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Russia hits Ukraine's power grid with a 'massive' attack on a day marking the WWII defeat of Nazism

May. 08, 2024 07:23 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces unleashed a nighttime barrage of more than 50 cruise missiles and explosive drones at Ukraine’s power grid Wednesday, targeting a wide area in what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called a “massive” attack on the day the country celebrates the defeat of...

Grit, humor, grief and gloom mix as Ukrainians face a dangerous new phase in the war

May. 08, 2024 00:25 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Paintbrush in hand, Anastasiya Sereda is working on a painting of a chubby-faced panda in the uniform of a Ukrainian soldier. Propped on her easel is the reason why – a photo of her boyfriend Bohdan, a burly serviceman with a gentle smile. ...

Ukraine says it foiled a Russian spy agency plot to assassinate President Zelenskyy

May. 07, 2024 08:47 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian counterintelligence investigators have foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top military and political figures, Ukraine’s state security service said Tuesday. Two colonels in the State Guard of Ukraine, which...

Russia warns Britain and plans nuclear drills over the West's possible deepening role in Ukraine

May. 06, 2024 14:28 PM EDT

Russia on Monday threatened to strike British military facilities and said it would hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid sharply rising tensions over comments by senior Western officials about possibly deeper involvement in the war in Ukraine. After...

Ukraine marks its third Easter at war as it comes under fire from Russian drones and troops

May. 05, 2024 13:25 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Ukraine marked its third Easter at war, Russia on Sunday launched a barrage of drones concentrated in Ukraine’s east, wounding more than a dozen people, and claimed its troops took control of a village they had been targeting. Ukraine’s air force said...

Russia puts Ukrainian President Zelenskyy on its wanted list

May. 04, 2024 16:47 PM EDT

Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database. As of Saturday afternoon, both Zelenskyy and his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, featured on the ministry's list of people...

Drone footage shows Ukrainian village battered to ruins as residents flee Russian advance

May. 04, 2024 13:34 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian village of Ocheretyne has been battered by fighting, drone footage obtained overnight by The Associated Press shows. The village has been a target for Russian forces in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. Russian troops have been advancing in...

Damaged in war, a vibrant church in Ukraine rises as a symbol of the country's faith and culture

May. 03, 2024 18:54 PM EDT

LYPIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — This Orthodox Easter season, an extraordinary new church is bringing spiritual comfort to war-weary residents of the Ukrainian village of Lypivka. Two years ago, it also provided physical refuge from the horrors outside. Almost 100 residents sheltered in a...

The Kremlin brands comments on Ukraine by France's Macron and Britain's Cameron as 'dangerous'

May. 03, 2024 08:13 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Recent statements by France’s president and Britain’s foreign secretary about the war in Ukraine are “dangerous” and will deepen international tension around the conflict, the Kremlin’s spokesman said Friday. French President Emmanuel Macron, in an...

Send us Patriots: Ukraine's battered energy plants seek air defenses against Russian attacks

May. 02, 2024 21:14 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At a Ukrainian power plant repeatedly hit by Russian aerial attacks, equipment department chief Oleh has a one-word answer when asked what Ukraine’s battered energy industry needs most: “Patriot.” Ukrainian energy workers are struggling to repair the...