The Russian Defense Ministry said it destroyed facilities preparing ‘terror attacks’ against Russia involving maritime drones, as well as Ukrainian fuel depots
Russia’s National Anti-Terrorist Committee said the strike was carried out by two Ukrainian maritime drones. The attack was the second major strike on the bridge since October, when a truck bomb blew up two of its sections
In his first comments on the delivery of cluster munitions to Ukraine from the U.S., the Russian president said that Moscow has not used cluster bombs in its war in Ukraine so far
The Ukrainian-held city in the Zaporizhzhia region is one of the staging points for Kyiv’s counteroffensive, making it a target for daily shelling by the Kremlin’s forces
Members of the Ukrainian Police’s special forces are engaged in fighting in their home region, spurred on by the desire to liberate their relatives from the occupied zones
The attack has hurt the Russian military logistics at a time when Ukranian forces are probing Russian defenses in the initial stages of a long-expected counteroffensive
The Thor unit, which is involved in one of the most intense battles of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, is attacking Russian positions around the village of Mala Tomachka
Media and defense analysts are increasingly reliant on Russian military sources for reports on front line combat operations after Kyiv imposes news blackout
The southern region, 80% of which is controlled by Moscow, is the strategic point where Kyiv is trying to break the corridor which connects the Crimean peninsula with the Donbas for Russians
EL PAÍS traveled along the country’s eastern border, from Kharkiv to Kherson, to portray the daily life of soldiers and civilians 15 months after the war began
An internal document from the foreign service points to Moscow as the probable perpetrator and gauges the effects of an ‘unprecedented’ catastrophe
The dramatic rupture of the dam that upheld Ukraine’s largest reservoir released a torrent of water, raising fears of widespread damage and flooding in areas where tens of thousands of people live
‘One day, the artillery fire was so intense, we all thought we would die. But I didn’t stop drawing, it calmed me down,’ says Ruslan Pijota, who has become famous for his comics that portray life on the front
Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian troops will be the ultimate test of leadership for the army’s commander-in-chief, a hero in his country and the only person whose popularity compares to Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s
Southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine came under attack Friday from Ukrainian artillery fire, mortar shells and drones, authorities said, hours after two drones struck a Russian city in an area next to the annexed Crimea Peninsula
Ahead of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, concerns are growing over the safety of the nuclear power plant in Energodar, which was captured by Moscow at the beginning of the invasion. ‘If this explodes, only a shadow of us will remain’
Over a year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, girls like Diana and Yuliana are still unable to return to normality, confined to their home in the front line city of Kostiantynivka
Artillery and infantry units in the eastern Donbas region spend hours and hours awaiting orders and monitoring the movements of Russian troops. ‘Every day here is the same,’ says a sentry. ‘There are no Mondays, no Tuesdays, no Sundays, no holidays’
Deceptive tranquility in Kharkiv contrasts sharply with Kupiansk and other war-ravaged towns on the front lines
Special correspondents from EL PAÍS traveled along the 750 miles of front lines in the country, collecting testimonies from civilians and soldiers. The people residing in these embattled areas are hopeful about the ongoing counteroffensive, which could decide their destiny
The fog of war made it impossible to confirm the situation on the ground in the invasion’s longest battle, and a series of comments from Ukrainian and Russian officials added confusion to the matter
Kyiv’s attack to recover territories occupied by Moscow is expected to take place before mid-June along the southern and eastern front lines, where Russian forces have dug in
Moscow acknowledges having withdrawn its troops on one flank in Bakhmut while rumors abound on social media of Kyiv’s forces advancing and even preparing to cross the border
The alleged drone attack on the Kremlin, the destruction of several fuel depots and the derailment of two trains in recent days has placed Moscow on high alert ahead of May 9
A major goal for Kyiv would be to break through the land corridor between Russia and the annexed Crimean Peninsula, which would necessitate crossing the Dnieper River in the country’s south. There now seems to be movements to that end
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Thursday all his country’s territory must be treated equally in dealing with the Kremlin after its full-scale invasion more than 13 months ago
The barrier, which will cover 15% of the border between the two countries, symbolizes the distrust NATO’s most recent member state feels towards Moscow
