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WASHINGTON — The day before Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy swept into the United States and delivered an impassioned speech to Congress, he made a quiet phone call to one of the country’s most powerful Republicans: Mitch McConnell.

Russia's response this week to an attack on a critical Crimean bridge reflected the difference between the governments in Kyiv and Moscow.

(This Sept 29 story has been refiled to correct date)

A stunning Ukrainian counteroffensive in the northeastern region of Kharkiv will not on its own end the war instigated by Russia's invasion. But it is a "major operational defeat" for Russia, according to an analysis issued by the Institute for the Study of War, which adds that "Ukraine has turned…

After Ukraine's initial, inspiring victories over Russian invaders in Kyiv and other critical western and central cities, its intrepid military faces fierce fighting and significant setbacks in eastern Ukraine.

False narratives pushed by Tucker Carlson and key Republicans in Congress have been embraced and recycled by Moscow

'The NATO acronym stands for Never Act, Talk Only'

Throughout long decades of Cold War both sides kept up a formal engagement Vladimir Putin is now threatening to end, writes Andrew Buncombe

US cultural, sporting and business pressure on Russia is building as country’s attacks on Ukraine continue.