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A Ukrainian soldier holds his position at the front line near the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Horlivka, Donetsk region, on Dec. 14, 2023. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images) (KYIV, Ukraine) — After 22 months of the all-out war against Russia, Ukraine lacks not only ammunition and long-range weapons, but also manpower. Building reserves is one […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Ukrainian military’s ammunition stocks are now running so low that units are unable to respond to Russian attacks, according to a prominent member of Ukraine’s Parliament. Alexandra Ustinova said Ukraine today has half the munitions in its arsenal that it had a year ago with supplies of ammunition from […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ukrainian forces are under intense pressure around a strategically important city in eastern Ukraine, where the Russian military has made some of its greatest gains this year, according to the U.K. Ministry of Defense. Over the last two months Russia has been assaulting heavily fortified Ukrainian positions around Avdiivka, which […]

pop_jop/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukrainian Armed Forces have yet to reach their “full potential” but two top generals say the counteroffensive is “going to plan” despite anxiety among some Western analysts that Ukraine is not making enough progress. “So far things are developing according to plans that were drawn up and approved,” Gen. Oleksandr […]

Artur Widak/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — As Ukrainian forces continue their counteroffensive against Russia, some soldiers say an American-supplied vehicle is making a key difference in their advances, and more importantly, saving lives. The U.S. has provided has provided Ukrainian forces with Bradley Fighting Vehicles as part of aid packages since the beginning […]

ABC News (KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said he believes “without a doubt” that the brief armed rebellion in Russia over the weekend marks “the beginning of the end” of the war in Ukraine. “It is the beginning of the end, but the problem is this ‘end’ can last for quite some time […]

ABC (BERLIN) — Nearly six million people have fled Ukraine since Russian forces invaded the country nearly 16 months ago, according to the UN Refugee Agency. Among those millions were a handful of refugees who spoke to ABC News’ Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts in Berlin to share how they are navigating a new […]

A billboard promoting contract army service is pictured in the Russian city of Belgorod, some 40 km from border with Ukraine, on May 27, 2023. — Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images (SLOVYANSK, Ukraine) — Well-trained, well-equipped Ukrainian combat forces are now in “assembly areas,” close enough to front line areas, meaning they could launch a […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukrainian juvenile prosecutors have opened more than 100 criminal proceedings for what they describe as illegal transfers of Ukrainian kids to Russian-occupied territories, their further deportation to Russia and Belarus, and illegal adoption by Russian citizens, officials in the Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office told ABC News. All the evidence collected […]

Courtesy of Sean Bérubé (NEW YORK) — For a group of 18 Ukrainian boys, thoughts of being separated from family and their home country, which has now faced almost a year of brutal war combating Russia’s invasion, faded for a few brief moments at the Quebec City Videotron Centre on Saturday night. The group, who […]