Russian authorities say a truck bomb has caused a fire and the partial collapse of a bridge linking Russia-annexed Crimea with Russia.
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UN: Ukraine nuclear power plant loses external power link
The International Atomic Energy Agency said that the plant’s link to a 750-kilovolt line was cut at around 1 a.m. Saturday.
Multiple explosions rock eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv
There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Putin confronted by insider over Ukraine war, U.S. intelligence finds
The criticism marks the clearest indication yet of turmoil within Russia’s leadership over the stewardship of a war that has gone disastrously wrong for Moscow.
Biden says nuclear ‘Armageddon’ risk highest since ’62 crisis
President Biden’s remarks marked the starkest warnings yet issued by the U.S. government about the nuclear stakes.
Russian missiles slam apartments; refugees missing at border
Ukrainian forces have retaken 154 square miles of territory, including 29 settlements, in the Kherson region since Oct. 1, Ukrainian officials reported Thursday.
Putin signs annexation of Ukrainian regions even as Russian losses mount
In a defiant move, the Kremlin held the door open for further land grabs in Ukraine.
Retreating Russians leave their comrades’ bodies behind
Russian troops abandoned a key Ukrainian city so rapidly that they left the bodies of their comrades in the streets.
Elon Musk tweets ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine. Chaos ensues.
Musk’s proposal set off a firestorm online, drawing in Ukrainian diplomats, Russian officials, fans of the billionaire entrepreneur and even a couple of presidents.
Ukraine claws back more territory Russia is trying to absorb
In their latest breakthrough, Ukrainian forces penetrated Moscow’s defenses in the strategic southern Kherson region, one of the four areas in Ukraine that Russia is trying to grab and desperately defend.