Ukraine

KYIV — Ukraine stepped up its drive to retake the Russian-controlled south of the country by trying to bomb and isolate Russian troops in hard-to-resupply areas, but said it saw evidence that Moscow was redeploying its forces to defend the territory. Ukraine's southern Kherson region, which borders Russian-annexed Crimea, fell…

By Jonathan Beale Defence Correspondent Image source, Getty Images Image caption, The report describes as "perverse" the decision to cut the number of troops in the regular army from 82,000 to 73,000 Planned cuts to the British military leave it vulnerable at a time of rising threat, a report from…

By Paul Adams and Leo Sands BBC News, Kyiv and London Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Ukrainian soldiers inspect artillery at the frontline in Kherson in July Ukraine's campaign to retake the occupied Kherson region is "gathering pace", Western military sources say. A key bridge into the city of…

Elon Musk will not go on vacation to Russia.  The Tesla  (TSLA) - Get Tesla Inc. Report CEO, turned-global influencer with more than 102 million followers on microblog website Twitter, doesn't really care about Moscow. He never hid it.  When President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Musk…

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration, prompted by Kyiv’s recent successes in blunting Russia’s offensive in Ukraine, has begun reversing course on potentially providing advanced weapons like fighter aircraft that it earlier said could escalate the conflict with Moscow. On Friday, the White House announced that the Pentagon was exploring ways to provide…

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR APP OF THE YEAR World 25 Jul, 2022 08:42 PM4 minutes to read Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gestures during a joint news conference with Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry. Photo / AP Russia's top diplomat said Moscow's overarching goal in Ukraine is to…

It's five months since Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine and four since Russia published any kind of casualty count. 1,351 Russian servicemen killed, they said then, with no update since. No word on the missing either. "The families aren't told where they've gone missing or the circumstances," says Valentina…

Marie-France Sirois hadn't heard news about her son for days, until his best friend in the army called. "I knew it was the end," she said. Her son, Émile-Antoine Roy-Sirois, 31, died on July 18, according to his friend, Adriel Martinez, an American volunteer in Ukraine. Roy-Sirois left Montreal in…

By Isabel Coles and Ian Lovett | Photographs by Emanuele Satolli for The Wall Street Journal July 24, 2022 6:00 am ET YAHIDNE, Ukraine—After Russian troops pulled out of Yahidne at the end of March, Ukrainian investigators of suspected war crimes found a golden clue: a logbook with photos and personal details…

Kyiv wants people in Enerhodar to reveal the identities of local collaborators with the occupying authorities. Published On 23 Jul 202223 Jul 2022 Ukraine’s defence ministry has urged citizens in a key area seized by Russia to reveal where Moscow’s troops were living and who among the local population was…