A missile landed within 328 yards of the reactors at the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant, renewing fears the nearly 7-month-long war in Ukraine might produce a radiation disaster.
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For Russia’s Putin, military and diplomatic pressures mount
The hurried retreat of troops from parts of a northeast region of Ukraine, together with the rare public reservations expressed by key allies, underscored the challenges Putin faces.
Ukraine unearths mass gravesite, says bodies bear signs of torture
Workers hauled body after body out of the sandy soil in a pine forest near Izium that police said contained 445 graves in an area recently recaptured from Russian forces.
Ukraine’s president: Mass grave found near recaptured city
A mass grave of Ukrainian soldiers and unknown buried civilians was found in the forest of recently recaptured city of Izium.
Putin’s options get narrower after Ukraine scores battlefield rout
Humiliated by lightning Ukrainian gains on the battlefield, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces narrowing options as he seeks to turn the tide in his struggling nearly seven-month-old invasion. Criticism in Russia of the sudden retreat in the northeast Kharkiv region over the last week has spread from nationalist bloggers to mainstream political figures. But its […]
Ukraine’s Zelensky visits recaptured strategic city
Russian forces left the war-scarred city of Izium last week as Kyiv’s soldiers pressed a stunning advance that has reclaimed large swaths of territory in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region.
State Department says Russia spent $300 million to secretly influence world politics
The cable released Tuesday cites a new intelligence assessment of Russia’s global covert efforts to support policies and parties sympathetic to Moscow.
Ukrainian troops keep up pressure on fleeing Russian forces
It was not yet clear if the Ukrainian blitz in the northeast after months of little discernible movement could signal a turning point in the nearly 7-month war.
Ukraine pushes big counteroffensive as war marks 200 days
Facing the prospect of a large group of its forces becoming surrounded, Moscow pulled back its troops from Kharkiv in a dramatic shift in the state of play.
Russia announces pullback of troops in eastern Kharkiv region
Western defense officials and analysts say Ukrainian forces punched through Russian front lines south of the country’s second-largest city, taking thousands of square miles of territory and threatening to cut off Russian supply lines.