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Ukraine says Russian attacks injure at least 5, cause fires

KYIV, Ukraine —  Russian attacks on Ukraine overnight caused fires and injured at least five people across the country, local authorities said on Friday. Ukraine’s air force said it shot down 27 out of 44 Russia-launched drones with eight more…

US warns Russian hackers: ‘We are on to you’

Washington —  The United States has charged five Russian intelligence officers and one Russian civilian in connection with a major cyberattack, described by U.S. prosecutors as the first shot in the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine. The Justice Department unsealed the…

Ukrainians react to conscription drive with mixed feelings, many questions

A new conscription law has been in force in Ukraine for more than three months, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the mobilization has been going according to plan. But studies suggest Ukrainians are ambivalent about the law. Lesia Bakalets in…

Trump, Harris offer different futures for Ukraine as they vie for US presidency

Ukraine faces wildly different prospects under a potential Donald Trump or Kamala Harris U.S. presidency. But as their campaigns race to the finish line, neither candidate has laid out exactly how they plan to deal with Russia’s war on Ukraine….

Ukrainian foreign minister submits resignation

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba submitted his resignation Wednesday as part of an expected government reshuffle. Parliamentary Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk posted Kuleba’s resignation letter on Facebook. Lawmakers are expected to consider the resignation of multiple officials, including the deputy prime…

Russian aerial attack kills 7 in western Ukraine city of Lviv

Ukrainian officials said Wednesday a Russian air attack killed at least seven people and injured more than 60 others in the western city of Lviv, which Moscow had only infrequently targeted before and is hundreds of kilometers from the front…

German far-right surge raises doubts about Berlin’s support for Ukraine

london —  The future of German military aid to Ukraine and support for Ukrainian refugees in Germany are being called into question after a surge in support saw the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party emerge victorious Sunday in elections…

German far-right surge raises doubts over Berlin’s support for Ukraine

German military aid to Ukraine and support for Ukrainian refugees in Germany are being called into question following elections in which a far-right political party won power in an eastern state. The far-left also made gains in the elections. Henry…

Russian missiles kill at least 51 in attack on Ukrainian military institute, hospital

At least 51 people were killed and hundreds injured in a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Poltava Tuesday, authorities said, in one of the single deadliest strikes of the two-and-a-half-year war. The attack partially destroyed a building…

Russia’s Putin visits Mongolia, defies international warrant for his arrest

Russian President Vladimir Putin was visiting Mongolia on Tuesday with no sign that the host country would bow to calls to arrest him on an international warrant for alleged war crimes stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The trip…