Ukraine

This photo shows a damaged residential building following a drone attack in Ramenskoye in the Moscow region on September 10, 2024. (Tatyana Makeyeva/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON and MOSCOW) — Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday it downed 144 Ukrainian drones during a major overnight attack over nine regions in the west of the country, including […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian and Russian authorities reported dueling drone attacks overnight into Thursday as an intense and bloody week of long-range strikes continued. The Kyiv City Military Administration posted on Telegram early on Thursday to report “another sustained massive attack by Russian attack drones,” citing administration head Serhiy Popko. The capital’s air raid […]

Valentyn Semenov / EyeEm/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian lawmakers confirmed Andrii Sybiha as the country’s new foreign minister on Thursday, amid a major reshuffle that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says is needed ahead of an “extremely important” fall. Sybiha was nominated by Zelenskyy to replace the outgoing Dmytro Kuleba, who led Kyiv’s diplomatic efforts since 2020 […]

Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Ivanovych Kuleba talks to media prior to the start of an Informal meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs in the Europa Building on August 29, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is the latest government minister to tender a resignation amid […]

Getty Images – STOCK/omersukrugoksu (MOSCOW) — In what is one of the largest drone attacks since the Russia-Ukraine war began, Moscow officials said they shot down at least 12 drones on Wendesday. The Air Defense Forces of the Ministry of Defense shot down 10 UAVs Tuesday night and two more Wednesday morning, local time, according […]

Andriy Andriyenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine now controls over 80 Russian settlements, including the town of Sudzha, since launching its major incursion into the Kursk region last week, Ukrainian officials said Thursday. Ukrainian troops have advanced more than 21 miles inside Russia and are now in control of 82 settlements and […]

Ukrainian tank crew take a break while operating a Soviet-made T-72 tank in the Sumy region, near the border with Russia, on August 12, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Ukrainian forces are still seeking to advance deeper into Russia’s Kursk region, but appear to be coming […]

Russian Defence Ministry/AFP via Getty Images LONDON — Ukrainian forces are continuing to advance deeper into Russia’s Kursk region, expanding their area of control on the third day of their major incursion, with the situation worsening for Russian forces, according to a key pro-Kremlin Russian military blogger. Rybar, a blog closely linked to Russia’s defense […]

pop_jop/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukraine has launched a major attack with Ukrainian troops into Russia, in what appears to be its biggest and most serious incursion into the country since Moscow’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022. A large Ukrainian force backed with armored vehicles appeared to advance on Tuesday across the border into Russia’s […]

Emergency and rescue personnel operate and clear the rubble of the destroyed building of Ohmatdyt Children’s Hospital following a missile strike in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on July 8, 2024. (Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — First responders spent the night in Kyiv digging through the rubble at the children’s hospital and other […]