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Live Updates: Ukraine Warns of Russian Missile Buildup in Belarus
A top military commander cited the placement of missiles 15 miles from Ukraine’s northern border. The warning came as Russia’s operations in the south were undermined by Tuesday’s blasts in Crimea, which a Ukrainian official said were the work of an elite military unit.
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In Ukraine, Ravers Clean Up Rubble (to a Beat)
YAHIDNE, Ukraine — They put on their pink, orange and green sunglasses again. Out of the closets came high platform shoes, short black skirts, leather leggings and metal jewelry. They were hip, young and beautiful, and ready to party on a recent balmy summer evening in a dramatic setting — a bombed-out ruin of a…
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Live Updates: Ukraine Claims Strike on Russian Mercenary Base
Reports of a strike in the Luhansk region of Ukraine’s east emerged on Sunday night. In the Kherson region in the south, Russia has withstood a barrage of Ukrainian attacks, but little territory has exchanged hands.
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Russia’s War in Ukraine: Live Updates
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, along the banks of the Dnipro River, is occupied by Russian forces.Credit…David Guttenfelder for The New York Times ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Artillery fire resumed on Sunday from the direction of a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, with shells streaking into a town from which the Ukrainian army has been…
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With New Weaponry, Ukraine Is Subtly Shifting Its War Strategy
KYIV, Ukraine — Despite suffering grievous losses over nearly six months of war, Russia still holds a distinct advantage over Ukraine in a head-to-head fight featuring brutal artillery battles. But Ukraine’s military has achieved some new battlefield success, waging the war on its own terms. Supplied with a growing arsenal of long-range Western weapons and…
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Russia’s War in Ukraine: Live Updates
A Ukrainian artillery unit firing toward Russian infantry troops advancing around the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovske on Wednesday.Credit…David Guttenfelder for The New York Times As the war drags on, Ukraine has managed to hold off Russian gains for the past month thanks in large part to continued support from the United States and its…
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Shelling of Ukraine Nuclear Plant Raising Fears and Outrage
KYIV, Ukraine — In the early days of the war in Ukraine, Russian troops seized control of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant after a fierce battle that included shrapnel hitting the containment structure of Reactor No. 1. The resulting fire was quickly extinguished, a thick wall prevented a breach, and in the ensuing five months…
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Russia’s War in Ukraine: Live Updates
A Ukrainian artillery unit firing from a frontline position near the town of Bakhmut on Wednesday.Credit…David Guttenfelder for The New York Times BAKHMUT, Ukraine — Ukrainian soldiers scurried around the howitzer in a field one recent morning. In a flurry of activity, one man lugged a 106-pound explosive shell from a truck to the gun.…
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Crimea Blast Damage Appears Worse Than Russia Claimed: Ukraine War News
Video Ukraine claimed responsibility for a rare attack on a Russian air base in the occupied Crimean Peninsula.CreditCredit…Reuters ODESA, Ukraine — Damage from a series of explosions at a Russian air base in Crimea appeared to be greater than the Kremlin has described, as officials on the Russia-occupied peninsula on Wednesday declared a state of…
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In a Summer of Feints, Russia and Ukraine Try to Predict Enemy’s Next Move
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — At one point on the front line, Ukrainian soldiers advanced by creeping on their bellies 50 yards at a time, digging new trenches at every stop. Elsewhere, soldiers with the 93rd Brigade captured about three miles of wheat fields — and a Russian tank. Another unit liberated a village last week. Out…
