Russia holding Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant ‘hostage,’ Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion, now into its 14th month, has been bogged down for months amid fierce fighting along the eastern front.
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Holding Bakhmut now a ‘military necessity,’ Ukrainian general says
Moscow sees capturing the city as vital to completing the capture of the Donbas industrial region in eastern Ukraine, one of its main war goals.
Battle for Bakhmut ‘stabilizing’ after months-long assault, Ukraine’s top soldier says
Separately, Britain’s defense ministry said the months-long Russian assault on the city had stalled, mainly as a result of heavy troop losses.
Ukraine prepares counterattack as Russia’s siege on Bakhmut slows
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 in what it calls a “special military operation,” saying Ukraine’s ties to the West were a security threat.
Any attempt to arrest Vladimir Putin is war declaration on Russia, ally says
The Kremlin says the International Criminal Court arrest warrant is an outrageously partisan decision, but meaningless with respect to Russia
Russia’s Bakhmut assault is losing steam, Ukraine says
The Russian campaign has yielded few gains, and Ukraine, which had looked likely to pull out of the small eastern city of Bakhmut.
Russian launches drone strike in Kyiv as China’s Xi Jinping leaves Moscow
Despite the bloodiest fighting of the war, which both sides describe as a meat grinder, the front line has barely moved for four months.
Japan’s leader lands in Ukraine as China’s Xi meets with Russia’s Putin
Kyiv’s western allies have expressed concern that China might help Russia’s war effort, though Beijing insists it is a neutral broker in peace efforts.
U.S. drones have resumed flying over Black Sea after Russian intercept: officials
An RQ-4 Global Hawk flew a mission to the region on Friday, officials said, with one adding that it was the first such drone flight since the Tuesday incident.
Russian pilots involved in U.S. drone incident to be given awards. Why?
Russian fighter pilots involved in an incident with a U.S. drone that resulted in its crash will be given state awards, the Defence Ministry announced Friday.