Kiev says heavy fighting continues in eastern Ukraine
The Ukrainian military on Friday said its forces have repelled dozens of fresh attacks by Russian troops. A total of 79 Russian attacks, some with artillery and air support, were reported…
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Russia is putting up a stiffer fight in Kursk and is sending well-equipped soldiers, says Ukrainian commander
A Ukrainian commander says Russia is putting up a stronger fight in Kursk. His forces struggled to fight off an 80-strong Russian force, he told The Wall Street Journal. Thousands of…
Zelenskyy makes 1st visit to border area where Ukrainian forces launched offensive into Russia
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made his first visit Thursday to the border area where his forces launched their surprise offensive into Russia, saying that…
Drone attacks on a military facility in southern Russia spark a fire
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A drone attack sparked a fire at a military facility in the Volgograd region of southern Russia on Thursday, regional officials and the country's Ministry of Defense…
‘I never worked for the Russians’ - punished by Kyiv for being a collaborator
“I don’t deserve to be here at all” is a protestation you would expect to hear from someone in prison. But, as she sits in her maroon overalls, Tetyana Potapenko is adamant that she is not…
EU foreign affairs chief calls Kursk offensive 'severe blow' to Putin
The European Union's foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, on Wednesday called Ukraine's Kursk offensive a "severe blow" to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Borrell also appeared to argue…
Putin made a rare visit to a part of Russia that fought for independence. It's a chilling warning to Ukraine.
Putin made a surprise visit to Chechnya, his first trip there since 2011. He was greeted by Chechnya's self-styled warlord Ramzan Kadyrov. The visit comes amid a Ukrainian incursion into…
Hungary law could make Ukrainian refugees homeless
A new law has come into force in Hungary which threatens to push thousands of Ukrainian refugees on to the streets or back to Ukraine. The regulation restricts state support for Ukrainians…
Putin makes surprise trip to Chechnya amid Ukraine's cross-border incursion
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday made an unscheduled trip to Chechnya, a mainly Muslim republic within the Russian Federation, his first visit in nearly 13 years,…
Russian forces claim another town captured in east Ukraine
Russia's military says it has captured a small town in eastern Ukraine called Niu-York, as part of its push towards big population centres in the Donetsk region. Ukraine's military has not…
Belarus sends more troops and aircraft to its border with Ukraine
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus has deployed aircraft and air defense troops to its border with Ukraine, a day after President Alexander Lukashenko announced he would station almost a…
Ukraine is taking out key bridges in Russia, isolating Russian soldiers on the wrong side of the river, analysts say
Ukraine has reportedly taken out three bridges over the Seym River in Russia's Kursk region. This could cut off Russian forces from supplies and aid Ukraine's hold over the area, per…
Saxony premier urges Ukraine talks ahead of key poll in German state
Michael Kretschmer, premier of the eastern German state of Saxony, repeated a call for talks to end the war in Ukraine on Monday, just two weeks before state elections in which the…
UN watchdog ‘extremely concerned’ about safety at Russian-controlled nuclear power plant in Ukraine
The safety situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) is “deteriorating” after a nearby drone strike, the United Nations’s energy watchdog said Saturday. The Russian…
German ambassador says Russia not ready to negotiate with Ukraine
Russia is currently not ready to negotiate for peace with Ukraine, the German ambassador in Moscow, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, told the daily Bonner General-Anzeiger in remarks published…
Ukraine takes Russian town of Sudzha
urope The News Ukraine claimed full control of a Russian town, the first such success in its surprise offensive into Moscow’s territory. Kyiv has yet to publicize its war aims with its…
Old photo of Zelensky visiting eastern Ukraine falsely linked to Kyiv's offensive in Russia
Screenshot of the false X post, taken on August 14, 2024 The post emerged after Ukraine deployed thousands of troops in a major incursion into Russia's western Kursk region on August 6…
Ukraine is adhering to humanitarian law, Zelensky stresses
Ukrainian troops are "strictly" adhering to international conventions and humanitarian law in their advance into the western Russian region of Kursk, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on…
The shock Ukrainian invasion of Kursk has the Kremlin pulling some troops out of Ukraine to defend Russia, per reports
Ukraine launched a shock counter-invasion into Russia last week. US officials told the Wall Street Journal that Russia is withdrawing troops from Ukraine in response. The US officials said…
Teens from Ukraine enjoy brief respite from war with Rockford visit
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Teens from Rockford’s sister city in Ukraine are visiting the Forest City this week, stopping by the UW Health Sports Factory and enjoying a mini-concert at the…
Zelensky: Ukraine controls 74 Russian localities in Kursk incursion
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said his country's forces have seized dozens of Russian localities in the southern region of Kursk, one week into its surprise…
Russia evacuates 180,000 civilians as Putin decries attack in Kursk region
Russia has evacuated some 180,000 people from Kursk as President Vladimir Putin decried a Ukrainian offensive in the border region and accused Kyiv of seeking to “create discord” and…
Ukraine claims to control 1,000 sq kms of Russian territory
Ukraine's top commander has said Kyiv's forces control 1,000 square kilometres of Russian territory as they press their biggest cross-border incursion in two-and-a-half years of full scale…
Putin vows to ‘squeeze out the enemy’ as Ukraine pushes deeper into Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Monday to drive Ukrainian troops from his country’s territory as more civilians were urged to flee the surprise cross-border assault that has left…