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News Articles: Russia Ukraine

A woman with a bouquet of flowers walks past a high-rise residential building heavily damaged by a Russian drone strike in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 25, 2025.

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Russia thought it would take days to seize Ukraine. 4 years later, war is still raging

Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine four years ago, and the fighting continues. Here's a look at where the war stands today.

February 24, 2026
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis and
  • Charles Maynes
Sgt. Misha Varvarych, 28, an 80th Airborne Assault Brigade commander delights in the ocean waters of Daytona Beach FL on January 28, 2023.  To live with joy and hope has become a weapon against war.

He faces a profound new battle - to walk again. 

He and his fiancé Ira Botvynska, 19, traveled to the US to receive rehabilitation and state-of-the-art prosthetics with assistance from the nonprofit Revived Soldiers Ukraine.  They navigate an altered destiny after he lost both legs fighting during the Russian…

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  • World

Ukraine's combat amputees cling to hope as a weapon of war

Along with a growing number of war-wounded amputees, Mykhailo Varvarych and Iryna Botvynska are navigating an altered destiny after Varvarych lost both his legs during the Russian invasion.

February 22, 2026
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By:
  • Carol Guzy
Protesters hold placards at a small demonstration held by Ukrainians, Russians and Kenyans against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in front of the Russian Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, on Feb. 26, 2022.

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  • World

1,000 Kenyans were recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine, intelligence report says

A new Kenyan intelligence report said the Kenyans were recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine after being misled with false promises of jobs in Russia before being sent to the front lines.

February 19, 2026
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych holds his crash helmet as he stands outside the sliding center at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Thursday.

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  • Europe

Ukrainians rally in support of Olympian Vladyslav Heraskevych, banned for his helmet

Ukrainians are uniting in solidarity with Olympic skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych after he was disqualified for wearing a helmet with images of Ukrainian athletes killed during Russia's invasion.

February 12, 2026
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By:
  • Polina Lytvynova
President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands at the start of a joint news conference following a meeting at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, in Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday.

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  • World

The U.S. offers Ukraine a 15-year security guarantee for now, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the United States is offering his country security guarantees for 15 years as part of a proposed peace plan.

December 29, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
This handout photograph, taken on Nov. 12 by the press service of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, shows an aerial view of destroyed buildings in the front-line town of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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  • Europe

Ukraine's last eastern strongholds hang on as Russia fights to take Donbas

Russia is pushing to take over all of eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, where one resident tells NPR that she feels her "life depends on how our guys at the front hold on."

December 09, 2025
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis
Combat medic Olena Ivanenko, 44, whose military call sign is "Ryzh," takes a break from the front line in the northeastern city of Sumy, Ukraine, earlier this year.

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  • Europe

'No turning back': More and more Ukrainian women join the army to fight Russia

An increasing number of women are joining the Ukrainian military, with thousands serving in front line roles, as Russia's war on Ukraine nears its fourth year — with no peace in sight.

November 11, 2025
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Tetiana Burianova,
  • and 1 more
A Ukrainian man displays a military drone known as the Mini Shark at an arms conference in Lviv, Ukraine, on Aug. 28. The event highlighted Ukraine's rapidly growing weapons industry, and was held in an underground parking garage so it could not be interrupted by one of Russia's frequent airstrikes.

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  • World

With no guarantee of U.S. weapons, Ukraine races to make its own

President Trump is sounding more supportive of Ukraine. But he still isn't pledging military aid for the country. As a result, Ukraine is producing as many of its own weapons as it can.

September 30, 2025
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  • Greg Myre
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the 80th session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.

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  • World

Ukraine's Zelenskyy issues a stark warning about a global arms race and AI war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the U.N. General Assembly a day after President Trump made another shift in his stance on Russia's war in Ukraine.

September 24, 2025
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By:
  • Alex Leff
Andriy Khrystiuk exercises during a CrossFit class at the Lviv Habilitation Center where he's staying to recover from mental trauma that he is experiencing as a result of serving in Ukraine's military.

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  • World

How to reintegrate over a million veterans? Groups in Ukraine are working on it

Many Ukrainian war veterans have physical and mental trauma, and struggle to return to civilian life. Here is a look at some groups trying to help ease them back into the community.

September 23, 2025
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By:
  • Claire Harbage and
  • Ross Peleh
Protesters hold placards during a demonstration in Parliament Square in London, demanding the release of Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia and an end to Russian aggression in Ukraine. The Ukrainian government has insisted that the return of children from Russia be part of any peace deal with the country.

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  • Europe

Russia gives Ukrainian kids military training and reeducation, Yale researchers find

The Yale Humanitarian Research Lab says Russia's network of sites for Ukrainian children is larger than previously thought, and programs includes military training for children as young as 8.

September 17, 2025
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  • Joanna Kakissis
Ukrainians take shelter in a subway station in Kyiv early Thursday as Russia unleashed one of its largest airstrikes of the war. Russia fired more than 600 drones and missiles, according to the Ukraine military. Most targeted western Ukraine, where a U.S. electronics factory was hit.

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  • Europe

A Russian airstrike hits a U.S. factory in western Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Russian cruise missile hit a U.S. electronics plant in the far west of Ukraine. The strike was part of an overnight barrage of more than 600 drones and missiles.

August 21, 2025
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  • Greg Myre
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff shake hands during their meeting in Moscow, Wednesday.

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  • World

Trump says Putin and Witkoff made 'great progress' in their meeting in Russia

President Trump and the Kremlin both had positive takes after White House envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

August 06, 2025
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By:
  • Charles Maynes
Ukrainians have made a makeshift memorial outside an apartment building in the capital, Kyiv, that was hit by a Russian airstrike on July 31. A combined missile and drone attack killed more than 30 civilians and wounded more than 150 in the city that day.

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  • World

4 European countries agree to buy a combined $1 billion in U.S. weapons for Ukraine

The weapons include U.S. missiles for Patriot air defense systems already in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also said he had a "productive" call with President Trump.

August 05, 2025
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  • Greg Myre
Iryna Schestova, 50, and her daughter, Liia Kazakova, 26, sit in the living room of a friend's home in Horenychi, a suburb of Kyiv, Ukraine. Kazakova is staying in the home instead of with her mother because she can't sleep at night listening to the sounds of war from her mother's apartment in central Kyiv.

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  • Europe

Millions of Ukrainians abroad hope to return home once Russia's invasion ends

Some Ukrainians have already returned after fleeing Russia's invasion, and almost half of the more than 5 million still abroad want to, according to a survey this year.

August 02, 2025
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By:
  • Claire Harbage and
  • Ross Peleh
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