Russia-Ukraine war

Ukraine spent years trying to build a Western-style democracy. Then Russia invaded the country

Ukraine’s battle to repel Russia is a fight for the country’s survival as a Western-facing democracy.

Takeaways from AP’s report on Ukraine’s battle to defend its democracy in wartime

Russia warns it can take unspecified measures in response to US drone flights over Black Sea

Putin calls for resuming production of intermediate missiles after scrapping of treaty with US

EU leaders have tapped their top brass. Von der Leyen must win over parliament to keep her job

7 killed and dozens wounded after missiles slammed into a town in southern Ukraine, officials say

Russian missiles have slammed into a town in southern Ukraine, killing seven civilians including children and wounding dozens more, local officials reported.

12 killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine. Rescue work continues at destroyed apartment building

Russian attacks across eastern Ukraine have killed at least 11 people while rescuers in the city of Dnipro dug through rubble after a Russian strike ripped through a nine-story residential building leaving one dead.

10 Ukrainians held prisoner for years in Russia return home after Vatican mediation

Ten Ukrainians held prisoner for years by Russia have been released with the Vatican’s mediation. They arrived home overnight.

Russia presses its offensive in Ukraine and issues new threats as the West tries to blunt the push

Slowly but steadily this summer, Russian troops are forging through Ukraine’s outgunned and undermanned defenses along the front line of the battlefield in a relentless onslaught, prompting the West to push for new weapons and strategies to shore up Kyiv.

Bulgarian president declines government proposal to lead delegation to NATO summit

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has turned down a government proposal to lead the country’s delegation to NATO’s July summit in Washington D.C.

European Union leaders agree on top officials who will be the face of world’s largest trading bloc

European Union leaders have agreed on the officials who will be the face of the world’s biggest trading bloc in coming years for issues ranging from anti-trust investigations to foreign policy.

Poles seek safety in gold investments during troubled times across their eastern borders

Russia’s war against Ukraine has led many people in neighboring Poland to invest in gold. While the war is far to the east, gold investors feel the precious metal offers them safety at a time of instability.

In a Kyiv market, Ukrainians take heart from team’s inspiring play at Euro 2024

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has paid tribute to his country’s soccer team as they ended their European Championship run with a 0-0 draw against Belgium.

Soprano Anna Netrebko announces separation from tenor Yusif Eyvazov

Soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Yusif Eyvazov have separated. The couple had been together since 2014, when they appeared together in Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” at Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera.

US ambassador calls China’s tech support for Russia during Ukraine invasion a ‘major mistake’

The U.S. ambassador to Beijing says China’s support for Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine by providing technology for missiles and other weaponry is a “major mistake.”

Russia keeps up pressure on the front line as Ukraine gets a boost from Western military aid

Ukrainian soldiers say relentless Russian attacks on their positions defending the strategically important eastern town of Chasiv Yar are disrupting troop rotations and the delivery of some supplies.

Russia summons the American ambassador over a deadly attack that Moscow says used US-made missiles

The Russian Foreign Ministry has summoned the American ambassador to protest what it says was the use of U.S.

Leader of NATO member Poland visits China, talks to Xi about Ukraine, peace and trade

Polish President Andrzej Duda has met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for talks on Ukraine, peace and bilateral trade on a visit to Beijing that brings the leader of a NATO member to a country that has backed Russia in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

‘Hamster’ crypto craze has taken Iran. It highlights economic malaise ahead of presidential election

Cab drivers and bikers at red lights in June in Tehran tap away furiously on their mobile phones, ignoring police officers. Some pedestrians do the same.

Haas F1 team’s arbitration proceeding with former Russian sponsor Uralkali concludes

Formula One’s Haas team says that its arbitration proceeding in a Swiss court with former sponsor Uralkali has concluded.

Ukrainian drones and missiles kill 6 in Russia and Crimea, fresh bombing of Kharkiv leaves 1 dead

Russian authorities say six people died and over 150 were wounded in Ukrainian drone and missile attacks while the second day of Russia’s aerial bombing of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine killed at least one person.

3 dead in bombing of Kharkiv as Russia launches missiles on Ukrainian energy facilities

Ukraine’s president says at least three people have died in a Russian bombing attack on the second city of Kharkiv.

Ukraine may fire US-provided missiles into Russia wherever it is coming under attack, Pentagon says

The Pentagon says Ukraine’s military is allowed to use longer-range missiles provided by the U.S. to strike targets inside Russia across more than just the front lines near Kharkiv if Kyiv is acting in self-defense.

Navigating through darkness: Ukraine’s emergency blackouts return after Russia pounds infrastructure

Ukraine is experiencing rolling blackouts as Russia intensified strikes targeting energy infrastructure over the past three months.

South Korea summons Russian ambassador as tensions rise with North Korea

South Korea has summoned the Russian ambassador to protest a defense pact with North Korea, two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an agreement vowing mutual defense with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on a state visit to Pyongyang.

US will redirect air defense interceptor missiles to Ukraine that other allies had on order

The White House says it will rush delivery of air defense interceptor missiles to Ukraine by redirecting shipments that had been planned for other allied nations.

Russia hammers Ukraine’s power grid again and Kyiv’s drones target more enemy oil depots

Russia has resumed its aerial attacks on Ukraine’s power grid and Kyiv’s forces again targeted Russian oil storage depots with drone strikes across the border.

Russia obliterates Ukraine’s front-line towns faster with hacked bombs and expanded air base network

Russia is intensifying its use of cheap glide bombs to lay waste to cities in eastern Ukraine. The latest generation of the retrofitted weapons have devastated Kharkiv, Avdiivka, Chasiv Yar and Vovchansk.

Far-right leader Bardella backpedals on taking France out of NATO strategic military command

The far-right leader angling to become France’s prime minister after the country’s upcoming parliamentary election has backtracked on the party’s previous promise to pull out of NATO’s strategic military command.

Russia and North Korea have had a complicated relationship over the decades

President Vladimir Putin is in North Korea for a summit with its leader, Kim Jong Un, as the two nations deepen their cooperation.

Ukraine claims its drones hit a Russian oil facility, sparking a huge blaze

Ukraine is claiming responsibility for an overnight drone attack on a Russian oil facility that started a massive blaze in the latest long-range strike by Kyiv’s forces on a border region.

NATO allies hitting their defense spending target jump from 6 to 23 as Ukraine war grinds on

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says a record 23 of NATO’s 32 member nations are hitting the Western military alliance’s defense spending target this year as Russia’s war in Ukraine has raised the threat of expanding conflict in Europe.

The war between Russia and Ukraine is set to grind on as a diplomatic conference packs little punch

Russia and Ukraine are set to remain locked in battle for the foreseeable future after an international gathering billed as a first step toward peace delivered no eye-catching diplomatic breakthrough that might suggest a coming end to Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II.

UEFA wants to keep Russian flags out of stadium for Ukraine’s opening game at Euro 2024

UEFA wants to keep Russian flags out of the stadium when Ukraine plays its first European Championship game after some were displayed in the stands at other matches.

As Ukraine’s peace summit ends, many hope Russia will join future efforts

Nearly 80 countries have jointly called for the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia’s two-year war.

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