Ukraine grinds out 300 feet a day in longest stretch of the war
The Ukrainian military has confirmed a change in tactics in their advance to reduce the number of casualties. Officers are asking for more time to obtain results in the counteroffensive
Ukraine places trust in White House to prevent Musk pulling plug on Starlink comms for the Armed Forces
The Ukrainian military has few alternatives to the SpaceX communication system but concerns have been raised after the billionaire acknowledged he had refused to sanction its use over Crimea
Ukrainians flee occupied territories through the only open Russian border crossing
Almost 18 months after the start of the war, a humanitarian corridor between the Russian city of Belgorod and Sumi in northeastern Ukraine opens a window of opportunity for trapped citizens
Thousands of Ukrainian civilians face legal limbo in Russian jails
The Center for Civil Liberties has documented 4,000 people arrested during the invasion, a number the Ukrainian Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, puts as high as 20,000
Medics on Ukraine’s front line: ‘It could be any one of us in their shoes. Everyone who comes to us is a hero’
EL PAÍS visits the network of medical stations that mark out the Zaporizhzhia front, where hundreds of wounded soldiers are operated on every day
Wagner rebellion sharpens divisions in Russia’s military forces
The support received by the mercenary group is threatening the united front that the Kremlin is trying to build
Ukraine consolidates counteroffensive with attacks in Zaporizhzhia
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
Ukraine before the counteroffensive: A 750-mile journey along the front
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
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the man with Ukraine’s future in his hands
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
Video games, tea and drones on the front lines: The waiting war in Ukraine
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’
Ukrainians track Russian missiles on Telegram between beers and snacks
Deceptive tranquility in Kharkiv contrasts sharply with Kupiansk and other war-ravaged towns on the front lines
Scant resources available to Ukraine’s soldiers as they confront psychological effects of war
Ukrainian authorities are starting to face up to the scale of the problem the country has, as hundreds of thousands of soldiers head into combat without the mental-health support they need
Ukraine’s coal miners dig deep to power a nation at war
The chief engineer of a mining company in Dnipropetrovsk province says coal is central to meeting Ukraine’s energy needs following Russia’s 6-month campaign to destroy power stations and other infrastructure
Waiting for Leopard tanks on the Kharkiv front: ‘We don’t have what we need for the counteroffensive’
Local troops in Dvorichna withstand the pressure of the invaders, but demand the necessary weapons to push them back
Inside Bakhmut, Ukraine’s ‘fortress city’ standing in the way of Putin’s advance in Donbas
Moscow has been intensifying attacks to encircle Kyiv’s troops as Volodymyr Zelenskiy considers retreat to a new defensive line. Drone units have become vital for detecting Russian artillery and infantry movements
Donbas, the bloodiest trench of the Ukrainian war
The Donetsk and Luhansk front line has barely moved in recent weeks with Russian and Ukrainian forces locked in static 20th-century-style battles