The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

A Russian missile attack killed two people and blew out apartment windows in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Saturday, city council official Anatoly Kurtev said. Earlier in the day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited “advanced positions” of Ukraine’s special forces near Bakhmut, the eastern city that Russian forces…

Blindness to Russian colonialism distorts Westerners’ view of the Ukraine war

These are the main developments as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its 521st day.

Russian missile strike on Dnipro injures nine and partially destroys apartment block; Moscow says it shot down Ukrainian missiles in southern Russia

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Official state holiday moved to December 25

A new push for the counteroffensive; business brisk at surrogacy clinics in Ukraine

Russian troops have mounted fierce assaults in Ukraine’s northeastern Kupiansk region, located at the northern end of the country’s 600-mile front line. While Moscow’s troops have reportedly gained some ground, military experts caution against calling this a full-blown offensive.