Ukraine war

Engineers shut down last reactor at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

By Karl Ritter, Associated Press

Europe's largest nuclear plant has been reconnected to Ukraine's electricity grid, allowing engineers to shut down its last operational reactor in an attempt to avoid a radiation disaster as fighting rages in the area.

News Wrap: Ukraine pushes Russian troops back in northeastern region

In our news wrap Saturday, a Ukrainian counteroffensive has made major gains against Russian forces in the northeastern part of the country, Charles III was ceremonially proclaimed king in the U.K., the DOJ and Donald Trump's legal team have each…

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Russia pulls back from Kharkiv area as Ukrainian forces make major gains

By Karl Ritter, Joanna Kozlowska, Associated Press

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Saturday that it is pulling back forces from two areas in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region where a Ukrainian counteroffensive has made significant advances in the past week.

Ukraine school hit by Russian strike, bodies found

By Susie Blann, Associated Press

Officials say Ukrainian emergency workers have recovered three bodies from a school hit by a Russian strike in the east of the country, as attacks continued in several parts of the nation.

British, Moroccan citizens sentenced to death by pro-Moscow rebels, for fighting for Ukraine

By Bernat Armangué, Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press

Two British citizens and a Moroccan have been sentenced to death by pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine for fighting on Ukraine’s side.

Ukraine says it repels Russian attack as war grinds in east

By Oleksandr Stashevskyi, Ciaran McQuillan, Associated Press

Ukrainian authorities said Friday that their troops repelled a Russian attack in the east, as Moscow struggled to gain ground in the region that is now the focus of the war even while intensifying its campaign there.

Inside a Ukrainian town that warded off Russian troops

By Andrea Rosa, Felipe Dana, Associated Press

The Associated Press on Monday saw a civilian landscape that has seen some of the worst of war upon arriving in Trostyanets.

Biden says Putin ‘cannot remain in power’

By Chris Megerian, Vanessa Gera, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

Even as Biden’s words rocketed around the world, the White House attempted to clarify soon after Biden finished speaking in Poland that he was not calling for a new government in Russia.

Global trade suffers as Russia continues attacks on Ukraine

By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

Sanctions on Russia are starting to wreak havoc on global trade, with potentially devastating consequences for energy and grain importers while also generating ripple effects across a world still struggling to overcome pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions.