Ukraine

The eight-month battle for the city in eastern Ukraine was the longest and probably most bloody of the conflict in Ukraine.

President Joe Biden has approved plans to train Ukrainian pilots on U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, according to two people familiar with the matter.

A Pentagon $3 billion overestimation means more weapons can be sent to Ukraine without help from Congress.

Zelenskyy is believed to be heading to Berlin next.

International news agency Agence France-Presse says its Ukraine video coordinator has been killed Tuesday during a rocket attack near the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.

President Vladimir Putin has declared that the West has unleashed “a real war” against Russia. The Russian leader reprised the familiar refrain at scaled-down Victory Day celebrations that may reflect the toll the Ukraine conflict is taking on his forces. Putin’s remarks Tuesday came just hours after Moscow fired its latest barrage of cruise missiles at targets in Ukraine. Russia...

Ukraine took its first delivery of the Patriot missiles in late April. It has not specified how many of the systems it has, but they have been provided by the United States, Germany and the Netherlands.

Speculation is mounting that Russia staged a drone attack on the Kremlin that it blamed on Ukraine Wednesday.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denied any involvement in what Russia said was a Ukrainian assassination attempt on President Vladimir Putin.

Video footage shared by Ukrainian police shows the aftermath of a rocket strike in Uman, Cherkasy.

Workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have marked the 37th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster amid an ongoing war and nuclear threats.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted a video from the site that shows the ruined building and emergency responders examining the damage.

The Ukrainian government has barred its national sports teams from competing at international events which also include athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus.

Volodymyr Zelenksyy said the violence in the latest video would not be forgotten, and that Russian forces would be held responsible.

Russian officials said Vladlen Tatarsky, 40, was killed Sunday as he was leading a discussion at a cafe in the historic heart of St. Petersburg.

The Ukrainian government is looking to block its athletes from competing in sports events which readmit Russian athletes. That could include qualifying competitions for next year’s Paris Olympics. The International Olympic Committee recommended Tuesday that sports federations allow Russians and Belarusians to compete as neutral athletes without national symbols. Ukraine wanted to continue the full exclusion that had been in...

Experts believe the food situation in North Korea is the worst it has been under Kim Jong Un’s 11-year rule, but they still say they see no signs of imminent famine or mass deaths.

The “Star Wars” actor urges people to take cover when the app is triggered by air raid alarms sound in Ukraine.

Ukraine has renewed its push to keep Russian athletes out of the Olympics ahead of an IOC board meeting next week, which is expected to lay out the framework for their return.

The visits came days after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for the Russian leader accusing him of war crimes.