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ABC News (NEW YORK) — In an exclusive interview with ABC News’ Good Morning America, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he believes the war with Russia is “closer to an end” than many believe and called on allies to strengthen Ukraine as he arrived in the United States for a week of high-stakes diplomacy. “The […]

Contributor/Getty Images (LONDON) — A group of six Ukrainian lawmakers appealed to their counterparts in Mongolia to execute the International Criminal Court arrest warrant issued against President Vladimir Putin when the Russian leader visits the nation this week. In a letter provided to ABC News, the parliamentarians — all members of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Servant […]

A U.S.-made Abrams tank is seen with a metal additions in this photo supplied by Ukraine’s Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front, which blurred the background to hide the location. — Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front in Ukraine (KYIV, Ukraine) — As Russia wages a protracted war of attrition, the Ukrainian military says it has made the most […]

fhm/Getty Images (KURSK, Ukraine) — Ukrainian troops have captured more than two dozen settlements in Russia’s western Kursk region since launching its incursion nearly a week ago, as thousands of residents have been ordered to evacuate, Russian officials said. Alexey Smirnov, the acting governor of Kursk, said Monday the situation in the region remains “difficult.” […]

ABC News (NEAR KHARKIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s 57th Motorized Brigade is one infantry unit among many battling the new Russian offensive North of Kharkiv, and it was also amongst the first to engage the Russians as they pushed over the border. ABC News sat down in a rare interview with Col. Oleksandr Bakulin, commander of […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Almost two years into Russia’s invasion, with Moscow’s losses estimated by Kyiv at more than 300,000 soldiers, the Ukrainian authorities launched a project called “Want To Find” to help Russian citizens find information about their relatives who went to fight in Ukraine. The launch came as a followup to the […]

Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images (AVDIIVKA, Ukraine) — On the same day Alexey Navalny was declared dead in a Russian prison, Vladimir Putin was able to rack up another victory of sorts as Ukraine’s military announced it has retreated from the key city of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, ceding it to Russia after months of ferocious fighting that […]

A Ukrainian soldier holds his position at the front line near the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Horlivka, Donetsk region, on Dec. 14, 2023. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images) (KYIV, Ukraine) — After 22 months of the all-out war against Russia, Ukraine lacks not only ammunition and long-range weapons, but also manpower. Building reserves is one […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Ukrainian military’s ammunition stocks are now running so low that units are unable to respond to Russian attacks, according to a prominent member of Ukraine’s Parliament. Alexandra Ustinova said Ukraine today has half the munitions in its arsenal that it had a year ago with supplies of ammunition from […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ukrainian forces are under intense pressure around a strategically important city in eastern Ukraine, where the Russian military has made some of its greatest gains this year, according to the U.K. Ministry of Defense. Over the last two months Russia has been assaulting heavily fortified Ukrainian positions around Avdiivka, which […]