Vladímir Putin

The NGO Mission Kharkiv, born in the shadow of the Russian invasion, has delivered more than 180 tons of medicine and treated more than 60,000 patients

Some of the most prestigious directors have emigrated, while the actors who publicly speak out against the war often pay for their words with their jobs. Many prefer to remain silent or work in the alternative scene

One out of every 74 people in the world have been forced to leave their homes due to violence, persecution and natural disasters, according to UNHCR

In some of his most detailed remarks about the war in months, the Russian leader also said he was not contemplating a new troop mobilization, as many Russians have feared, but did not rule it out

Tuesday’s attack in Kryvyi Rih comes as Ukrainian forces are in the early stages of a counteroffensive, more than 15 months after Russia invaded

Media and defense analysts are increasingly reliant on Russian military sources for reports on front line combat operations after Kyiv imposes news blackout

The leaders of the three nations are meeting in Paris for talks focusing on military support for Ukraine’s counteroffensive and future security guarantees to be given to the country

Moscow has built heavily fortified defenses along the front line, honed its electronic weapons to reduce Ukraine’s edge in combat drones and used its massive Cold-War-era arsenal of heavy bombs to turn them into precision-guided gliding munitions

Denis Sokolov is in charge of recruiting volunteers from Russia willing to fight in Ukraine’s International Legion against the invading Kremlin forces

To the southwest, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s top adviser said six people were injured when Moscow’s troops fired at a boat evacuating people from Russian-occupied areas

The Ukrainian leader spoke at a news conference while hosting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says U.S. intelligence officials believe a plant in Russia’s Alabuga special economic zone could be operational early next year

Floodwater from the burst banks of the Dnipro has extended over 30 miles to the north, wiping out farmland, bridges and villages

The southern region, 80% of which is controlled by Moscow, is the strategic point where Kyiv is trying to break the corridor which connects the Crimean peninsula with the Donbas for Russians

The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam has further punished a population carrying on with their lives on the banks of the Dnipro, on the front line between Ukrainian and Russian forces

The flooding caused by the breach benefits Moscow militarily by hampering attacks on a key area of the front. Military analysts say it could set Kyiv back weeks and cause a huge ecological catastrophe

The dramatic rupture of the dam that upheld Ukraine’s largest reservoir released a torrent of water, raising fears of widespread damage and flooding in areas where tens of thousands of people live

Kyiv has imposed an information blackout as Moscow and Russian military sources confirm multiple attacks on the eastern front

Ukraine accused Russian forces of blowing up the Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station on the Dnipro River in an area that Moscow controls, while Russian officials blamed Ukrainian military strikes in the contested area

While not explicitly confirming such a large-scale effort, Kyiv authorities say their forces are indeed increasing offensive operations and making gains. But they suggest some of the Russian announcements are misinformation

Moscow claims it has successfully fended off a Ukrainian attempt to ram through Russia’s defenses, but some pro-Kremlin military bloggers painted a different picture, acknowledging that Kyiv’s troops made some quick gains

Russia’s Defense Ministry said it had pushed back a ‘large-scale’ assault at five places in Donetsk. The unconfirmed reports fueled speculation that a Ukrainian ground operation could be underway as part of an anticipated counteroffensive

‘I don’t know how long it will take. To be honest, it can go a variety of ways, completely different,’ the Ukrainian president said during an interview with the ‘Wall Street Journal’

The diplomat appointed by Beijing to seek a negotiated solution to the war believes there is still a ‘risk’ of an escalation of the conflict

Navalny has said that the new extremism charges which he rejected as “absurd” could keep him in prison for another 30 years

The new aid provides munitions to boost Ukraine’s air defense capabilities to fend off Russia’s air assaults on Kyiv, which have escalated in the past few days