• News Wrap: Ukraine urges residents of Pokrovsk to evacuate as Russian troops close in

    News Wrap: Ukraine urges residents of Pokrovsk to evacuate as Russian troops close in

    Aug 16, 2024 10:45 PM EST

    In our news wrap Friday, the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk has urged residents to evacuate as Russian troops close in, thousands protested in cities across India amid growing national anger after a trainee doctor was raped and killed at a government hospital, hurricane preparations are underway in Bermuda as Ernesto moves closer and former...

  • News Wrap: Zelenskyy says Ukraine captured Russian town of Sudzha

    News Wrap: Zelenskyy says Ukraine captured Russian town of Sudzha

    Aug 15, 2024 10:45 PM EST

    In our news wrap Thursday, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said his country's troops seized the Russian town of Sudzha, a court in Russia sentenced Russian American citizen Ksenia Khavana to 12 years in prison, federal law enforcement officials charged five people in connection with the death of actor Matthew Perry and Bermuda is bracing for Hurricane...

  • This U.S.-Russian dual national made a $52 donation to Ukraine. She's just been jailed for 12 years on treason charges

    This U.S.-Russian dual national made a $52 donation to Ukraine. She's just been jailed for 12 years on treason charges

    Aug 15, 2024 04:26 PM EST

    ... assume that the funds she transferred would be used for anti-Russian actions,” he said, according to the Interfax news agency. Since sending troops into Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has sharply cracked down on dissent and has passed laws that criminalize criticism of the operation in Ukraine and remarks ...

  • Ukraine claims more advances into Russia's Kursk region with prisoners taken

    Ukraine claims more advances into Russia's Kursk region with prisoners taken

    Aug 14, 2024 02:21 PM EST

    ... s spirits after 900 days of war and rally people by making an emphatic statement about Ukraine's military capabilities. "Now all of us in Ukraine should act as unitedly and efficiently as we did in the first weeks and months of this war, when Ukraine took the initiative and ...

  • News Wrap: Ukraine says forces control nearly 400 square miles of Russian territory

    News Wrap: Ukraine says forces control nearly 400 square miles of Russian territory

    Aug 12, 2024 10:50 PM EST

    In our news wrap Monday, Ukraine's top military commander says his forces control nearly 400 square miles of Russian territory, a wildfire in Greece is raging on the outskirts of Athens, the Biden Administration rolled out a new effort to improve customer service experiences by cutting down on wait times and red tape and Mars...

  • Ukraine controls nearly 400 square miles of Russia's Kursk region, top commander says

    Ukraine controls nearly 400 square miles of Russia's Kursk region, top commander says

    Aug 12, 2024 06:37 PM EST

    ... one likes to see the truth in reports, everybody just wants to hear that all is good.” The combat inside Russia rekindled questions about whether Ukraine was using weaponry supplied by NATO members. Some Western countries have balked at allowing Ukraine to use their military aid to hit Russian soil ...

  • Putin says Ukraine's incursion into Kursk is an attempt to stop Russia's eastern offensive

    Putin says Ukraine's incursion into Kursk is an attempt to stop Russia's eastern offensive

    Aug 12, 2024 01:46 PM EST

    ... one likes to see the truth in reports, everybody just wants to hear that all is good." The combat inside Russia rekindled questions about whether Ukraine was using weaponry supplied by NATO members. Some Western countries have balked at allowing Ukraine to use their military aid to hit Russian soil ...

  • Russia declares emergency in Kursk, under large-scale attack by Ukraine

    Russia declares emergency in Kursk, under large-scale attack by Ukraine

    Aug 09, 2024 02:50 PM EST

    ... drones, targeting military sites, oil refineries and other infrastructure. Ukrainian drones attacked Russia's Lipetsk region, which is about 300 kilometers (180 miles) from the Ukraine border, during Thursday night, authorities said. Drones operated by Ukraine's Security Service hit a military airfield there, a security official told The Associated ...

  • How Ukraine is achieving success using U.S. weapons in Russian-occupied region of Crimea

    How Ukraine is achieving success using U.S. weapons in Russian-occupied region of Crimea

    Aug 07, 2024 10:35 PM EST

    Nick Schifrin: But the biggest danger to Ukraine exists far from Crimea. In the east, Ukraine has struggled to hold the line after shortages of manpower and munitions. Some experts question whether Crimea is the most vital front for an American weapon in relatively short supply. Anatol Lieven, Director of ...

  • Zelenskyy displays Ukraine's newly arrived F-16 fighter jets to combat Russia in the air

    Zelenskyy displays Ukraine's newly arrived F-16 fighter jets to combat Russia in the air

    Aug 04, 2024 07:57 PM EST

    ... are always afraid of unnecessary escalation,” said Ukraine's president. “We will work on this ... I think we have a good option of a NATO-Ukraine council ... so that NATO countries could talk to Ukraine about the possibility of a small coalition of neighboring countries that would shoot down enemy ...