Ukraine

Antonio Masiello/Getty Images (LONDON) — Talks are ongoing between Paris and Kyiv for the possible deployment of French troops inside Ukraine despite the ongoing war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post to social media. Zelenskyy and French President Emmanuel Macron “had a detailed discussion about the situation on the battlefield and […]

Kim Won Jin/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy predicted that his nation’s forces would “undoubtedly” capture more North Korean troops, after sharing purported video of two prisoners of war detained after being wounded in fighting in Russia’s western Kursk region. “It’s only a matter of time before our troops manage to capture […]

DONETSK OBLAST, UKRAINE – DECEMBER 31: Ukrainian soldiers watch the Zelensky New Years Eve address from their base in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on 31 December 2024. (Photo by Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that some 38,000 Russian troops have been killed or wounded fighting in Russia’s western […]

Yevhenii Vasyliev/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Ukrainian forces on Sunday launched a new offensive inside Russia’s western Kursk border region, going on the attack with substantial forces according to reports from Russian and Ukrainian military bloggers. Russia’s Defense Ministry reported a large-scale attack by Kyiv’s forces involving armored columns that began on […]

Christian Bruna/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukraine stopped the flow of Russian natural gas through its territory to Europe at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, as a long-held deal expired, Kyiv officials said. “We stopped the transit of Russian gas, this is a historic event,” Herman Galushchenko, Ukraine’s energy minister, said in a statement. “Russia is losing […]

Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — A senior Russian general was killed in a bomb blast in a residential neighborhood in Moscow, Russian media reported early Tuesday, in what Ukrainian sources told ABC News was an intelligence operation. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed by an explosive device that appears to have been hidden […]

DONETSK OBLAST, UKRAINE – NOVEMBER 24: Ukrainian soldiers repair drones in a laboratory at an undetermined location in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on November 24, 2024. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Ukrainian drones attacked Crimea overnight into Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said, during another night of UAV exchanges between the […]

Ukraine State Emergency Service/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON and KYIV) — Russia on Thursday launched what officials in Kyiv said was an intercontinental ballistic missile toward southeastern Ukraine, but a U.S. official told ABC News that Russia launched “an experimental medium-range ballistic missile against Ukraine” near Dnipro. The official said the United States briefed Ukraine […]

Valentyn Semenov /EyeEm/Getty Images (LONDON) —  Donald Trump’s election has already triggered intense discussion of how he will impact the war in Ukraine, with all sides now preparing for potential negotiations once he takes office. In Ukraine Trump’s victory has been met with mixed reactions. But while his threats to cut U.S. aid and his […]

This photo shows a damaged residential building following a drone attack in Ramenskoye in the Moscow region on September 10, 2024. (Tatyana Makeyeva/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON and MOSCOW) — Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday it downed 144 Ukrainian drones during a major overnight attack over nine regions in the west of the country, including […]