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Russia owes its recent gains to increased troop numbers, Ukrainian forces say. Firepower has been crucial in Russia’s gains in the war, but Ukrainian fighters and analysts say that Moscow has relied increasingly on a mor…

Russia Freed Prisoners to Fight Its War. Here’s How Some Fared. Tens of thousands of inmates have joined a mercenary group fighting with the Kremlin’s decimated forces in Ukraine. Some of them are returning to civilian l…

Russian forces ratchet up the pressure on a key eastern city. Russian forces are ratcheting up pressure on the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, pouring in waves of fighters in an effort to break Ukraine’s resistance an…

Ukraine Urges Allies to Speed Up Delivery of Weaponry President Volodymyr Zelensky, days after winning promises of battle tanks, is exhorting his Western backers to send more heavy weapons to Ukraine — and fast, to help…

‘We have to make time our weapon,’ Zelensky says. President Volodymyr Zelensky has implored allies to speed up delivery of weapons as Russia intensifies its assaults on eastern Ukraine and sends waves of troops in an eff…

Ukraine’s plea for fighter jets is the latest in a long list of demands for weapons. Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany reiterated over the weekend that Berlin would not send fighter jets to Ukraine, hours after a top adv…

Russia and Ukraine Battle for Control of Villages Near the Key City of Bakhmut Russian forces were wrestling for control of villages in eastern Ukraine near the beleaguered city of Bakhmut over the weekend, the latest fl…

Fighting Rages in Eastern Ukraine Over Critical Supply Routes Russian troops mounted a fierce assault on Ukrainian forces on Saturday in an effort to dislodge them from critical positions in eastern Ukraine, with Moscow…

Nuclear experts at the Zaporizhzhia power plant raise concerns about nearby explosions. United Nations inspectors at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine say explosions from the artillery war being wa…

Russian shelling kills eight civilians in Donetsk Province in eastern Ukraine. Russian shelling has killed at least eight civilians in towns and villages along the front line in Donetsk Province in eastern Ukraine over t…

Russia continues to stifle the free press and outlaws Meduza, a leading independent news site. Russian officials labeled the independent news website Meduza an “undesirable organization” and effectively outlawed its cont…

In Wave of Strikes, Russian Missiles Kill 12 Across Ukraine Russia fired dozens of missiles at Ukrainian cities on Thursday, piercing snow clouds and air defenses to kill at least 12 people across the country, in the Kre…

Fresh from securing tanks, Ukraine turns to the next weapon on its wish list: Fighter jets. No sooner had Ukraine secured its latest sought-after Western military equipment than it renewed its pleas for yet another advan…

Russia fires a wave of missiles at Ukraine. Russia launched several volleys of missiles at Ukraine on Thursday, with strikes reported all over the country, including the capital, Kyiv, where at least one person was kille…

Two British men went to Soledar. Neither came back. Two British citizens, Andrew Bagshaw and Chris Parry, departed from the city of Kramatorsk at 8 a.m. on Jan. 6 and headed east toward the front lines of Ukraine’s war w…

Biden announces 31 Abrams tanks for Ukraine, but says the move is not meant to escalate the war. President Biden announced on Wednesday that he would send M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine to help it defend against Russian inva…

Germany says it will send an initial shipment of 14 tanks to Ukraine. Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced on Wednesday that Germany would send an initial shipment of 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and allow other nations to…

Ukraine says that its forces have retreated from Soledar after an intense battle. Ukrainian forces have retreated from the small town of Soledar following weeks of bitter fighting, a military spokesman said on Wednesday,…

Getting tanks to the front lines looms as a challenge for Ukraine. Weeks of political wrangling among Western allies over whether to arm Ukraine with advanced battle tanks appear to be nearing a resolution, with the Bide…

Ukraine Fires Officials Amid Corruption Scandal, as Allies Watch Closely Several top Ukrainian officials were fired on Tuesday amid a ballooning corruption scandal, in the biggest upheaval in President Volodymyr Zelensky…

The U.S. is moving closer to sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, officials say. The Biden administration is moving closer to sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, in what would be a major st…

Zelensky tries to show zero tolerance for corruption as allies send more aid. President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government dismissed two more officials on Tuesday, the latest changes in Ukraine’s leadership that are part of…

Safe at Home in Dnipro, Until a Russian Missile Struck Life in Ukraine still proceeds almost normally at times. Then, suddenly, it all changes. That happened one Saturday this month, when a Russian missile struck an apar…

In Moscow, a Quiet Antiwar Protest With Flowers and Plush Toys Since a Russian missile struck a residential building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, killing 46 and injuring 80 others, Muscovites have been coming to lay…

Poland steps in as pressure grows on Germany to supply Leopard tanks. Pressure has been growing on Germany to authorize the transfer of its Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, which are stocked by many European countries…

U.S. Extends Troop Deployment in Romania, at Ukraine War’s Doorstep The Pentagon will keep several thousand American troops in southeast Romania for at least nine more months, closer to the war in neighboring Ukraine tha…

Amid Mounting Frustration With Germany, Ukraine Holds Out Hope It Will Get Tanks As frustration at Germany for seemingly dragging its feet on sending Ukraine advanced Leopard 2 tanks mounted on Saturday, Ukrainian offici…

Video of Serbian mercenaries training with Russian troops stirs anger in Belgrade. Video footage released by Russian state media that purports to show Serbian mercenaries training for battle alongside Moscow’s troops in…

The U.S. will impose new sanctions on the Wagner mercenary group in Russia. The United States has decided to designate the Russian private military group Wagner as a significant transnational criminal organization, the W…

A meeting of Ukraine allies ends with no consensus on sending German tanks. Western defense officials meeting in Germany on Friday failed to produce an agreement for exporting battle tanks to Ukraine, in a setback to Ukr…