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CNN  —  For the past two winters, Ukraine has withstood a barrage of Russian airstrikes seeking to disable its energy infrastructure, plunge its citizens into darkness and use the freezing temperatures as a weapon of war.…

17-year-old Ukrainian Valeriia was abducted to a Russian re-education camp in Crimea. She tells Euronews how she made it back to Ukraine on her own. ADVERTISEMENTBefore the full-scale invasion, 17-year-old Valeriia lived an ordinary life as a 10th-grade student, preparing for exams and taking part in activities, including dancing…

By Sarah Rainsford in Kharkiv & Laura GozziBBC News11 April 2024Updated 6 hours agoTo play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browserVideo caption, Watch: Trypillya power plant was the largest provider of electricity for three regionsA major power plant near Kyiv was completely destroyed by Russian strikes early on…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed to reporters on Wednesday that Kyiv is planning a fresh counteroffensive in its war with Russia.In an exclusive interview published by German newspaper Bild, Zelensky said that Ukraine has "a plan for a counteroffensive," but emphasized that such efforts have to be bolstered by modern weaponry and…

3 Hours AgoCivilian deaths and injuries in Ukraine sharply increased in March, UN human rights body saysDeaths and injuries amongst civilians in Ukraine jumped 20% in March of this year compared to February, the United Nations human rights body said in a report Tuesday.At least 604 civilians were killed or injured during the month, the UN Human…

A Russian air force Sukhoi Su-25 launches rockets in late 2023.Russian air force capture As the Ukrainian air force deployed more and better Western-supplied air defenses last year, the Russian air force did the rational thing: it re-armed its Sukhoi fighter-bombers and attack jets with winged glide-bombs so they could attack from 25 miles away.…

Kyiv's fighters "crushed" a convoy of Russian armored vehicles in northeastern Ukraine, according to the country's military, ahead of an anticipated Russian push as early as next month.Ukrainian reconnaissance assets zeroed in on an armored column close to Ukrainian positions near the Russian-controlled eastern city of Kreminna, the Azov…

CNN  —  It generated little attention: another Russian assault in eastern Ukraine, across barren, pock-marked fields, met by determined, nimble resistance. In an attack that defied…

Support independent journalism in Ukraine. Join us in this fight. Become a member Support us just once Once the “sick man of Europe,” Germany seems to be under the weather once again. That might be putting it mildly: much as it did in the late 1990s, Germany is staring down the…

Russia is preparing to mobilize an additional 300,000 troops to the front lines in Ukraine by the beginning of June, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Zelensky's comment, which was made during a press conference in Kyiv on Wednesday, comes a few days after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a routine spring conscription…