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News Articles: Series: The Ukraine invasion, explained

A damaged home in the town of Sudzha, about 6 miles inside Russia, where Ukraine is waging an offensive on the Russia side of the border. The photo was released by the acting governor of the Kursk region, Alexei Smirnov, on his Telegram channel. The surprise Russian attack began Tuesday and ongoing fighting was reported for a fourth day Friday.

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  • Europe

Ukraine presses offensive inside Russia as Moscow scrambles to respond

Video on social media shows long lines of Russia civilians driving out of villages to escape the fighting. Some plead for help from Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying they fear for their lives.

August 09, 2024
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By:
  • Greg Myre
As Ukrainian forces staged an incursion into western Russia, this house was damaged in the town of Sudzha. The photo was released by the acting governor of Kursk region, Alexei Smirnov, on his Telegram channel on Tuesday. Russian military officials say some 1,000 Ukrainian troops have entered Russia.

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  • Europe

In a surprise attack, Ukraine sends a large force into western Russia

Ukrainian soldiers appear to be several miles inside Russia’s Kursk region, where they are in several villages. Russia’s top military official says some 1,000 Ukrainian troops are taking part.

August 08, 2024
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By:
  • Greg Myre
FILE - An F-16 fighter lands at a Turkish air base in the Central Anatolian Turkish city of Konya on Sept. 8, 2004. Norway said Wednesday, July 10, 2024, it will donate six F-16 in the course of 2024 to Ukraine because Kyiv's “ability to defend itself against attacks from the air is absolutely crucial in its defensive battle against Russia.”

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  • Europe

Report: Ukraine receives first batch of U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets

Ukraine has long sought the U.S.-made warplanes, saying they're needed to counter Russia's superior air power. Four NATO members have pledged F-16s, though it wasn't clear who sent them, or how many.

August 01, 2024
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By:
  • Greg Myre
Oleksii Kharkivskyi, the chief of the patrol police of Vovchansk, in his police car in an undisclosed location in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, on May 26.

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  • World

Near Ukraine's front line, a devastated community takes stock after Russian advances

For the last 10 weeks, a battle has raged for a small northeastern Ukrainian border town just five miles from Russia. After delays, Western military aid helped stall Russia's assault.

July 20, 2024
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Polina Lytvynova,
  • and 1 more
A group of <em>novachky</em>, female campers ages 6-11, stand at attention for a photograph, along with their two <em>sestrichky</em>, or "sisters" who serve as female counselors. Marching drills are a daily activity at camp.

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  • World

How Ukrainian scouting culture thrives in the woods of western New York state

Every July, campers, counselors and administrators gather on 84 acres of hilly woods in the woods of western New York state that has been home to a Ukrainian summer camp called “Novyi Sokil” since 1950.

July 20, 2024
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By:
  • Andrea Wenglowskyj
Scenes of destruction at the Factor Druk printing house, one of Ukraine's largest, can be seen days after it was hit in a Russian missile attack, on May 27.

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  • Europe

Ukraine's bookstores are thriving, but a top printing plant took a deadly hit

Ukraine's bookstores have expanded despite the war, fueled by interest in works by Ukrainian writers, some who have been killed by Russian forces. But a Russian missile struck a top printing plant.

July 18, 2024
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Polina Lytvynova,
  • and 1 more
Andrii Denysenko, CEO of design and production bureau "UkrPrototyp," stands by Odyssey, an 800-kilogram (1,750-pound) ground drone prototype, at a cornfield in northern Ukraine on June 28, 2024. Facing manpower shortages and uneven international assistance, Ukraine is counting heavily on innovation at home to halt Russia’s incremental but pounding advance in the east.

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  • Europe

Ukrainian startups are creating a low-cost robot army to fight Russia

An ecosystem of labs in hundreds of secret workshops is leveraging innovation to create a robot army that Ukraine hopes will kill Russian troops and save its own wounded soldiers and civilians.

July 15, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Ksenia Karelina, also known by the last name of Khavana, sits in a defendant’s cage in a court in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on June 20, 2024. The dual Russian-U.S. citizen was arrested on treason charges in Yekaterinburg in February after returning from Los Angeles to visit relatives. The charges reportedly stem from her $51 donation to a U.S. charity that helps Ukraine.

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  • Europe

Treason and espionage cases are rising in Russia since the war in Ukraine began

Treason cases have been rare in Russia in the last 30 years, with a handful annually. But since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, they have skyrocketed, along with espionage prosecutions.

July 14, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
<em>Neak, a 43-year-old Ukrainian graffiti artist, mixes green paint at a workshop in Kyiv, Ukraine. His ETC graffiti crew works to camouflage cars to be sent east to the front line of the war with Russia.</em>

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  • World

How these Ukrainian artists are using their talents to support the war effort

From graffiti artists painting camo on cars to dancers raising money for the army, this is a look at how young Ukrainians use their creative talents to support the country against Russia's invasion.

July 10, 2024
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By:
  • Natalie Keyssar
Emergency workers respond at the Okhmatdyt children's hospital hit by Russian missiles, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday.

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  • Europe

Russia strikes a children's hospital in Kyiv and other sites across Ukraine

A barrage of Russian missiles hit Ukrainian cities Monday, killing at least 36 people and injuring more than 149, and destroying a large children’s hospital in Kyiv, the state emergency service said.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Kateryna Malofieieva,
  • and 1 more
In this photo issued by the Hungarian prime minister's press office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán hold a meeting in Kyiv on Tuesday.

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  • Europe

Hungary's Orbán in Kyiv for talks with Zelenskyy in first visit since the war began

The visit comes the day after Hungary took over the rotating six-month presidency of the European Union, a position that has little real power but can be used to set the tone of the bloc's agenda.

July 02, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Debris at the site of a missile attack on a hardware superstore that killed 19 people in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 26.

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  • World

Ukraine's Kharkiv has withstood Russia's relentless strikes. Locals fear what's next

While some have fled Ukraine's second-largest city, others remain, even performing a classical music festival in defiance of the war.

June 21, 2024
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Polina Lytvynova,
  • and 1 more
Firefighters try to put out a fire after two guided bombs hit the Epicenter shopping complex in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, May 25, 2024. The sign reads "Garden Center."

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  • Europe

Russia wages a scorched-earth war in Ukraine with retrofitted bombs and new airstrips

Russia has accelerated its destruction of Ukraine's front-line cities in 2024 to a scale previously unseen in the war using glide bombs and an expanding network of airstrips just across the border.

June 20, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is welcomed by Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the G7 Summit on June 13.

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  • Politics

G7 agrees to loan Ukraine $50 billion from the interest on frozen Russian assets

G7 leaders are meeting in Puglia, Italy, this week. At the top of their agenda: the tricky details of how to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.

June 13, 2024
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
A Ukrainian soldier takes part in a military training with French troops at a military training compound in Poland on April 4.

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  • World

The war in Ukraine will likely intensify this summer. Here's what to know

Fighting in the Russia-Ukraine war has tended to pick up in summer, when it's warmer, drier and easier for both sides to maneuver. Here are five key regions and themes to know in the months ahead.

June 13, 2024
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By:
  • Jeongyoon Han
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