Volodimir Zelenski

Media and defense analysts are increasingly reliant on Russian military sources for reports on front line combat operations after Kyiv imposes news blackout

The leaders of the three nations are meeting in Paris for talks focusing on military support for Ukraine’s counteroffensive and future security guarantees to be given to the country

Denis Sokolov is in charge of recruiting volunteers from Russia willing to fight in Ukraine’s International Legion against the invading Kremlin forces

To the southwest, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s top adviser said six people were injured when Moscow’s troops fired at a boat evacuating people from Russian-occupied areas

For every flooded home and farm, there are fields upon fields of newly planted grains, fruits and vegetables whose irrigation canals are drying up.

Floodwater from the burst banks of the Dnipro has extended over 30 miles to the north, wiping out farmland, bridges and villages

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

The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam has further punished a population carrying on with their lives on the banks of the Dnipro, on the front line between Ukrainian and Russian forces

The flooding caused by the breach benefits Moscow militarily by hampering attacks on a key area of the front. Military analysts say it could set Kyiv back weeks and cause a huge ecological 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

Kyiv has imposed an information blackout as Moscow and Russian military sources confirm multiple attacks on the eastern front

Ukraine accused Russian forces of blowing up the Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station on the Dnipro River in an area that Moscow controls, while Russian officials blamed Ukrainian military strikes in the contested area

While not explicitly confirming such a large-scale effort, Kyiv authorities say their forces are indeed increasing offensive operations and making gains. But they suggest some of the Russian announcements are misinformation

Moscow claims it has successfully fended off a Ukrainian attempt to ram through Russia’s defenses, but some pro-Kremlin military bloggers painted a different picture, acknowledging that Kyiv’s troops made some quick gains

Russia’s Defense Ministry said it had pushed back a ‘large-scale’ assault at five places in Donetsk. The unconfirmed reports fueled speculation that a Ukrainian ground operation could be underway as part of an anticipated counteroffensive

‘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

Zelenskiy provided the number hours after rescue workers found the body of a 2-year-old girl who died in one of the latest Russian strikes

‘I don’t know how long it will take. To be honest, it can go a variety of ways, completely different,’ the Ukrainian president said during an interview with the ‘Wall Street Journal’

The new aid provides munitions to boost Ukraine’s air defense capabilities to fend off Russia’s air assaults on Kyiv, which have escalated in the past few days

Tuesday’s attack, which targeted an area near the official residence of Vladimir Putin and has been attributed to Kyiv by the Kremlin, has raised questions about Russian air defenses

Tuesday’s strikes that lightly damaged three apartment buildings angered Russian hawks, who criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin and the military brass for failing to protect Moscow

The Russian Defense Ministry said five drones were shot down in Moscow and the systems of three others were jammed, causing them to veer off course. President Vladimir Putin called it a ‘terrorist’ act by Kyiv

To the chagrin of the West, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva strongly defends his own position, whether that be on Venezuela or China

Russia launched another wave of attacks on Kyiv in the early hours of Monday using a combination of drones and cruise missiles

The British journalist and historian talks to EL PAÍS about his book on the Cuban Missile Crisis, its parallels with the war in Ukraine and why Brexit was ‘insane’