Anna tries to settle in Lviv with her toddler as she prepares for the birth of her son and her eventual return to combat. “I’m turning 30 tomorrow,” Anna says, beaming as Milena bounces up and down in a cot in their sun-drenched room on an afternoon in late July. “I don’t have relatives left except Milena and Ivan,” she …
Russia claimed on Sunday to have captured the strategic Ukrainian city of Lysychansk and the entire frontline Luhansk region as a mayor said six people were killed by Russian shelling to the west. The mayor of Sloviansk, 75 kilometres west of Lysychansk, reported the heaviest Russian shelling “for a long time,” saying that a child was among six people killed, …
After weeks of ferocious fighting, Ukrainian forces have begun retreating from a besieged city in the country's east to move to stronger positions, a regional official said on Friday, the four-month mark in Russia's invasion. Kyiv Mayor says Ukrainian troops have 'almost left' Sievierodonetsk The mayor of Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk said Ukrainian troops had "almost left" the strategic frontline city after …
Ukraine pleaded with Western governments on Wednesday to decide quickly on sending heavy weapons to shore up its faltering defences, as Russia said it would evacuate civilians from a frontline chemical plant. "Ukraine is really in a very critical situation and therefore, it's an urgent need to step up," Mr. Stoltenberg told journalists ahead of a gathering of NATO ministers. …