The Latest Breaking News from Mykola Bielieskov

For months, Vladimir Putin's forces have hammered Ukraine's power grid with drone and missile attacks, leaving millions of civilians living in squalid, freezing conditions. But in a forest near Kyiv, a platoon of soldiers in World War II-era trenches is fighting back.

The potential addition of Patriot missile defense batteries to Ukraine’s arsenal comes as Kyiv and Moscow both face a critical question with the war in its 10th month: Can they secure enough missiles and artillery through winter to prevail?

WASHINGTON: The war in Ukraine may be entering a new stage as long-range rocket systems supplied by the US disrupt Russia’s grinding advance in the eastern Donbas region, and open the door for a possible counteroffensive.

The war in Ukraine may be entering a new stage as long-range rocket systems supplied by the U.S. disrupt Russia’s grinding advance in the eastern Donbas region, and open the door for a possible counteroffensive.

Russian troops are making steady progress in Ukraine’s east on the back of more-concentrated artillery and air power, now controlling almost all of the Luhansk region and threatening to encircle thousands of Ukraine’s most experienced troops.

KYIV: In the mythology of Ukraine's resistance against Russia's invading forces, light-footed infantry armed only with shoulder-fired anti-tank missiles from the US and Europe have played the starring role. Yet that's only part of a story where old-fashioned artillery is helping create decisive wins.