Russia batters Ukraine's Odesa and Zaporizhzhia as Kremlin warns peace talks will take time Russia has effectively rejected a U.S. proposal for an immediate and full 30-day halt in the fighting by imposing far-reaching conditions. World 22 Apr, 2025
Crimea has been a battleground and a playground. Why it's coveted by both Russia and Ukraine Crimea’s unique location makes it a strategically important asset, and Russia has spent centuries fighting for it. World 18 Mar, 2025
Russian forces walked inside a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian troops from the rear in Kursk Ukraine launched in August a daring cross-border incursion into Kursk, in what marked the largest attack on Russian territory since World War II. World 09 Mar, 2025
Trump says Ukraine started the war that's killing its citizens. What are the facts? Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “ a dictator without elections” and claimed his support among voters was near rock-bottom. World 20 Feb, 2025
Russia claims capture of another village in eastern Ukraine Russia seeks to take control of all parts of Donetsk and neighboring Luhansk, which together make up Ukraine’s Donbas industrial region. World 16 Feb, 2025
From fighting disease to protecting the Amazon rainforest, USAID has big impact across the globe In 2024 alone, the agency transferred some $45 million to the U.N. World Food Program, mostly to assist Venezuelans. World 06 Feb, 2025
US aid freeze puts at risk Ukraine's wartime help for frontline evacuees Ukraine hopes to make up the shortfall from European sources of aid or internal ones, Zelenskyy said. World 04 Feb, 2025
Russian forces bypass a key stronghold in a bid to cut off its supplies, a Ukrainian officer says In his daily video address to the nation late Sunday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said fighting around Pokrovsk was “the most intense” in recent days. World 14 Jan, 2025
Russia claims it captured another town in eastern Ukraine but Kyiv's troops say the fight continues Russian forces are trying to close in on Pokrovsk, a key road junction and rail distribution center furnishing supplies to a broad span of the Ukrainian front line. World 06 Jan, 2025
Ukraine's military intelligence says North Korean troops are suffering heavy battlefield losses Speaking to reporters, Putin said Russia has just a few Oreshnik missiles, but added that it wouldn't hesitate to use them on Ukraine. World 27 Dec, 2024
A top Russian general is killed in a Moscow bombing claimed by Ukraine Russia’s top state investigative agency said it's looking into Kirillov’s death as a case of terrorism, and officials in Moscow vowed to punish Ukraine. World 17 Dec, 2024
Ukraine claims North Korean troops were killed as they fought alongside Russian forces North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged unwavering support for Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor under a mutual defense pact. World 16 Dec, 2024
