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2022-11-02 10:50:35+00:00
Russia rejoins the grain deal after saying it received safety assurances.
Russia said on Wednesday that it was rejoining a deal that allows the shipment of grain from Ukrainian ports through the Black Sea, easing days of uncertainty over an agreement that had offered hope to countries facing severe food shortages. Read more
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2022-11-02 09:29:33+00:00
As winter approaches, Ukraine braces for the worst.
As winter approaches and Ukraine’s energy infrastructure remains vulnerable to Russia’s continued aerial bombardment, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine is saying that about 40 percent of his country’s power grid is “seriously damaged” and is pleading for the European Union to help rebuild. Read more
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2022-11-02 01:56:04+00:00
Russia Pushes Ukrainians to Relocate as Possible Battle for Kherson Looms
Russia moved on Tuesday to expel Ukrainian civilians from their homes in a broader swath of occupied Kherson, as signs grew that a major battle for control of the region was nearing.
The city of Kherson is the only regional capital conquered since the Russians invaded in February, and Ukrainian officials say they are determined to retake it, no matter how high the cost. On Tuesday, with Ukrainian forces steadily advancing under heavy artillery fire, Russian soldiers were reported to be fortifying defensive positions around the city, including around residential areas. Read more
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2022-11-02 00:19:06+00:00
Europe braces for winter by moving away from its main energy provider: Russia.
A flotilla of tankers carrying liquefied natural gas has been parked in a maritime traffic jam off the coast of Spain in recent days, waiting to unload precious cargo for Europe’s power grid. In Finland, where sweltering sauna baths are a national pastime, the government is urging friends and families to take saunas together to save energy.
Both efforts are emblematic of the measures Europe is taking to increase energy supplies and conserve fuel before a winter without Russian gas. Read more
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2022-11-01 16:23:12+00:00
Where Russian Fire Pours Down, His Men Sneak Forward
The commander of a Ukrainian reconnaissance unit spearheading the counterattack in the southern region of Kherson explained how his team helped breach defenses he described as frighteningly dense. Read more
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2022-11-01 15:27:27+00:00
Advanced defensive weapons systems could be delivered to Ukraine in the coming days, U.S. officials say.
Several dozen Ukrainian air defense troops are completing training in Norway on how to use the sophisticated National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, known as NASAMS, paving the way for the delivery of the first systems to Ukraine in the next several days, American officials said on Tuesday. Read more
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2022-11-03 08:15:15+00:00
G7 foreign ministers meet in Germany to make plans to aid Ukraine against Russia.
Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, and other top diplomats from the Group of 7 nations are scheduled to meet on Thursday to address global crises, with a particular focus on the allied effort to support Ukraine against the invading Russian military. Read more
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2022-11-03 02:43:22+00:00
Poland erects a razor-wire fence along its border with Russia’s Kaliningrad.
A year after it erected a razor wire fence on its eastern border with Belarus to keep out would-be migrants from the Middle East, Poland on Wednesday announced that it was building a similar barrier on its northern border with Russia’s Baltic Sea territory of Kaliningrad, saying it feared that Moscow wanted to stoke a new migrant crisis. Read more
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2022-11-02 18:54:08+00:00
The White House accuses North Korea of secretly supplying Russia with artillery shells.
The United States on Wednesday accused North Korea of covertly shipping a “significant number” of artillery shells to Russia to aid its war effort in Ukraine, a sign that Moscow is increasingly turning to pariah states for military supplies as the grinding conflict persists. Read more
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2022-11-02 14:24:19+00:00
Russian generals have had discussions about using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, U.S. officials say.
Senior Russian military leaders recently had conversations to discuss when and how Moscow might use a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine, contributing to heightened concern in Washington and allied capitals, according to multiple senior American officials.
President Vladimir Putin was not a part of the conversations, which were held against the backdrop of Russia’s intensifying nuclear messaging and battlefield setbacks. Read more
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2022-11-02 12:28:53+00:00
Kyiv says it is preparing 425 shelters in case of a Russian nuclear attack.
A top Kyiv military official said that more than 400 fallout shelters were being readied in the capital and that similar measures were being taken elsewhere around the country to prepare for a possible nuclear attack from Russia. Read more
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2022-11-04 14:20:53+00:00
Kherson braces for battle as the Russian administration evacuates.
With Russian and Ukrainian forces apparently girding to battle for the city of Kherson, signs of Kremlin rule are disappearing from the city’s streets while the remaining residents, unsure what to believe and afraid of what comes next, are stocking up on food and fuel to survive combat. Read more
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2022-11-04 13:21:12+00:00
Moscow is pouring new conscripts to the front line to try to halt Ukrainian advances.
The Russian army is staging intense but so far ineffective attacks in Ukraine’s east using newly drafted soldiers, a Ukrainian general and Western analysts say, as Moscow tries to improve its faltering positions with hastily trained troops. Read more
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2022-11-04 10:27:52+00:00
Anatoly Karpov, the Russian lawmaker and former chess champion, is injured in an apparent fall.
Anatoly Karpov, the former chess champion who is now a member of Russia’s Parliament, was injured in a fall outside the Parliament building in Moscow on Saturday, Russian and international news media have reported. Read more
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2022-11-04 03:32:27+00:00
The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog finds no evidence for Russia’s claim that Ukraine is readying a ‘dirty bomb.’
The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said on Thursday that it had inspected three Ukrainian facilities and found no evidence of illegal nuclear activity, debunking claims Russian officials made last week that Ukraine was using the sites to prepare a “dirty bomb.” Read more
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2022-11-03 23:36:23+00:00
Kherson Braces for Battle as Russian Administration Evacuates
With Russian and Ukrainian forces apparently girding to battle for the city of Kherson, signs of Kremlin rule are disappearing from the city’s streets while the remaining residents, unsure what to believe and afraid of what comes next, are stocking up on food and fuel to survive combat. Read more
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2022-11-03 18:34:29+00:00
U.S. officials met with Brittney Griner, who is ‘doing as well as can be expected,’ the White House says.
U.S. officials met with the jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner on Thursday for the first time since a Russian court rejected her appeal on a drug-possession conviction, and the White House said she was doing “as well as can be expected.” Read more
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2022-11-03 14:48:06+00:00
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant returns to relying on generators after shelling.
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine was again relying on diesel generators to power critical cooling functions after shelling cut the plant’s connection to outside power late Wednesday night. Read more
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2022-11-03 12:47:02+00:00
Ukraine’s war has forced more than 14 million people to flee their homes, the U.N. says.
Russia’s eight-month war in Ukraine has already created the largest and fastest refugee crisis in decades. But the United Nations and humanitarian agencies are warning that new fighting in the east and south, Moscow’s intensified targeting of power plants and other infrastructure, the approaching winter and fears of a nuclear attack could drive even more Ukrainians to flee their homes in the coming months. Read more
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2022-11-05 04:05:22+00:00
With 4.5 million Ukrainians cut off from power, officials reiterate calls for energy conservation.
About 4.5 million Ukrainian households are without power — including nearly half a million in Kyiv — Ukrainian officials say. President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated his call for Ukrainians to conserve energy. Read more
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2022-11-04 22:05:59+00:00
Russia Sends Ill-Trained Draftees Into Combat Amid Losses, Analysts Say
Russia is funneling newly drafted conscripts with little training to the front line in Ukraine’s east, while mounting intensified but ineffective attacks and suffering heavy casualties, according to the Ukrainian military and Western analysts. Read more
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2022-11-04 18:50:23+00:00
A new U.S. command and more military aid signal support for Ukraine ‘as long as it takes.’
The Defense Department is setting up a new command to oversee how the United States and its allies train and equip the Ukrainian military, the Pentagon announced on Friday along with a new package of $400 million in security assistance. Read more
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2022-11-05 14:31:51+00:00
The U.S. and Europe seek to assure Ukraine of support.
With soaring inflation and energy prices in the United States and Europe stoking concerns in Ukraine that support for the war could wane, the United States and its allies sought this past week to offer Ukraine strong assurances that their military and financial commitment to the war effort would not waver. Read more
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2022-11-05 12:55:43+00:00
Satellite images show that a train crossed into Russia from North Korea, analysts say.
A train crossed into Russia from North Korea on Friday, in some of the first observable rail traffic between the two countries since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, a Washington research institute said. Read more
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2022-11-07 09:24:05+00:00
Ukraine’s president warned residents to brace for more Russian attacks on the country’s power grid.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine is warning that Russia is planning more mass strikes on its energy infrastructure as officials over the weekend urged civilians to stock up on essentials and brace for a cold winter. Read more
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2022-11-07 02:40:01+00:00
Russia Looks to Private Militia to Secure a Victory in Eastern Ukraine
After weeks of unexpected battlefield setbacks for Russia, the war in Ukraine on Sunday delivered another surprise: the emergence of a former Russian convict and onetime hot-dog seller as perhaps the Kremlin’s best hope for a small, face-saving military victory.
With occupying Russian forces at peril in the strategic southern city of Kherson, troops with a private military force controlled by Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, a convicted thief and longtime associate of Russia’s president, Vladimir. V. Putin, advanced on the Ukrainian-held city of Bakhmut in the east of the country. Read more