Major Ukrainian city has reportedly ‘fallen’ to Russian troops
Russian troops have seized their first major Ukrainian city since the start of an invasion ordered by Russian President Vladimir...
Countdown to Conflict
Russian forces escalate attacks on Ukraine’s civilian areas
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces escalated their attacks on crowded urban areas Tuesday, bombarding the central square in Ukraine’s...
Russia’s 40-mile convoy appears to have bogged down en route to Kyiv
A massive, 40-mile convoy of Russian tanks and vehicles appeared to bog down on its push toward the capital of Kyiv on Tuesday while residential...
Putin puts nuclear forces on high alert, escalating tensions
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Vladimir Putin dramatically escalated East-West tensions by ordering Russian nuclear forces put on high alert...
Putin threat tests China’s nuclear umbrella pact with Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Moscow’s military to raise the alert status of its large nuclear forces on Sunday, and the threat will...
Ukraine agrees to talks with Russia, but fighting still rages
KYIV, Ukraine — As Russian forces bore down on Ukraine’s capital and officials put the toll of civilian dead at...
EU announces plans to help Ukraine, blocks airspace
The European Union announced new measures Sunday designed to bolster Ukraine in its fight against Russia, while imposing bans on Russian...
Ukraine’s capital under threat as Russia presses invasion
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops bore down on Ukraine’s capital Friday, with gunfire and explosions resonating ever closer to...
Pentagon sending 7,000 more troops to Germany as fighting rages in Ukraine
President Joe Biden approved the deployment of 7,000 additional U.S. troops to Germany on Thursday, bringing the total of U.S.-based...
‘Europe’s darkest hour’ since WWII: World leaders condemn Russia’s attack on Ukraine
World leaders have joined President Joe Biden in his condemnation of Russia's attack on Ukraine and vowed to hold Moscow accountable. “Russia alone is...
EU to hit Russia with new sanctions over ‘barbaric attack’ on Ukraine
BRUSSELS, Feb 24 (Reuters) - European Union leaders will impose new sanctions on Russia, freezing its assets, halting its banks'...
The European Union pledges to admit refugees from Ukraine
NPR's A Martinez talks to Michael Bociurkiw, a global affairs analyst and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, about whether...
Vladimir Putin warns hypersonic missiles are ready to launch day after Ukraine invasion
Russian president Vladimir Putin has warned that the country's hypersonic missiles are ready to launch. In a chilling video, he warned that "weapons...
US warns Ukraine of full-scale Russian invasion within 48 hours
President Joe Biden's administration has informed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of intelligence assessing that Russia is preparing to conduct a full-scale...
War fears grow as Putin orders troops to eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — A long-feared Russian invasion of Ukraine appeared to be imminent Monday, if not already underway, with Russian...
US says its diplomats are out of Ukraine after US special ops planes tracked near Polish border
A pair of U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II special operations tanker-transport aircraft, along with a pair of the CV-22B Osprey special operations...