Get the latest developments in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war as allies in the West respond to the international conflict.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, speaking in Rome, said it would be “very, very serious” if the North Koreans were preparing to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine, as Kyiv has alleged. Read more
South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) also said it had been working with the Ukrainian intelligence service and had used facial recognition artificial intelligence technology to identify North Korean officers in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region supporting Russian forces firing North Korean missiles. Read more
Russia launched afull-scale invasion of its neighbor in 2022. Read more
Addressing leaders of the European Union’s 27 member countries at a summit in Brussels, Zelenskiy also called for more military aid for Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s invasion. Read more
The Kremlin on Thursday dismissed South Korean assertions that North Korea may have sent some military personnel to help Russia against Ukraine and might be weighing a bigger deployment. Read more
Vylkove, a small tourist and resort town, sits at the mouth of the Danube, and like in Italy’s Venice, canals replace roads and boats replace cars for local residents. Read more
A Ukrainian government source said Ukrainian hackers were responsible for the incident, which coincided with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 72nd birthday. Read more
Ukrainian commanders and military experts say it is now a war of attrition with each side trying to exhaust the other by inflicting maximum losses. Read more
Stephen Hubbard is accused of signing a $ 1,000-per-month contract with a Ukrainian territorial defense unit in the city of Izyum in February 2022. Read more
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Addressing the U.N. General Assembly, Sergei Lavrov took aim at backers of Ukraine who support Kyiv’s peace proposal. Read more
Harris, the Democratic candidate for president, spoke alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House, a day after Trump assailed him for not making a deal with Russia that Trump said could have ended the war. Read more
The aid includes the first shipment of a precision-guided glide bomb called the Joint Standoff Weapon, with a range of up to 81 miles. Read more
Kupol told the defense ministry in a subsequent update that it was able to produce drones including the G3 at scale at a factory in China so the weapons can be deployed in the “special military operation” in Ukraine, the term Moscow uses for the war. Read more
Zelensky has sought the support of Western leaders for what he calls a “victory plan” to end the war that began when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of his country in February 2022. Read more
“I think that we are closer to the peace than we think,” he was quoted as saying. “We are closer to the end of the war.” Read more
Kharkiv, 30 km (18 miles) from the Russian border, has been a frequent target of Moscow’s attacks since the Kremlin’s troops launched their February 2022 invasion of its smaller neighbor. Read more
Zelensky’s visit to attend sessions at the U.N. General Assembly in New York coincides with U.S. efforts to prepare a $375 million military aid package for Ukraine, breaking a months-long trend toward smaller packages for Kyiv’s military operations. Read more
The latest package comes at a crucial time in the war, as Russia pummels Ukraine’s energy grid ahead of the critical winter months. Read more
U.S. U.N. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said earlier the U.S. had seen the plan. “We think it lays out a strategy and a plan that can work,” she said. Read more
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been asking allies to allow Ukraine to use Western missiles deep into Russian territory to limit Moscow’s ability to launch attacks. Read more
Putin responded to reports that America and its allies were considering such a move by declaring that it would “mean that NATO countries — the United States and European countries — are at war with Russia.” Read more
