Soldiers and military analysts say that Ukraine is largely holding onto land it seized in the Kursk region, even as Moscow has begun a counterattack.
The United States and its allies are once again considering expanding the capabilities they provide to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion.
Vladimir Putin dijo que permitir que Ucrania use armas occidentales de largo alcance significaría que los países de la OTAN estarían “en guerra con Rusia”. Fue una de sus amenazas más directas hasta la fecha.
As the president deliberated with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the question of whether to let Ukraine use long-range weapons in Russia was a rare point of contention between allied nations.
Former President Donald J. Trump would tell the Russians, Ukrainians and Europeans to “figure out what a peaceful settlement looks like,” Senator JD Vance, his running mate, says.
A trip to Washington by Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, came after President Vladimir Putin of Russia warned that the allies’ next step could mean war for NATO.
The Russian president said Western support for Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russia would put his country and NATO “at war.”
Los bombardeos están aumentando en Pokrovsk y sus alrededores, en el este de Ucrania, con el suministro de agua ahora cortado, mientras que los soldados rusos presionan simultáneamente un nuevo contraataque en la región de Kursk.
For both Ukraine and Russia, battlefield gains now might provide an upper hand in any negotiations later. That’s reflected in their discussions over arms with allies.
Vladimir Putin said allowing Ukraine to use long-range Western weapons would mean NATO countries were “at war with Russia.” It was one of his most direct threats yet.
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The aid workers lost their lives as they were preparing to distribute heating supplies in preparation for winter in the region of Donetsk.
Bombardments are increasing in and around Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, with water supplies now cut, while Russian troops simultaneously press a new counterattack in the Kursk region.
If confirmed, the attack would be the first on a commercial vessel in open waters since the 2022 invasion, and a sharp escalation of hostilities in the Black Sea.
President Biden has refused to allow Ukraine to use long-range Western missiles on Russian military targets, but he appears to be wavering.
Hacerse una manicura puede parecer una preocupación trivial cuando el destino del país está en juego, pero este acto de cuidado personal está protegiendo a las ucranianas del colapso.
The Ukrainian developers of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 are trying to distance the video game from Russia’s invasion, but the conflict inevitably altered the creative process.
The former president’s refusal to back Ukraine’s war effort showed the likely limits of U.S. support for Kyiv if he returns to the White House.
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and his British counterpart, David Lammy, made a rare joint trip to Ukraine to show allied solidarity as the American presidential election looms.
Russia is getting closer to cutting critical supply lines for troops in the remaining Ukrainian strongholds across the region.
One woman was killed in the Moscow suburb of Ramenskoye after Ukraine launched one of its largest drone attacks of the war, Kremlin officials said.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke in London, where his British counterpart also promised a punitive response. They plan to visit Ukraine together.
A woman in the capital region was killed during the attack, officials said. Russian air defenses shot down 20 drones around Moscow and almost 150 nationwide, according to the Defense Ministry.
In Ukraine, even a visit for a manicure, which often involves navigating power outages and air-raid sirens, can turn into an act of defiance.
Russia appears to be trying to cut off Ukrainian soldiers around the strategic city of Pokrovsk, a focal point of the war in recent months.
A falling-out between former political allies in Montenegro has complicated the country’s efforts to join the European Union and curb pro-Russian influence.
Appearing together publicly for the first time in the history of their agencies, the heads of the U.S. and British intelligence services discussed Ukraine’s incursion into Russia and the war in Gaza.
Russia’s drive toward Pokrovsk has stalled along one part of the frontline, but its troops continue to advance in other parts of eastern Ukraine, and its long-range aerial attacks continue.
U.S. and European countries had warned of sanctions if Iran provided weapons that could be used against Ukraine. President Biden’s lame-duck status could hamper a response.
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The Ukrainian leader argued that escalating military pressure on Russia, combined with diplomacy, was the best way to motivate Moscow to seek peace.
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Dismissing Ukraine’s recent invasion of Kursk, the Russian leader said Kyiv made a mistake in trying to force Moscow to divert its forces from the Donbas region.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he was acting to bring a “new energy” to state institutions at an important diplomatic juncture.
When two Russian ballistic missiles struck a military academy in Poltava, debris blocked corridors and exits. Cadets near a bomb shelter survived. Others did not.
At least seven people were killed in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, a day after a devastating attack on the eastern city of Poltava left dozens of others dead.
American spy agencies have assessed that the Kremlin favors former President Donald J. Trump, seeing him as skeptical of U.S. support for Ukraine.
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Repeated air-raid alerts have punctuated the search through the rubble in Poltava, in eastern Ukraine, after an attack that killed more than 50 people.
“Son como una herida sangrante, y nadie la ve”, dice una maestra de sus alumnos, muchos de los cuales han huido de las zonas del frente o han perdido familiares en los combates.
President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to make the broadest changes to his government since Russia invaded more than two years ago.
Russia attacked a number of cities a day after a devastating strike in the country’s east, Ukrainian officials said.
At least 11,520 civilians had been killed in the war, according to a United Nations report in July, which said the true tally may be higher.
More than 50 people were killed by two high-speed missiles that hit a military academy in the eastern city of Poltava, one of the most lethal Russian strikes in the war.
The devastation of the strikes on Tuesday was shocking even to Ukrainians who have seen many such scenes during the war.
The head of Ukrenergo was reportedly blamed for failing to fortify energy infrastructure, which has come under steady Russian bombardment, leading to blackouts.
Moscow appears to have stepped up the tempo of its attacks, resulting in a wave of death and destruction in Ukraine.
Experts say the case offers a window into how the Russian government tries to influence American elections and promote its own geopolitical agenda.
The Russian president is making a state visit to a country that is heavily dependent on Moscow for oil.
“They are like a bleeding wound, and no one sees it,” a schoolteacher said of her pupils, many of whom have fled frontline areas or lost family members in the fighting.
The attack, the third large-scale bombardment in a week, coincided with intense fighting in eastern Ukraine and Russia.
Ukraine said Russia struck the country’s second-largest city with missiles and bombs. Russian state media and local officials earlier reported that Ukraine attacked power plants and refineries with drones.
Ukraine gambled that its move into Russia would draw Moscow’s forces away from the town of Pokrovsk. It didn’t happen. And now resigned residents are evacuating daily.
In a reversal, two senior U.S. military officials say the cause of the F-16’s crash was probably not friendly fire.
The long-sacrosanct practice of keeping young Russian army conscripts off the front lines is eroding as the lack of troops in Russia’s Kursk region indicates a manpower shortage.
The Russian president will travel to Mongolia, a member of the International Criminal Court, which issued a warrant for his arrest in 2023.
José Medina y Alejandro Ante se encuentran detenidos en Moscú. Llegaron allí tras hacer escala en Venezuela, que al parecer los extraditó.
Two Colombian soldiers who had fought for Ukraine are now under arrest in Moscow. They wound up there after stopping over in Venezuela, which apparently extradited them.
Staff shortages, beatings, corruption and harsh treatment of Muslim prisoners have all led to unrest among inmates, with recent uprisings turning deadly.
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A Western official said the advanced fighter crashed while defending against a Russian aerial assault. It was not clear how it was destroyed, but the loss is a blow to Ukraine, given the planes’ prominence.
Kyiv is pressing its drone campaign while lobbying allies for permission to use weapons supplied by NATO countries for strikes deep inside Russia.
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The rest of the country, though, was largely spared from another consecutive night of large-scale Russian bombardment.
En meses recientes, Rusia ha utilizado bombas planeadoras con un efecto devastador. Los soldados ucranianos dicen que estas tal vez sean las armas más aterradoras que enfrentan.
Despite its overwhelming firepower, Russia has been unable for weeks to push Ukrainian troops back across the border, with the failure as much the result of priorities as a lack of personnel.
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The bombardment that began on Monday could have additional significance, coming three weeks after the Ukrainian military’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region.
Powerful guided “glide bombs” have helped Russia raze entire towns with ever greater speed. “When you drive into a ruined town, it’s like hopelessness,” one soldier said.
El ataque, que parecía ser una escalada de la campaña rusa contra la red eléctrica ucraniana, causó daños suficientes para provocar apagones en Kiev y otras ciudades.
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Cities across Ukraine were hit in a widespread attack that also targeted energy infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned an assault of more than 200 missiles and drones that ranged from Kyiv to Odesa to Ukraine’s West. Energy infrastructure was again a target.
Reuters said that a safety adviser working with the journalists was killed, and that two other members of its team were wounded after a hotel in eastern Ukraine was hit in a strike on Saturday.
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The trans-Atlantic alliance can continue as the tight-knit partnership we have known for the past 75 years, or unravel.
Although the cross-border offensive carries risks, it also paid dividends on Saturday with the first prisoner swap with Russia in several months.
Ukraine is a beta test for embedding artificial intelligence and other new technologies in drones and robots to find deadly land mines, saving lives and allowing military forces to advance more quickly.
The Biden administration announced new penalties on shell companies and suppliers that were feeding Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Los comentarios negativos en las redes sociales han aumentado desde que los soldados ucranianos penetraron en Rusia, según una empresa que rastrea las actitudes de la población rusa frente a la guerra.
American officials are not convinced that Ukraine intends to hold its position in Russia long term.
Ukraine struck a port across from Crimea and damaged a cargo ferry. But Kyiv’s forces continued to struggle in eastern areas under a relentless Russian assault.
Ukrainian officials were portraying the visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India as a welcome show of support for their country during the war with Russia.
Ukraine has captured dozens of Russian settlements, adding a new twist to a war that had largely settled into grueling fighting in eastern Ukraine.
The surprise incursion into Kursk has given Ukraine an advantage over Russia in the propaganda battle, an important front in this conflict.
Moscow said it was investigating three more reporters, including a CNN correspondent, who crossed into Russian territory to cover the fighting.
Officials say efforts to engage neutral nations like India along with the military incursion into Russia will strengthen Ukraine’s hand in any peace talks.
Negative remarks on social media have increased since Ukrainian troops launched an incursion, according to a firm that tracks Russian attitudes.
With a budget shortfall for 2025 and evidence mounting that Ukraine blew up natural-gas pipelines between Germany and Russia, German aid to Ukraine is under pressure.
The Ukrainians must defend a critical front in their country’s east, including the city of Pokrovsk, while trying to press forward in western Russia.
Dos semanas después de que Ucrania lanzara su ataque en la región rusa de Kursk, las fuerzas rusas se han recuperado de la conmoción inicial e intentan utilizar la guerra en expansión para su ventaja en el campo de batalla.
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El presidente de Ucrania, Volodímir Zelenski, afirmó que el éxito de la ofensiva ucraniana muestra que Rusia ya no es la temible superpotencia que una vez pareció ser.
The attack came as Kyiv presses on with a cross-border offensive into western Russia that has rattled the Kremlin.
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Two weeks after Ukraine launched its surprise attack, Russian forces have recovered from the initial shock and are trying to use the expanding war to their battlefield advantage.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine seized on the incursion’s success to press allies to lift a longtime restriction: the use of Western-supplied long-range weapons against Russia.
More and more women are replacing men mobilized in the army. But there are not enough of them to make up for the labor shortage affecting the economy.
El presidente Volodímir Zelenski piensa que la incursión ayudaría a su posición en futuras negociaciones de paz. En Moscú, muchos dudan de la estrategia.
The attacks aim to destroy or damage crossings over a river in the Kursk region that are Russian forces’ only routes for resupply or retreat, military analysts say.
President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to hold Russian territory as leverage in future talks. In Moscow, many doubt the strategy.
In the regional capital, those who left their homes as Ukrainian forces tore into western Russia are uncertain whether they can ever return to their old lives.
Más de 300 han sido procesados en una prisión de Ucrania, proporcionando al país un “fondo de intercambio” muy necesario para futuros canjes de prisioneros de guerra.
More than 300 have been processed in a prison in Ukraine, providing the country with a much-needed “exchange fund” for future swaps of prisoners of war.
The bridge’s destruction is a setback for Russian supply lines as Ukraine seeks to consolidate its territorial gains in the Kursk region of western Russia.
La ofensiva se desarrolló en secreto, ideada para desviar a los soldados rusos de las líneas del frente en Ucrania y apoderarse de territorio para utilizarlo como moneda de cambio.
Ukraine’s forces could try advancing farther on Russian soil, or return to the front line, where Moscow is making gains. There are arguments for various options.
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A Russian advance toward Pokrovsk casts doubts on Ukraine’s hopes that its cross-border offensive will prompt Moscow to scale back attacks elsewhere.
La realidad de 130.000 rusos desplazados y una caótica respuesta oficial pueden empezar a desinflar el discurso oficial de que Rusia se dirige con paso firme hacia la victoria.
The offensive was developed in secret, devised to divert Russian troops away from the front lines in Ukraine and seize territory to use as a bargaining chip.
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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia made highly choreographed appearances in an effort to project power and control, and U.S. officials suggested Gen. Sergei Surovikin was probably being held.
The country is a growing target for foreign espionage, the agency said, amid rising tensions over the war in Ukraine and rivalries between Washington and Beijing.
Mientras prestábamos atención a la pandemia, China y Ucrania, los caminos hacia la prosperidad y los intereses comunes se han oscurecido.
While the world’s eyes were on the pandemic, China and the war in Ukraine, the paths to prosperity and shared interests have grown murkier.
Reasons include a stronger supply of oil and weaker-than-expected demand, energy experts say. Some people are saving hundreds of dollars on fuel.
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