Kyiv launches more than 100 drones over Russia; missile strike on Ukraine injures 17
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian air defenses shot down more than 100 Ukrainian drones Sunday over Russia’s western regions, Moscow officials said, while 17 people were injured in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih in a ballistic missile attack. The Russian…
Ukraine, Russia report aerial attacks on capital cities
Ukraine’s military deployed air-defense systems early Sunday to repel an aerial assault on Kyiv, according to the capital’s top elected official. “Stay in shelters!” Mayor Vitali Klitschko warned on the Telegram messaging app, according to Reuters, which was unable to…
Video published by Ukraine purports to show North Korean soldiers in Russia
kyiv, ukraine — A video purporting to show dozens of North Korean recruits lining up to collect Russian military fatigues and gear aims to intimidate Ukrainian forces and marks a new chapter in the 2 1/2-year war with the introduction…
North Korean troops in Ukraine would be escalation, France warns
KYIV, UKRAINE — The involvement of North Korean regular troops to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would be a serious escalation of the war, France and Ukraine’s foreign ministers said at a joint press conference in Kyiv on Saturday. France’s…
Italy warns G7 defense ministers of ‘incompatible’ world visions
NAPLES, ITALY — Defense ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies kicked off their meeting on Saturday with host country Italy warning that the global security framework is growing increasingly precarious because of competing visions of the world. The…
Russia, Ukraine each bring home 95 prisoners of war in swap brokered by UAE
Russia and Ukraine carried out a new exchange of prisoners of war on Friday, each side bringing home 95 prisoners in an agreement in which the United Arab Emirates acted as mediator. Russia’s Defense Ministry, in a post on the…
Ukraine media outlets, businesses targeted with false bomb threats
Emails threatening terror attacks led to the evacuation of hundreds of businesses, media outlets and foreign embassies in Ukraine this week. Ukrainian national police searched dozens of properties targeted by the threat, including the Kyiv office of VOA sister network…
Russia returns bodies of 501 soldiers; Western allies weigh Zelenskyy victory plan
Russia returned to Ukraine the bodies of 501 soldiers on Friday, Ukrainian authorities said. The move appeared to be the biggest repatriation of war dead since Russia invaded in February 2022. Most of the soldiers were killed in the fighting…
Ukranian fighter finds US-made M224 mortar effective on front lines
When it comes to military equipment being sent to Ukraine, big-ticket items like Patriot missiles and F-16 fighter jets come to mind. But for many Ukrainian soldiers, the U.S.-made 60-millimeter M224 mortars, also used by the U.S. Marine Corps, have…
Ukraine evacuates thousands from embattled Kharkiv town
Kyiv, Ukraine — Ukraine on Friday said it was evacuating thousands of people from an embattled northeastern town that Kyiv retook from Russia about six months after Moscow launched its invasion in 2022. Kupiansk, a key rail hub in the…