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New NATO chief Mark Rutte visits Ukraine in his first trip since taking office
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte visited Ukraine on Thursday in his first official trip since taking office and pledging the alliance's continued support for Kyiv in its war with Russia. Rutte met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv as air...
The fall of Vuhledar is a microcosm of Ukraine's wartime predicament
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The fall of a front-line town nestled atop a tactically significant hill is unlikely to change the course of Ukraine’s war against Russia. But the loss underscores Kyiv’s worsening position, in part the result of firm Western red lines, military officials and analysts...
A likely Russian artillery strike kills at least 6 at a Ukrainian market
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An apparent Russian artillery strike hit a market in the southern Ukraine city of Kherson on Tuesday, killing at least six people and wounding three others, authorities said, on a morning when Ukrainians across the country were observing a minute’s silence for their...
Navigating US presidential politics, Zelenskyy met Trump and Harris. Now comes a harder part
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is back home leading Ukraine’s fight against Russia after a U.S. trip that brought him face to face with the American leaders who will help decide his country’s future. The Biden administration pledged more than $8 billion in...
Russia proposes record defense spending as it pursues victory in the Ukraine war
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian government wants to earmark 32.5% of its spending next year for defense, a record amount and up from a reported 28.3% this year, as Moscow seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine. The government’s draft budget released Monday proposes spending just...
Russia downs over 100 Ukrainian drones in one of the largest barrages of the war
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 100 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russia Sunday, officials said, sparking a wildfire and setting an apartment block alight in one of the largest barrages seen over Russian skies since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Russia’s Ministry...
Russia invokes its nuclear capacity in a UN speech that's full of bile toward the West
Russia’s top diplomat warned Saturday against “trying to fight to victory with a nuclear power,” delivering a U.N. General Assembly speech packed with condemnations of what Russia sees as Western attempts at global domination and machinations in Ukraine -- and even inside the United Nations...
Russian strikes on a medical center kill 9 people in the Ukrainian city of Sumy
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two consecutive Russian attacks on a medical center in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Saturday killed at least nine people, officials said. The first strike killed one person. Russia attacked again while patients and staff were evacuating, said...
The Latest: Harris heads to US-Mexico border and Trump meets with Zelenskyy
Vice President Kamala Harris was making her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump met in New York with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Harris was scheduled to appear in Douglas,...
Trump and Zelenskyy meet in New York as election holds high stakes for US support for Ukraine
NEW YORK (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met face-to-face with Donald Trump on Friday with public tensions rising between the two over Ukraine's defense against Russia's invasion and in the midst of the U.S. presidential election. “We both want to see this end, and...
