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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits front-line area in Kharkiv region

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday he had traveled to the front-line area of Vovchansk in the northeastern Kharkiv region near the Russian border, where Moscow’s forces have been trying to break through. Russian troops opened a new front…

Russia reports downing 19 Ukrainian drones over Kursk as part of latest aerial attacks

Russia’s military said Monday it shot down 19 Ukrainian drones over the Kursk region, along the border between the two countries, marking the second consecutive day that Ukraine focused a large attack on the area. The governor of Kursk reported…

Thousands in Ukraine honor soldiers killed in blast, push to free prisoners

KYIV, Ukraine —  Ukrainians urged their government to do more to get Russia to release prisoners of war, voicing their anger on Sunday at a ceremony commemorating the second anniversary of an explosion that killed more than 50. Several thousand…

5 killed, dozens wounded in Ukraine’s Donetsk region; Russia claims gains

KYIV —  Five civilians died and 15 more were wounded following Russian strikes Saturday and overnight in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, its governor said, as Moscow claimed further gains in its monthslong grinding offensive in the country’s war-battered industrial heartland….

Russian oil depot ablaze after suspected Ukrainian drone strike

Suspected Ukrainian military drones have struck an oil storage depot in Russia’s Kursk region, a regional Russian official said Sunday, with video posted online showing a huge blaze lighting up the early morning sky. Three storage tanks caught fire as…

Hungary’s Orban: Russia stands to gain as ‘irrational’ West loses power

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY —  Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday that Russia’s leadership was “hyper rational” and that Ukraine would never be able to fulfill its hopes of becoming a member of the European Union or NATO. Orban, a…

Russia takes control of Lozuvatske settlement in eastern Ukraine

moscow —  Russia’s defense ministry said on Saturday that its forces had taken control of the settlement of Lozuvatske in the Pokrovsk sector of Ukraine’s Donetsk region, site of some of the most heated frontline battles in the 29-month-old war….

Ukrainian adviser says agreement with Russia is ‘deal with the devil’

KYIV, Ukraine —  Signing an agreement with Russia to stop the war with Ukraine would amount to signing a deal with the devil, a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as pressure mounts on the country to seek…

Recycled Russian conspiracy theories falsely accuse Ukraine of child organ harvesting

Ukrainian children continue to pay what the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) called “an extraordinary price in lives lost and upended” due to Russia’s invasion. UNICEF said the war has had “a devastating impact on the country’s 7.5…

For Ukrainian athletes, joy mixes with sorrow at the Paris Olympics

Paris —  For Ukrainian competitors in Paris for the Olympics, joy goes hand in hand with sorrow. Athletes are striving to enjoy the dream of competing at one of the world’s most prestigious sports events while carrying the burden of…