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2023-02-01 14:57:48+00:00
As fighting intensifies in the east, Bakhmut is mostly deserted except for soldiers.
As Moscow intensifies its campaign to capture the entire Donbas region, fierce fighting is concentrated around the forlorn eastern city of Bakhmut, where Russian forces have been slowly closing in on vital supply lines. Ukraine’s president has described the escalation as a sign that Moscow is in the early stages of a new offensive. Read more
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2023-02-02 14:08:17+00:00
Another attack in Kramatorsk comes as rescuers search for survivors of an earlier Russian strike.
Russian missiles slammed into Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, striking a city that is a key base of Ukrainian military operations, amid warnings from Kyiv that Moscow was opening a new offensive in the 11-month-old war.
The strike came hours before President Vladimir Putin was expected to rally domestic support for his invasion of Ukraine in a speech on the anniversary of the Soviet triumph over the Nazis at Stalingrad, a decisive battle of World War II and one that many Russians view as a symbol of wartime heroism. Read more
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2023-02-07 20:05:02+00:00
Ukraine may no longer have a troop advantage, but Russia’s bolstered forces are still struggling.
Russia’s bolstered forces are struggling to make slow gains in eastern Ukraine, and though Ukraine’s defending forces appear due to wait for months or longer for promised Western tanks, they may still have an advantage. Read more
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2023-02-08 16:28:40+00:00
Investigators say Putin likely approved the supply of the missile system that brought down Flight MH17.
There are “strong indications” that President Vladimir Putin decided to supply the antiaircraft missile system that Russia-backed separatists used to shoot down a Malaysia Airlines jet above eastern Ukraine in 2014, a Dutch-led international team found.
But the team said on Wednesday that it had suspended its criminal investigation because of insufficient evidence and immunity privileges that prevent new prosecutions in the crash of Flight MH17, which killed all 298 people aboard.
The investigators noted that no evidence suggests that Mr. Putin ordered that the aircraft be shot down and that he was, in any case, protected from prosecution under Dutch law because he enjoys immunity as a head of state. Read more
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2023-02-10 18:36:51+00:00
The prime minister of Moldova, a Ukrainian neighbor rattled by the war, steps down.
The pro-Western prime minister of Moldova, a troubled Eastern European nation that borders Ukraine, resigned on Friday, buffeted by a severe energy crisis, soaring inflation and errant missiles as a result of the war raging next door. Read more
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2023-02-11 14:46:31+00:00
Ukraine Rushes to Repair After Wave of Russian Strikes
Ukrainian utility crews were working to repair new and significant damage to the country’s energy grid, officials said on Saturday, after Russia launched a swarm of Iranian-made attack drones overnight on the heels of a huge barrage of cruise missiles, antiaircraft missiles and drones on cities across Ukraine. Read more
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2023-02-12 01:18:48+00:00
Ukraine Rushes to Repair After Wave of Russian Strikes
Ukrainian utility crews were working to repair new and significant damage to the country’s energy grid, officials said on Saturday, after Russia launched a swarm of Iranian-made attack drones overnight on the heels of a huge barrage of cruise missiles, antiaircraft missiles and drones on cities across Ukraine. Read more
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2023-02-13 15:16:53+00:00
The order for aid groups to leave Bakhmut could be a prelude to a Ukrainian withdrawal.
Aid groups and civilians will not be able to enter Bakhmut starting on Monday, Ukraine’s military said, as fighting continued to intensify in Russia’s monthslong campaign to seize the strategic city in eastern Ukraine.
The Ukrainian army said that it would no longer allow aid groups in the city because of the danger posed by street fighting. The ban on volunteer access could suggest a prelude to a Ukrainian withdrawal, although the Ukrainian military has insisted it retains control of the city, can resupply troops and can evacuate its own wounded. Read more
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2023-02-14 20:21:26+00:00
Western allies will support Ukraine in a spring offensive against Russia, U.S. defense chief says.
Ukraine’s Western allies must help its armed forces learn to use a wide variety of modern weapons systems, from artillery and tanks to armored vehicles and missiles, to accomplish a spring offensive against Russian forces that could swing the battlefield momentum toward Kyiv, the U.S. defense secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, said on Tuesday. Read more
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2023-02-15 19:48:28+00:00
Heavy Losses Renew Questions About Russia Sustaining Its Offensive
As Russia steps up its offensive in eastern Ukraine, weeks of failed attacks on a Ukrainian stronghold have left two Russian brigades in tatters, raised questions about Moscow’s military tactics and renewed doubts about its ability to maintain sustained, large-scale ground assaults. Read more
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2023-02-16 13:37:10+00:00
Russia strikes infrastructure and kills one person in predawn attacks.
Russia unleashed an aerial assault on cities across Ukraine before dawn on Thursday, killing one person, hours after Ukraine said Russia had floated balloons over Kyiv that were probably intended to distract and disrupt Ukrainian air defenses. Read more
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2023-02-17 23:46:05+00:00
Western Leaders Pledge Support for Ukraine ‘as Long as Necessary’
Nearly one year into the brutal and costly war in Ukraine, Western leaders pledged to remain steadfast in their support for Kyiv amid worries about whether their unity can survive what France’s president called “a prolonged conflict.”
As dozens of leaders convened in Germany, Ukraine’s president opened the annual Munich Security Conference with a warning against “fatigue” and emphasizing that speed is of the essence if his country is to hold off a renewed Russian onslaught. Read more
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2023-02-18 17:35:42+00:00
Russian missiles damage buildings and injure two people in western Ukraine.
Russian forces fired four cruise missiles from the Black Sea at Ukraine on Saturday, with two of them striking buildings and injuring two people in a city in the western part of the country as Ukrainian officials warned of a major attack by Russia before the upcoming first anniversary of its full-scale invasion. Read more
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2023-02-19 03:36:22+00:00
Kamala Harris Accuses Russia of ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ in Ukraine
Vice President Kamala Harris declared on Saturday that the United States had formally concluded that Russia has committed “crimes against humanity” in its invasion of Ukraine, and warned China against providing any kind of support to Moscow’s war effort.
Her comments at the Munich Security Conference came just three days before President Biden was scheduled to commemorate the anniversary of the war with a speech in Warsaw, and just as Russia is stepping up a new offensive to break through what has devolved into a war of attrition, with horrific casualties on both sides. Read more
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2023-02-20 17:14:31+00:00
Germany trains Ukrainians on tanks, which it says will be delivered next month.
On a drizzly morning, Ukrainian tank crews-in-training hurried in and out of olive green tank simulators in Germany. They were honing their skills on the Leopard 2A6 battle tank, which Germany has pledged to send to Ukraine.
In Munster, the country’s main tank training school in central Germany, Ukrainian soldiers are training for 12 hours a day, six days a week. As Ukraine pleads for tanks and other advanced weapons to arrive as soon as possible, the modified schedule allows the soldiers to cram more into the six-week training course than usual. Read more
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2023-02-22 20:10:52+00:00
Russia stages a patriotic concert to rally support for the war in Ukraine.
It was probably the most public celebration of war and violence that Russia has mounted since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine a year ago. Tens of thousands of people gathered at Russia’s largest stadium for an event called “Glory to the Defenders of the Fatherland.” Read more
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2023-02-23 20:34:02+00:00
Prigozhin’s Feud With Russia’s Military Leaves Questions About Battlefield Results
The leader of Wagner appears to have backed down from his latest criticism of Russia’s senior command. But his vitriolic remarks suggested more discord in Russia’s war effort. Read more
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2023-02-24 22:57:25+00:00
At the 11th hour, E.U. ambassadors approve new sanctions against Russia.
European Union ambassadors approved a new raft of sanctions against Moscow on Friday, less than two hours before their self-imposed deadline, as the bloc sought to send a strong signal of condemnation of Russia’s “brutal war” against Ukraine on the anniversary of the invasion. Read more
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2023-02-25 20:10:33+00:00
After new E.U. sanctions package, Ukrainian officials say ‘tougher’ action is needed.
Ukrainian officials on Saturday called for further action quickly to punish Moscow’s aggression after the European Union passed its 10th round of sanctions over Russia’s war. Read more
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2023-02-27 19:10:53+00:00
Arriving amid air raid sirens, Yellen pledges to ‘stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes.’
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen pledged on Monday that the United States would “stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes” after she met with Ukraine’s prime minister, Denys Shmyhal. Read more