war in Ukraine received an eight-and-a-half year jail sentence on Tuesday after a Moscow court found him guilty of spreading false information about the army.

ECONOMY/DIPLOMACY

* U.S.-led international sanctions on Russia have begun to erode the dollar's decades-old dominance of international oil trade as most deals with India - Russia's top outlet for seaborne crude - have been settled in other currencies.

* Media reports on the Nord Stream pipelines attacks are a coordinated effort to divert attention and the Kremlin is perplexed how U.S. officials can assume anything about the attacks without investigation, the Kremlin said.

* U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron and discussed Russia's invasion and challenges posed by China, the White House said.

* Responding to Chinese foreign minister's remark that the Ukraine crisis seemed to be driven by an "invisible hand", Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said "this is not an invisible hand, this is the hand of the United States of America."

* President Vladimir Putin issued special thanks to female military personnel, saying their courage amazes even the "most hardened fighters", in a message to mark International Women's Day on March 8, a public holiday in the country.

* Ukraine has broadened a request for controversial cluster bombs from the United States to include a weapon that it wants to cannibalize to drop the anti-armourbomblets it contains on Russian forces from drones, according to two U.S. lawmakers.

STORIES ABOUT THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY SINCE THE WAR BEGAN

* TIMELINE - Major developments since Russia's invasion

* Ukraine's Zelenskiy has defied Putin against the odds

* Putin, secure in power, has set the stage for long war

* A year on, Ukraine and its government have not just survived. They've fought back

* Toughened by war's scars, Kyiv presses on

* Graphics of a year of war and the financial markets

* Russian economy holds up but road back to prosperity may be long

* Moscow's decades-old gas ties with Europe lie in ruins

* Top brands pull out of Russia, but goods easy to find

* Can U.S. support for Ukraine last?

* External backers pour billions into Ukraine

* How has China stood by 'no limits' partner Russia?

* Life and death in Mariupol - a survivor's tale of war

© Reuters. Ukrainian service members ride a self-propelled howitzer, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the frontline city of Bakhmut, Ukraine February 27, 2023. REUTERS/Yevhen Titov

* Family mourns Bucha victim who became symbol of war

Latest comments

Watch cnn clip of ukrainian POW
as if CNN has any credibility
Watch it on Telegram then, if you care to face your inhumanity.
 sure, keep watching FoxNews then, because they never lie to their viewers.....just ignore that old guy Rupert Murdoch, he clearly doesn't know what he is talking about
We wonder what would happen if Russia put NUKES in Cuba?
not really that big of a deal these days... ICBM's essentially have the same threat level. but.... our IDIOTIC administration could make it into a big thing and escalate things further from pure political dogma and trying to look tough.
Could. But hasn't.
 why would NATO bother putting nukes in Ukraine when the nukes currently in France/Italy/Germany/UK can already blow Russia 5 times over?
good to see comments here not like 0hedge
Nato should handle logistics inside Ukraine to free up troops for the front lines
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This is the exact same article they ran last week. Its all old information
hope nato troops will step up and go in Ukraine and stop russia they could do that easy it will be a game changer and turkey must take control over the black see erdogan should stop supporting putin no response is a support NATO could do it easy sooner or later
Weak Putin needs to go out of a 4th story window
putin has 3 main problems - one he needs a better dance - more people are willing to crash in a tesla than for him, two he needs a better KGB not enough fear in russia, and last he needs a way better mustache look - a good mustache makes all the difference
this war has become about Putin's survival not Russia's.....
like trump, his idol, putin lies and no one cares what they say anymore.
Nato should stop him now sooner or later we have to stop putler
quit the crack rock
when i read yours comments i know why we have free abortion in Denmark
Take an aspirin. Your Gohner/ gonner point was lost on all.
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