World Aug 18 U.S. gives OK for Denmark, Netherlands to deliver F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine Officials have previously said that Ukrainian pilots will need six to eight months of training on the F-16s.
World Jul 20 Odesa, other Ukrainian port cities bombarded by Russia for 3rd consecutive night Russia pounded Ukraine’s southern cities with drones and missiles for a third consecutive night, keeping Odesa in its crosshairs after a bitter dispute over the end of a wartime deal that allowed Ukraine to send grain through the key Black…
World Jul 05 Ukraine and Russia trade accusations of planning imminent attack on nuclear plant Citing intelligence reports, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian troops had placed “objects resembling explosives on the roof of several power units.” He said the objects could be used to “simulate” a false flag attack.
World Jun 30 Ukraine attempts to wear down and outsmart a distracted Russian army Ukrainian forces are attempting to wear down the Russian army and reshape battle lines to create more favorable conditions for a decisive, eastward counteroffensive.
World Jun 10 Ukrainian ‘counteroffensive, defensive actions’ underway against Russia, Zelenskyy says President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that counteroffensive and defensive actions are underway against Russian forces, asserting that his top commanders are in a “positive” mindset as their troops engaged in intense fighting along the front line.
World May 22 Russia claims it now controls Bakhmut, but Ukrainian officials say the battle is ongoing Ukrainian officials acknowledge they now control only a small part of Bakhmut but say their fighters’ presence has played a key role in their strategy of exhausting the Russian military.
World May 21 Why Ukraine is waging a brutal war of attrition against Russia over Bakhmut The nine-month battle for Bakhmut has destroyed the 400-year-old city in eastern Ukraine and killed tens of thousands of people in a mutually devastating demonstration of Ukraine's strategy of exhausting the Russian military.
World May 16 Ukraine thwarts Russia’s ‘exceptional’ missile assault on Kyiv Ukrainian air defenses, bolstered by sophisticated Western-supplied systems, thwarted an intense Russian air attack on Kyiv early Tuesday, shooting down all 18 missiles aimed at the capital, officials said.
Politics May 12 Ukraine says it has retaken territory near the embattled eastern city of Bakhmut Ukrainian military commanders say their troops recaptured more territory from Russian forces at the scene of the war's longest and bloodiest battle, for the eastern city of Bakhmut.
World May 04 In Ukraine’s forests, Ukraine’s fighters race to prepare for counteroffensive against Russia The Associated Press joined up recently with a fighting unit of Ukraine's National Guard as it prepared for an impending counteroffensive.