Kiev

Vladimir Putin justified the strikes as a response to the Ukrainian use of US weapons against Russian territory and threatened Kyiv with the experimental hypersonic missile used on November 21

Putin reports use of new hypersonic ballistic missile against Ukrainian territory just days after Kyiv fired U.S. and British-made long-range projectiles at targets in Russia

Washington has authorized the use of anti-personnel mines to hinder the advance of Russian troops

Around 4,700 people are waiting an average of 285 days in the Tegel shelters for a place to stay. ‘I came here to work. I didn’t think I would be stuck here,’ says a Ukrainian

At least 80,000 soldiers have deserted their units so far during the war with Russia, more than half of them in the first eight months of 2024

Kyiv is promoting new emergency measures to ensure the return of millions of citizens who have left the country due to the Russian invasion

Nearly 10 million people need help dealing with anxiety, depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from the Russian invasion

A leaflet distributed by the Russian Defense Ministry depicts Kyiv’s forces as depraved in the face of a model invading army

Air defenses shot down all the missiles. An estimated 25,000 people, including about 3,000 children, took shelter in the city’s subway stations in a scene reminiscent of the first weeks of the war

The talks took place after the weekend election victory in EU member Slovakia of former Prime Minister Robert Fico, whose pro-Russian agenda has increased the question marks about the EU’s continued support for Kyiv

Near the Russian trenches in the east of the country, there’s a lake with a beach where civilians and soldiers try to forget the war

Every weekend, the Pochaina neighborhood of the Ukrainian capital hosts a fascinating flea market. It has survived despite the war, which has blocked tourism and displaced thousands of citizens. Visitors can find almost anything, from flippers to a bust of Stalin

In some of his most detailed remarks about the war in months, the Russian leader also said he was not contemplating a new troop mobilization, as many Russians have feared, but did not rule it out

Moscow has built heavily fortified defenses along the front line, honed its electronic weapons to reduce Ukraine’s edge in combat drones and used its massive Cold-War-era arsenal of heavy bombs to turn them into precision-guided gliding munitions

The occupied city’s de jure leader puts the civilian death toll from the siege at 22,000 and says they were not prepared for the scale of the assault: ‘We did not know the Russians were advancing towards us’

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Western allies would support Ukraine for “as long as it takes”

The testimony of a neighbor led to the bodies and personal belongings of three men who died in Borodianka and that he himself buried before fleeing the war

Kyiv urgently requires ammunition as the Kremlin seeks a breakthrough on the eastern front, where Moscow is sending waves of infantry to deplete the defenders’ stocks of heavy shells

The Russian invasion “has unleashed widespread death, destruction and displacement,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said

As both sides prepare for battlefield offensives, NATO is seeking to provide security guarantees while Moscow strengthens its alliances to gain military and diplomatic traction

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a challenge to the world order that has precipitated military, geopolitical, economic and human consequences on a planetary scale

Germany is the exception and has displayed unusual transparency by releasing weekly lists of the weapons it is sending to Kyiv

A mayor, a doctor, the mother of a dead policeman, a health worker and a priest recall the days when the town of Irpin became the wall that stopped the Kremlin’s troops from entering the capital of Ukraine

During his speech in Warsaw marking the one-year anniversary of the war, the US president highlighted NATO’s ‘unwavering’ commitment to supporting the Ukrainian people