Sep 03 Watch 3:37 Zelenskyy renews plea for long-range U.S. weapons after Russian strikes kill dozens By Nick Schifrin, Jonah Anderson Ukraine is reeling after one of the deadliest Russian strikes since the war began more than two and a half years ago. Authorities say two missiles hit a military academy and a hospital in the town of Poltava, killing at… Continue watching
Sep 03 Russian missile attack kills at least 47 in Ukrainian city of Poltava, Zelenskyy says By Lori Hinnant, Illia Novikov, Associated Press The attack on Tuesday appeared to be one of the deadliest Russian strikes since the war began. The strike hit the central-eastern city of Poltava, the capital of the region of the same name. Continue reading
Sep 01 Russia says it downed over 150 drones in one of Ukraine's biggest drone attacks of the war By Associated Press Also in Russia, regional Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said 11 people were wounded in Ukrainian aerial missile attacks in the Russian border region of Belgorod on Sunday, including eight in the regional capital. Continue reading
Aug 31 Russian shelling kills at least 7 as Moscow drives deeper into Ukraine By Associated Press Russian forces have been pushing farther into the partly occupied eastern region, the total capture of which is one of the Kremlin’s primary ambitions. Continue reading
Aug 30 Zelenskyy fires Ukraine's air force commander after F-16 pilot dies in crash By Illia Novikov, Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired the country’s air force commander Friday, four days after an F-16 warplane that Ukraine received from its Western partners crashed during a Russian bombardment and killed the pilot. U.S. experts have joined the investigation into the crash,… Continue reading
Aug 29 Serbia announces $3 billion deal to buy 12 French fighter jets, in shift away from relying on Russia By Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press The announcement was made during a joint news conference in Belgrade with French President Emmanuel Macron during a two-day visit to Serbia as part of what French officials have called a strategy of bringing Serbia closer to the European Union. Continue reading
Aug 29 Ukraine says one of its F-16 jets donated by the West crashed during Russian missile attack By Illia Novikov, Associated Press One of the handful of F-16 warplanes that Ukraine has received from its Western partners to help fight Russia’s invasion has crashed, Ukraine’s Army General Staff said Thursday. The pilot died. Continue reading
Aug 28 Russian missile hits Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's home city as it mourns deaths in earlier attack By Illia Novikov, Associated Press It came as Kryvyi Rih was observing an official day of mourning for an attack the previous day that killed four civilians at a hotel. Local officials said Wednesday's attack struck civilian infrastructure and wounded eight people. Continue reading
Aug 28 Telegram messaging app CEO Durov receives preliminary charges, barred from leaving France By Barbara Surk, Associated Press Durov was detained on Saturday at Le Bourget airport outside Paris as part of a sweeping investigation opened earlier this year, and released earlier Wednesday after four days of questioning. Continue reading
Aug 27 Watch 9:41 Alsu Kurmasheva on adjusting to life back home after release from Russian detention By Geoff Bennett, Zeba Warsi, Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako A prisoner swap with Russia brought three Americans home earlier this month. Among them was Russian American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, who was sentenced to six and a half years after the Russian government accused her of "spreading falsehoods" about the… Continue watching