Ukraine

From the United States to South Africa, New Zealand to Ukraine, the world has come together to remember the Queen. There were even tributes from nations decidedly unfriendly to the UK, Russia and China, although the Kremlin said President Putin would not be attending the Queen’s state funeral later this…

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Thursday said it was morally legitimate for nations to supply weapons to Ukraine to help the country defend itself from Russian aggression. Speaking to reporters aboard a plane returning from a three-day…

IZYUM, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a bold visit Wednesday to the recently liberated city of Izyum in the eastern Kharkiv region, where he participated in a flag-raising ceremony to mark the nation’s most important military victory since Russian invaders were repelled from the suburbs of Kyiv in…

Ukraine is weighing putting an end to mandatory military conscription as Russia is conducting a recruitment push to make up for manpower shortages in the ongoing war. Ukrainian Prime Ministry Denys Shmyhal told journalists at a press conference Wednesday that the Soviet model of conscription should be "abolished" in former…

A Russian soldier fires an anti-tank rocket launcher RPG-22 in the Kherson region Credit: PA-EFE/Shutterstock Ukrainian forces reach Russian border Russian TV utters the unspeakable: ‘Ukraine cannot be defeated’ The hammer blow that could knock out Putin Listen to the latest episode of our podcast Putin not invited to Queen’s funeral …

As Russian defense officials on Tuesday stayed mum on new defeats in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, a Russian soldier was caught calling home to tell his family the Russians are “losing” and have no way out. That’s according to audio released by the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, which…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Europe's largest nuclear plant has been reconnected to Ukraine's electricity grid, allowing engineers to shut down its last operational reactor in an attempt to avoid a radiation disaster as fighting rages in the area. The six-reactor Zaporizhzhia plant lost its outside source of power a week…

Russia said it was pulling back troops from the eastern Kharkiv region of Ukraine as Kyiv announced massive territorial gains in its lightning counter-offensive. A Moscow-backed separatist leader in the east meanwhile said Russian forces were fighting “difficult” battles against Kyiv’s troops in several parts of the eastern Donetsk region.…

Abandoned Russian vehicles near Izium. Via social media The Russian army is losing at least a battalion’s worth of vehicles and men a day as twin Ukrainian counteroffensives roll back Russian territorial gains in eastern and southern Ukraine. That’s hundreds of casualties and scores of vehicle write-offs every day. These…

Topline Gas prices could jump again this winter following a monthslong decline in the United States, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Sunday, as the European Union plans to largely stop buying Russian oil in December as a gesture of disapproval of the war in Ukraine. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivers…