The New York Times

Ukraine Claims Bakhmut Battle Is Wagner’s ‘Last Stand’ Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has been forced to use more of its professional recruits in Bakhmut to replace its depleted supply of enlisted prisoners, who are per…

Ukrainian incursions into Russia have usually been kept quiet, until now. It was Christmas Day, and four fighters from a volunteer Ukrainian special forces team had slipped over the border into Russian territory. They we…

The Second Year of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, in Photos For over a year, photographers with The New York Times and other news organizations have chronicled the war, capturing a slice of how soldiers and civilians have…

Ukraine urges Kherson residents to evacuate amid Russian shelling. Residents should evacuate Ukrainian-controlled parts of the Kherson region because of relentless shelling by Russian forces, the authorities said on Tues…

Ukraine says Wagner is running out of prisoner recruits to send into the battle for Bakhmut. Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday that Russia’s Wagner private military company had been forced to shift to using more of its…

He Heeded Russia’s Call to Enlist. Five Months Later, He Was Dead. Russia’s mobilization of 300,000 recruits shifted the calculus of the Ukraine war. It was no longer some distant “military operation.” Suddenly, ordinary…

Ukraine Claims a Drone Strike on a Military Target Inside Russia Ukrainian special forces said on Monday that they had destroyed an unmanned observation tower in Russia’s Bryansk region using a drone strike, a rare publi…

Ukraine appoints an anti-corruption director, filling a post vacant since early in the war. Ukraine appointed a new head of its National Anti-Corruption Bureau on Monday, filling a position that was left vacant for nearl…

Russia’s defense minister pays a rare visit to occupied areas of Ukraine. Sergei K. Shoigu, the Russian defense minister, made a rare visit to occupied Ukrainian territory amid the lackluster performance of Russia’s rene…

Ukraine’s top generals want to keep fighting for Bakhmut, Zelensky’s office says. Ukraine’s top generals want to bolster their forces clinging on in Bakhmut, the government said on Monday, suggesting that Kyiv would cont…

With Ukraine Under Pressure in Bakhmut, Fight Becomes a Battle Over Roads Ukraine’s military said on Saturday that it had beaten back multiple attacks in fighting around the partly encircled city of Bakhmut, which has co…

The U.S. attorney general meets with Zelensky during a surprise visit to Ukraine. Attorney General Merrick Garland made an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Friday to reaffirm America’s commitment to help hold Russia respo…

New U.N. inspectors arrive at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after weeks of delays caused by fighting. A fresh team of U.N. nuclear inspectors successfully crossed the front lines of the war in southern Ukraine to reach…

The U.S. will send $400 million in new military aid to Ukraine, including precision-guided rockets. The United States will rush more precision-guided rockets and additional ammunition to Ukraine to help resupply what off…

As Fighting Intensifies, Ukraine Says Its Forces Are Holding On in Bakhmut Ukrainian officials on Friday said their forces were still hanging on in Bakhmut and sent a top commander into the embattled eastern city in a sh…

A Belarusian Nobel Peace laureate is sentenced to 10 years in prison. A Belarusian court sentenced Ales Bialiatski, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October for his decades of defending human rights in Belarus, t…

Incursion in Russian Border Town Puts Kremlin on Emergency Footing A brief armed incursion into a Russian border village by partisans claiming to fight for Ukraine drew an emergency response from the Kremlin on Thursday,…

Russia steps up attacks in Bakhmut as Ukraine pledges reinforcements. Russia has stepped up its attacks on Bakhmut, the eastern Ukrainian city that for months has been the site of one of the war’s most intractable battle…

Blinken and Lavrov hold an unexpected meeting on the sidelines of the G20 gathering. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met briefly on Thursday with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on the sidelines of a Group…

A Ukrainian Mayor Disappeared, but Questions of His Loyalty Did Not A decision by the former mayor of Kherson to remain in his post under Russian occupation has divided opinion, even after he vanished. Read more @nytimes

Ukraine Reinforces Embattled Bakhmut, but Mission Is Unclear A Ukrainian deputy defense minister, Hanna Maliar, said Wednesday that her government had begun deploying new fighters to Bakhmut, site of the most protracted…

There’s ‘zero evidence’ that Putin is ready for peace talks, Blinken says. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said during a visit to Uzbekistan on Wednesday that the Biden administration saw “zero evidence” that Presid…

Ukraine says it’s sending reinforcements to the embattled city of Bakhmut. Ukraine has sent reinforcements to Bakhmut, a senior Ukrainian official said on Wednesday, signaling the intensity of fighting in a city that has…

In an Epic Battle of Tanks, Russia Was Routed, Repeating Earlier Mistakes A three-week battle on a plain near the coal-mining town of Vuhledar in southern Ukraine produced what Ukrainian officials say was the biggest tan…

Finland begins reinforcing its border with Russia to deter illegal migration. Finland has begun constructing a barrier fence at a border crossing it deems to be one of the “highest risk” areas for illegal migration along…