Donetsk is one of four regions of Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed when the invasion first escalated in 2022, making it one of the key battlegrounds for the war.

Russian troops appeared to have made inroads into Ukranian territory on Christmas Eve, as well as striking the city of Kharkiv.

Will Russia advance further? Or will a protracted attritional conflict drag on? At the same time, Ukraine has begun negotiations about accession to the EU, which carries a host of conditions for ...

The map shown during FIFA’s December 13 broadcast of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers draw in Switzerland omitted Crimea, Ukraine’s peninsula under Russian occupation. Prior to the draw, FIFA explained ...

Ukraine is battling against a “prevailing” Russia in the eastern Donetsk region, Kyiv’s military chief has admitted, as Vladimir Putin’s forces look to secure as much territory as possible ...

Russia launched a massive aerial attack against Ukraine on Friday, firing 93 missiles and almost 200 drones, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, describing it as one of the heaviest ...

Ukraine is battling against a “prevailing” Russia in the eastern Donetsk region, Kyiv’s military chief has admitted, as Vladimir Putin’s forces look to secure as much territory as possible before US ...

KYIV — Russia launched a large-scale aerial attack Friday on Ukraine involving dozens of cruise missiles and nearly 200 drones, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, in what Moscow ...

His best friend Andrii, also just a young man, also a soldier, told me he too is ready to die for Ukraine. "Our president wants to save people, but we are ready to die for Ukraine," he said.

Nato secretary General Mark Rutte warned that Vladimir Putin wants to “wipe Ukraine off the map” and could come after other parts of Europe next. “It is time to shift to a wartime mindset ...