Russian missile strikes on Kharkiv kill 6, wound 11
Overall, Russia fired 32 Iranian-made Shahed drones and six missiles at Ukraine overnight, officials said. Read more
Russia Attacks Ukraine
Get the latest developments in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war as allies in the West respond to the international conflict.
Ukraine lowers conscription age to 25 to replenish troops
The new laws, which will also do away with some draft exemptions and create an online registry for recruits, might add around 50,000 troops to the military. Read more
Russia launches attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
The attack in Lviv destroyed a building and sparked a fire, Gov. Maksym Kozytskyi wrote on social media app Telegram. He said that rescue operations were being conducted. Read more
Zelenskyy fires more aides as Russia intensifies attacks
Russia unleashed a barrage of 38 missiles, 75 airstrikes and 98 attacks from multiple rocket launchers over the last 24 hours, Ukrainian officials said. Read more
Russia strikes Ukraine energy system with 99 drones, missiles
Air raid warnings rang out across the nation, with 10 Ukrainian regions coming under fire, the country’s interior minister, Ihor Klymenko, said. Read more
Ukraine: Third of Russian warships in the Black Sea destroyed, disabled
Ukraine’s Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk pledged that Ukraine will continue the strikes. Read more
Death toll in Moscow concert hall attack climbs over 130
U.S. agencies have confirmed that IS was responsible for the assault and that they had previously warned Moscow an attack could be imminent. Read more
South Korea: North Korea supplied 7,000 containers of munitions to Russia
Shin Won-sik shared the assessment at a news conference hours after the North fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern waters. Read more
Russia thwarts border incursion as Ukrainian shelling kills 2
Today’s attacks occurred as Russians entered the second day of voting in a presidential election that will extend Vladimir Putin’s rule by another six years. Read more
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Putin issues nuclear threat amid tensions
The Russian leader has repeatedly talked about his readiness to use nuclear weapons since invading Ukraine in February 2022. Read more
Russia: 234 Ukrainian fighters killed, incursion thwarted
The Russian Defense Ministry blamed the attack on the “Kyiv regime” and “Ukraine’s terrorist formations.” Read more
Russian military plane with 15 onboard crashes, officials say
A Russian military transport plane with 15 people on board crashed on Tuesday while taking off from an air base in western Russia, the Defense Ministry said. Read more
Pentagon to give Ukraine $300M in weapons amid low U.S. stockpile
The announcement comes as Ukraine is running dangerously low on munitions and efforts to get fresh funds for weapons have stalled in the House because of Republican opposition. Read more
Turkey’s Erdogan offers to host peace summit with Ukraine, Russia
Erdogan said at a news conference in Istanbul following his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he hoped Russia would be on board with Turkey’s offer. Read more
Sweden officially joins NATO, ending decades of neutrality
President Joe Biden congratulated Sweden on its admission and said it was a sign that Russia’s intervention in Ukraine had united, rather than divided, the alliance Read more
Putin: Western troop deployment risks nuclear war
Putin’s warning came in a state-of-the-nation address ahead of next month’s election he’s all but certain to win. Read more
Ukraine: Delays in promised Western military aid costs lives
Speaking at the “Ukraine. Year 2024” forum in Kyiv, Rustan Umerov said that each delayed aid shipment meant Ukrainian troop losses, and underscored Russia’s superior military might. Read more
Zelenskyy: 31K Ukrainian troops killed since Russia’s invasion
Zelenskyy said that the number was far lower than estimates given by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government. Read more
Body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny returned to his mother
Western nations have hit Russia with more sanctions as punishment for Navalny’s death as well as for the second anniversary of its invasion of Ukraine. Read more
Honolulu Hale to be illuminated in blue and yellow in support of Ukraine
Honolulu Hale is being lit up in blue and yellow from sunset today through sunrise Sunday to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine to commemorate the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of their sovereign territory. Read more
U.S. and E.U. pile new sanctions on Russia
They come on the heels of a series of new arrests and indictments announced by the Justice Department on Thursday that target Russian businessmen. Read more
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