JD Vance lays out plan to end Ukraine war similar to Putin’s
Vance’s critics immediately said he had described a Russian victory, while his supporters said he had offered the only realistic path to peace. Read more
Russia Attacks Ukraine
Get the latest developments in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war as allies in the West respond to the international conflict.
U.S. says Russia received missiles from Iran, piles on sanctions
At a news conference in London ahead of a visit to Kyiv he and Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy will make, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington had privately warned Iran that providing ballistic missiles to Russia would be “a dramatic escalation.” Read more
Ukraine targets Moscow in biggest drone attack yet
Russia, the world’s biggest nuclear power, said it had destroyed at least 20 Ukrainian attack drones as they swarmed over the Moscow region, which has a population of more than 21 million, and 124 more over eight other regions. Read more
Congress sent long-awaited Ukraine strategy report, sources say
A congressional aide said the long-awaited report had reached lawmakers on Monday and they had not yet had a chance to review it. Two other sources, requesting anonymity to discuss a classified matter, confirmed that it had been delivered. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Read more
Zelensky overhauls cabinet with slew of new ministers
Though foreign policy is unlikely to change much with Zelensky playing the leading role in wartime foreign affairs, the shuffle comes at a delicate diplomatic moment as Kyiv is pressing allies for more help and seeking to win over the global south. Read more
Russian missiles kill 51 in deadliest strike on Ukraine this year
Photographs posted on social media showed several bodies of young men on the ground covered in dust and debris, with the badly damaged side of a large building behind them. Reuters could not immediately verify the images. Read more
Ukraine criticizes Mongolia’s failure to arrest Putin
Putin arrived in Mongolia today for talks likely to focus on a new gas pipeline connecting Russia and China. Read more
Russia’s youngest conscripts unexpectedly see combat against Ukraine
Moscow’s decision to thrust young, untrained soldiers onto the battlefields of Afghanistan and Chechnya helped to cement domestic opposition that compelled the Kremlin to end those conflicts. Read more
Ukraine’s air force commander dismissed after F-16 crash
The dismissal was announced just a day after the Ukrainian military reported that an F-16 jet crashed and its pilot died while repelling a major Russian strike on Monday. Zelensky dismissed Ukraine’s Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk today, according to a presidential decree. Read more
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Russia strikes Ukraine’s power grid in ‘most massive’ attack of war
Power cuts and water supply outages were reported in many areas, including parts of Kyiv, as officials said the attack - 2-1/2 years since the full-scale invasion - targeted power or other critical infrastructure across the country. Read more
U.S. targets 105 Russian, Chinese firms over Russian military aid
The companies — 63 Russian and 42 Chinese as well as 18 from other countries — were targeted for a host reasons, from sending U.S. electronics to Russian military-related parties to producing thousands of Shahed-136 drones for Russia to use in Ukraine. Read more
Zelensky touts new ‘drone missile’, calls Putin ‘sick old man’
Zelensky said the new weapon, Palianytsia, was faster and more powerful than the domestically made drones that Kyiv has so far used to fight back against Russia, striking its oil refineries and military airfields. Read more
Russia says it advances in eastern Ukraine, regroups after incursion
Russia separately announced the formation of new military groupings in Kursk and two other border regions as it tries to repel the incursion without diverting forces from the front lines deep inside Ukraine. Read more
Ukraine destroys key Russian bridge as it presses on with offensive
Russia’s Foreign Ministry acknowledged the destruction of the bridge, which it said had disrupted the evacuation of civilians. Read more
Ukraine claims the war’s largest surrender by Russian troops
A Ukrainian Security Service unit operating in Russia’s Kursk region took 102 Russian servicemen as prisoners-of-war, according to a person with knowledge of the operation, who asked not to be identified because the matter is sensitive. Read more
Britain says Ukraine can use donated weapons inside Russia
In the last two weeks, Ukraine has carried out the biggest foreign attack on sovereign Russian territory since World War Two, which one Ukrainian official has said is designed to create a buffer zone to protect its population against attack. Read more
Ukraine says it is still advancing in Russia’s Kursk region
Ukraine blindsided Moscow by pouring thousands of troops into the western Russian region of Kursk last week in a surprise operation that has given Ukraine its biggest battlefield gains since 2022 after months on the backfoot. Read more
Sen. Graham calls Ukraine’s incursion into Russia ‘bold,’ ‘beautiful’
With Russia still struggling to repel the Ukrainian incursion seven days after it began, Ukraine’s top commander said Kyiv controlled around 1,000 square kilometers in the Kursk region. Read more
Ukraine: We control 1,000 square kilometers of Russia’s Kursk region
With Russia still struggling to repel the incursion seven days after it began, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy published a video clip of Oleksandr Syrskyi, the head of his armed forces, delivering a report on the fighting. Read more
Billions in dollars, euros reach Russia despite sanctions
The previously unreported figures show Russia has managed to circumvent sanctions blocking cash imports, and suggest that dollars and euros remain useful tools for trade and travel even as Moscow strives to reduce its exposure to hard currencies. Read more
Zelensky acknowledges Ukraine’s military operation in Russia
Moscow’s forces are in their sixth day of intense battles against Kyiv’s largest incursion into Russian territory since the start of the war, which left southwestern parts of Russia vulnerable before reinforcement started arriving. Read more
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