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At least 24 dead after Russia air strike kills Ukrainians collecting their pensions

The bomb hit the Donetsk region village of Yarova at around 11 a.m. local time, authorities said

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025

Russia launches huge drone-and-missile attack on Ukraine after prisoner swap

Russia hit Ukraine with the largest single aerial attack of the more than three-years-long war

The Independent UK · May 25, 2025

Ukraine, Gaza and #MeToo in the spotlight as Cannes Film Festival opens

The Cannes Film Festival opens on Tuesday, with stars of world cinema from Juliette Binoche to Tom Cruise expected on the red carpet. Glitz and glamour aside, this year's event highlights the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, as well as sexual harassment in the film industry – as one of…

Radio France Internationale · May 13, 2025

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine expects ‘record number’ of Russian drone attacks this winter – as it happened

Spokesman for air force says country has already seen more than 500 Iranian-designed Shahed drones in September alone

The Guardian - AU · Oct 8, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 580

These are the main developments as the war enters its 580th day.

Al Jazeera · Sep 26, 2023

Israeli Lawmakers Express Support For Kyiv After Dam Collapse

The co-chairs of the Israel-Ukraine Parliamentary Friendship Group sent a letter to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 

Zenger · Jun 8, 2023

With Russian forces closing in, Ukrainians made a deadly gamble to escape Bakhmut

On a mud-covered, shrapnel-dented minibus, 21-year-old Svyat unloads his latest round of civilians evacuated from the besieged Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. Once they're safely off, he'll turn around and make the deadly journey again.

ABC News · Mar 4, 2023

Russia steps up hostilities to deplete Ukraine's forces - Kyiv

Russia is intensifying hostilities in Ukraine a year after its invasion in a deliberate attempt to deplete Ukrainian forces, the Ukrainian military said on Thursday.

Reuters · Feb 23, 2023

Trudy Rubin: In four decades covering wars, I've never seen anything like Ukraine

It was a war plan no one even tried to keep secret.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Sep 15, 2022