Ukraine

winter is coming

Ukraine and Moldova experience power outages from Russian attacks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

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happening in ukraine

Zelensky says 'deterioration of the weather' linked to fewer attacks

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grainy diplomacy

Ukraine grain deal gets extended amid continuing Russian attacks

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Rudy Can't Fail

Prosecutors decline to charge Rudy Giuliani for Ukraine work

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Let us break bread

Russia rejoins Ukrainian grain deal

The Mercedes-Benz emblem seen in front of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow.

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Putting Their Exit Into Gear

Mercedes-Benz becomes latest company to exit Russia

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.

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Tell The Truth

Ukraine, Western allies say Russia is lying about dirty bomb claims

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Lights out

Ukraine residents told to ration power as Russia attacks energy facilities

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Military rule

Putin declares martial law in 4 annexed Ukrainian territories

Smoke rises from a Ukrainian building hit by a Russian drone strike.

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Targeted Attacks

Russian drone strikes leave thousands of Ukrainians without power and water

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breaking news

Ukrainian official says kamikaze drones are attacking Kyiv

The seal of the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: October 15, 2022

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in custody

Russia says it has arrested 8 people over Crimea bridge blast

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Harold Maass

Is Biden's 'Armageddon' talk helpful or 'reckless'?

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total transparency

UN rejects Russia's request for secret vote on Ukraine referendum

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko.

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escalations

Belarus' Lukashenko deploys joint force with Russia

A view of a ruined city street following an airstrike on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

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Hitting Them Back

Russians respond to bridge attack with airstrike, killing 13

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Democracy and Resistance

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to activists in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus

The city of Izyum, Ukraine is seen on Oct. 1.

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Speed Reads

Russians shell civilian convoy in Ukraine, killing 20

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overstepping boundaries

Russia announces illegal annexation of 4 Ukrainian territories

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UN General Assembly

Climate crisis and Ukraine main topics of UN General Assembly

A crater left by a Russian rocket at the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant.

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'very dangerous'

Ukraine's defense ministry calls Russian missile strike 'nuclear terrorism'

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tragedy

Ukraine finds over 440 bodies at Izium burial site

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pulling back

Russia withdraws troops from Ukraine's Kharkiv region

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rolling thunder

Ukraine retakes railway hub as counteroffensive gains ground

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Battle for Kherson

Russian occupation officials 'pause' Kherson referendum on joining Russia

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'Chaplyne is our pain today'

Russian missiles kill 21 Ukrainian civilians in strike on train station

Woman wearing Ukrainian flag walks by a tank.

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a helping hand

U.S. announces $3 billion in aid for Ukraine

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playing with fire

Russia will allow UN inspectors at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

School damaged by Russian shelling in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

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fortunes of war

Zelensky warns Russians against firing from nuclear plant

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world news

Ukraine: Explosions at air base in Crimea destroyed 9 Russian warplanes

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war in ukraine

Pentagon: As many as 80,000 Russian troops killed, injured in Ukraine

Ukrainian soldier with a U.S.-made Javelin

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get my purse

Biden admin announces another $1 billion for Ukraine

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everybody eats

Wheat prices fall as Ukraine grain deal takes effect

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leaving home behind

Zelensky orders evacuation of Donetsk