Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Frustrated and emotional lawmakers concede there is little they can do to immediately stop Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unrelenting assault on Ukraine. Members of Congress now find themselves grappling with the limits of U.S. and allied efforts to halt a bloody war in Eastern Europe, where President Joe…

As part of a massive military aid package announced Wednesday, the Biden administration is providing Ukraine with U.S.-made killer drones — cutting-edge guided missiles that could accurately target Russian troops from miles away — two congressional officials briefed on the matter told NBC News. The White House referred to the weapons in a fact sheet on…

Around 20,000 people have fled Mariupol in what is believed to be the biggest evacuation yet from the besieged port city. Around 570 of some 4,000 vehicles that left the city have reached Zaporizhzhia which is 160 miles (260km) northwest while others will spend the night in various towns along…

A British man who travelled to Ukraine to join the military fight against Russia's invasion says he left the warzone amid fears he was facing a "suicide mission". Ben Spann told Sky News he did not tell his wife or 16-year-old son that he was going to Ukraine to take…

A pregnant woman who was pictured being evacuated from a bombed maternity hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol has died along with her baby. She was rushed to another hospital following the Russian attack last week, the AP news agency reported. As doctors tried to save her - and…

Shocking footage shows what is believed to be an intercepted Russian missile exploding just feet away from a group of pedestrians and a moving car in Kyiv. Sky News has located and verified the video that was posted on Twitter by a reporter with The Kyiv Independent. It shows a…

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Author of the article: Bloomberg News Bloomberg News Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Russian missiles struck a peace center in western Ukraine near Poland as bombing of major cities intensified and Moscow warned that convoys of military aid from the West are “legitimate targets.” The Russian military continues to target sites…

Russia has announced plans to block access to Instagram and launched a criminal case against its owner, Meta Platforms Inc, after the company said it would allow posts that call for “death to the Russian invaders”. Friday’s move is the latest in Russia’s confrontation with United States-based social media platforms…

In just over two weeks since Russia started bombing cities in Ukraine, more than 2 million people have fled to neighboring countries. Scores of foreign nationals studying or working in the European country, along with Ukrainians, have made desperate journeys to flee the invasion. Chinese student Xu Shijie is one…