Ukraine crisis

Ousted Ukraine defense chief Fedorov calls for wartime elections in challenge to Zelensky

While Fedorov did not say in his address that he would compete in any election, a recent poll indicated the ex-minister would comfortably beat Zelensky in a runoff vote.

 Minister of Defence of Ukraine Mykhailo Albertovych Fedorov is welcome by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (Unseen) prior to a bilateral meeting in the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarters, on June 18, 2026 in Brussels, Belgium.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky arriving to the US.

Zelensky aims to get ballistic missile defenses, strategic cooperation during meeting with Trump

A member of the Lava Unmanned Systems Regiment, Norman, poses for a photograph with a Bulava strike drone, a kamikaze UAV capable of carrying a 3.5-kilogram payload with a range of up to 100 kilometers in Kharkiv region, Ukraine.

Ukraine agrees to export drones to US for Pentagon plan, source says

Ukraine launches TrophyLab for captured Russian equipment

Ukraine launches TrophyLab to share technical data from captured Russian equipment


Russian missile strike on cafe and shop kills 51 in Ukraine, Kyiv says

Officials posted footage of rescue workers clambering through smoldering rubble. Bodies lay alongside slabs of concrete and twisted metal.

Firefighters work at a site of a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Hroza, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 5, 2023.

Ukraine's occupied regions want to join Russia, Vladimir Putin claims

In a video address released on the anniversary of Russia's controversial announcement it was annexing 4 parts of Ukraine, Putin said the choice to join Russia was reinforced by local elections.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Denis Pushilin, Moscow-installed acting leader of the Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine's Donetsk region, in Moscow, Russia August 24, 2023.

In Kharkiv, rockets fail to dampen Jewish Rosh Hashanah spirit

Rosh Hashanah celebrations across Ukraine

Russia strikes Ukraine's Odesa with Iranian kamikaze drones, missiles

Russia launched six Iranian-made Shahed drones and 10 cruise missiles, with Ukraine's forces destroying six drones and six missiles before they hit their target, the Air Force said.

An Iranian Shahed 171 drone dropping a bomb as part of a military exercise in the Gulf, in Iran

Ukraine collects Russian bodies on 'road of death'

Russia and Ukraine have conducted regular exchanges of prisoners of war, as well as the bodies of dead soldiers, since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

 Ukrainian servicemen check the body of a dead Russian soldier, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Blahodatne in Donetsk Region Ukraine September 8, 2023.

Israelis flock to Ukraine's Uman despite concerns of Russian strikes

Ahead of Rosh Hashanah Israelis take trains from Poland to reach Uman in Ukraine.

 People line up to reach Ukraine on a train, some of them Israelis and Jews from around the world seeking to get to Uman ahead of Rosh Hashanah.

Ukraine retakes offshore drilling platforms near Crimea

During the operation there was a clash between Ukrainian special forces on boats and a Russian fighter jet, which was damaged and forced to retreat.

 Tanks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are seen during drills at an unknown location near the border of Russian-annexed Crimea, Ukraine, April 14, 2021.

Israeli trauma expert visits Kyiv at the invitation of first lady Olena Zelenska

The founder and director of Jerusalem’s Israel Psychotrauma Center shares experiences of civilian and military trauma during the ongoing Middle East conflict.

 Danny Brom speaking at the summit.

Ukrainian Catholic bishops rebuke pope over his Russia comments

The bishops' statement said they told the pope that certain statements and gestures of "the Holy See and Your Holiness are painful and difficult for the Ukrainian people."

 Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 29, 2023.

Deadly market attack in Ukraine overshadows visit by Blinken

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the attack, saying it killed at least 16 people, including a child, and wounded many more.

 Flames rise and people run during an attack on the city of Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine, September 6, 2023, according to presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak, in this still image from video obtained from social media.