Crisis in Ukraine

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Heavy clashes as Ukraine launches fresh offensive in Russia’s Kursk

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 5, 2025

Ukrainian forces on Sunday launched a new offensive in the western Russian region of Kursk, following their surprise incursion into the territory last summer.

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As another Trump presidency nears, Ukraine’s army is on the defensive

UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 4, 2025

Russian forces in Ukraine are advancing at their fastest pace since the early days of the invasion by using the biggest advantage Moscow has in this war: manpower.

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Five months on, Ukraine clings to Kursk amid doubts over operation

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 22, 2024

Sitting on his hospital bed and bleeding through bandages on each arm, the exhausted Ukrainian soldier described how two days earlier, after being shot in both hands by a sniper in Russia’s Kursk region, he walked 16 hours under shelling while being hunted by Russian drones.

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Zelenskyy vows more strikes after Ukrainian attacks on Russian targets

UPDATED: Sat., Dec. 21, 2024

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has threatened further attacks on military installations in Russia, after Ukrainian strikes hit the Russian city of Kazan and a village in the Kursk border region.

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Zelenskyy says Ukraine war deaths are a small fraction of Trump claim

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 8, 2024

KYIV – Around 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died since Russia invaded in 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday, in apparent response to President-elect Donald Trump’s claim hours earlier that Kyiv had “lost” some 400,000 soldiers in battle “and many more civilians.”

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Russia rains missiles on Ukraine after Trump names new envoy to conflict

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 28, 2024

Hours after President-elect Donald Trump selected a new special envoy to tackle a top campaign promise of ending the war between Russia and Ukraine, Russia fired a new barrage of missiles at Ukraine’s power grid, plunging parts of the country back into darkness.

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Europe set for coldest winter since Ukraine war, posing energy risk

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 27, 2024

Europe is set for the coldest winter since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, pushing up already elevated energy costs as the continent dips into its gas reserves at a faster-than-usual rate.

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Russia warns of response as Ukraine strikes with US missiles

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 26, 2024

Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces were preparing a response to Ukraine’s recent attacks using U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles on air defense units in the Kursk border region.

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Ukraine prepares to sell Trump on why U.S. should maintain support

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 25, 2024

As Ukraine prepares for the looming uncertainty of a new U.S. president, officials and business executives here are coming up with ways to sell Donald Trump on the idea that a strong Ukraine is useful to his political goals - and expressing cautious optimism that he may act faster and more decisively than President Joe Biden.

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Putin’s offer to talk to Trump is unlikely to end fighting soon

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 20, 2024

Russia said it’s prepared to discuss a potential cease-fire in Ukraine with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, even as the conflict intensifies on all fronts with the warring sides seeking to strengthen their hands ahead of any talks.

Heavy clashes as Ukraine launches fresh offensive in Russia’s Kursk

As another Trump presidency nears, Ukraine’s army is on the defensive

Five months on, Ukraine clings to Kursk amid doubts over operation

Zelenskyy vows more strikes after Ukrainian attacks on Russian targets

Zelenskyy says Ukraine war deaths are a small fraction of Trump claim

Russia rains missiles on Ukraine after Trump names new envoy to conflict

Europe set for coldest winter since Ukraine war, posing energy risk

Russia warns of response as Ukraine strikes with US missiles

Ukraine prepares to sell Trump on why U.S. should maintain support

Putin’s offer to talk to Trump is unlikely to end fighting soon

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