Dec 10 PHOTOS: Bakhmut ‘destroyed’ as Russian offensive grinds on in eastern Ukraine By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Russian forces have turned the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut into ruins, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, while Ukraine's military on Saturday reported missile, rocket and air strikes in multiple parts of the country that Moscow is trying to conquer after months of… Continue reading
Dec 05 Putin drives across bridge to Crimea that was damaged during war By Associated Press The bridge links Russia’s mainland with the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014. The Oct. 8 truck bomb attack disrupted travel on one of the two automobile lanes of the bridge. Continue reading
Dec 03 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. Continue reading
Dec 02 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. Continue reading
Nov 27 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… Continue reading
Nov 26 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. Continue reading
Nov 20 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. Continue reading
Nov 19 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. Continue reading
Nov 16 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. Continue reading
Nov 15 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. Continue reading