Pokrovsk has been dubbed a "fortress" city, key for Ukraine's logistics and a long-time stronghold for Kyiv in the east.

Ukraine has largely been driven out of Kurakhove, a battered but strategic town in the Donbas, Russia said. Kyiv’s forces ...

Ukraine's so-called "fortress belt" is reportedly under threat as Russia seeks to advance. Vladimir Putin's forces are ...

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a US-based think tank that maps the frontline, said Ukraine had made advances into ...

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a US-based think tank that maps the frontline ... the most significant area held by Ukraine since the start of the first assault five months ago.

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Trump’s fixation on Greenland is particularly odd, though not new. Back in 2018, he offered to buy it from Denmark, which controls the large, icy island as an autonomous territory. He was outraged ...

Russia and Ukraine traded attacks in the Kursk region this week as Moscow looks to continue clawing back its territory.

Critical fire weather is expected to continue until Wednesday at the earliest, increasing the risk that fires will spread further.

Reporter: “Your references to Greenland and the Panama Canal and so forth — can you assure the world that as you try to get control of these areas, you are not going to use mi ...

A map made by Newsweek shows some of the 80 attacks Ukraine conducted on Russian oil refineries and depots in 2024.