Trump, Russia and Ukraine
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Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 2, cause widespread damage
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Russia now controls more than two-thirds of Ukraine’s Donetsk region — the main theater of the ground war. Russian forces have carved out a 10-mile-deep pocket around the Ukrainian troops defending the crucial city of Kostiantynivka, partly surrounding them from the east, south and west.
Our algorithms assess if these fires are linked to the conflict—letting us map Russia’s summer offensive in near real time. Heavy fire continues across the Dnieper river in the Kherson region. Much of this is caused by Russian drone strikes on farmland rather than a serious attempt to advance.
An emboldened Russia has ramped up military offensives on two fronts in Ukraine. That is scattering Kyiv’s precious reserve troops and threatening to expand the fighting to a new Ukrainian region as each side seeks an advantage before the fighting season wanes in the autumn.
Ukraine’s president proposed reviving talks brokered by the Trump administration, which seemed stalled a month ago.
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Daily Express US on MSNRussia using banned WWI chemical weapons as offensive falters in Ukraine in sickening warKaja Kallas, the EU Commission Vice President and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, discussed Russia's offensive against Ukraine during a press conference prior to the EU Foreign Affairs Meeting in Brussels.
As President Donald Trump hardens his position toward Moscow and seeks new ways to bring its war in Ukraine to an end, he says he isn’t looking to deliver Kyiv longer-range missiles that could strike targets deeper into Russia.
KYIV, July 17 (Reuters) - Russia is preparing for the next stage of its offensive in Ukraine, a Ukrainian military official said, after Moscow said its forces would step up military operations in ...
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Ukrainska Pravda on MSNUkrainian forces repel 46 Russian assaults on Pokrovsk front over past day – Ukraine's General StaffA total of 154 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day. The most intense fighting was on the Pokrovsk front, where Ukrainian defenders repelled 46 assaults. Russian forces conducted 20 attacks on the Lyman front and 23 on the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in Russia's Kursk Oblast.