Ukraine war

Russia rejects $60-per-barrel cap on its oil, warns Western countries of cutoffs

By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

Russian authorities rejected a price cap on the country's oil set by Ukraine’s Western supporters and threatened Saturday to stop supplying the nations that endorsed it.

Officials say more than 10,000 Ukrainians killed in war as Russia rejects conditions to talk

By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

Russia has rejected Western demands that it pulls out completely from Ukraine as part of any future talks to end the war, saying they effectively rule out any talks on settling the conflict.

Ukraine struggles to restore utilities amid Russian artillery strikes, as winter looms

By Sam Mednick, Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

Russian forces struck eastern and southern Ukraine early Sunday as utility crews scrambled to restore power, water and heating with the onset of snow and frigid temperatures, while civilians continued to leave the southern city of Kherson because of the…

Civilians leave Kherson amid intense Russian shelling of freed city

By Sam Mednick, Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

Fleeing shelling, hundreds of civilians on Saturday streamed out of the southern Ukrainian city whose recapture they had celebrated just weeks earlier.

Renewed shelling in Zaporizhzhia threatens key Ukrainian nuclear plant again

By John Leicester, Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press

Powerful explosions from shelling shook Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, the site of Europe's largest nuclear power plant, the global nuclear watchdog said Sunday, calling for “urgent measures to help prevent a nuclear accident” in the Russian-occupied facility.

In surprise visit to Kyiv, British PM Sunak promises boost to air defenses

By John Leicester, Jill Lawless, Associated Press

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised 125 anti-aircraft guns and other air-defense technology as he made an unannounced visit Saturday — his first — to Ukraine’s snow-blanketed war-time capital for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Poland, NATO say missile strike that killed 2 wasn’t a Russian attack

By Vasilisa Stepanenko, Associated Press

“Ukraine’s defense was launching their missiles in various directions and it is highly probable that one of these missiles unfortunately fell on Polish territory," said Polish President Andrzej Duda.

Biden says it’s ‘unlikely’ the missile that hit Poland was fired from Russia

By Seung Min Kim, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

But the president pledged support for Poland's investigation into what it had called a “Russian-made” missile.

Poland says Russian-made missile fell on its soil, killing 2

By John Leicester, James Laporta, Associated Press

The Polish Foreign Ministry said it had “demanded immediate detailed explanations” from the Russian ambassador.

PHOTOS: Joy, hope in Kherson’s streets as residents celebrate liberation

By Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press

In scenes reminiscent of European cities that Allied forces liberated in World War II, Kherson residents poured into the city's central square, honked car horns, danced, wept and hugged.