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One of Kiev’s troops compared Moscow’s strikes to “the gates of hell”
Western military aid remains crucial for Ukraine, especially air defense systems and missiles, the Institute for the Study of War said in an assessment.
The White House says Russia has become increasingly isolated on the world stage and has looked to "like-minded states" for military equipment
US Senator Bob Menendez was previously accused of acting as an agent on behalf of the Egyptian government
Moscow shows bullish determination, draining western-supplied air defences and talking of Kyiv’s total capitulation
The border city was targeted in a massive Ukrainian attack that killed more than 20 people
Warsaw claims the violation took place during airstrikes on targets throughout Ukraine on Friday
As the land war grinds on, the aerial one is heating up
Russia launched 122 missiles and 36 drones against Ukrainian targets, officials said Friday, killing at least 18 civilians across the country in what an air force official said was the biggest aerial barrage of the 22-month war.
Early optimism is being replaced by anxiety as politics threatens Ukraine's aid channels
Russia fired almost 50 Shahed drones at targets in Ukraine and shelled a train station where more than 100 civilians were gathered to catch a train to Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday. The barrages killed at least five people and knocked out power in most of the southern city of Kherson.
Russia on Monday said its forces now fully controlled the town of Maryinka in eastern Ukraine, which President Vladimir Putin hailed as a "success" that would mean less shelling on the nearby Russian-held city of Donetsk.
One person was killed and several others were injured in Feodosia, civilian authorities have said
She said Navalny’s lawyer had visited him earlier Monday and that the jailed activist was “doing well.”
The United States has voiced deepening concern over the fate of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has not been heard from since early December.
Nikolai Patrushev, a top ally of the Russian leader for decades, put in motion the assassination of the mutinous chief of the Wagner mercenary group.