Last Updated:November 16, 2025, 17:48 IST The Russian Ministry of Defence announced via Telegram that its soldiers had captured Rivnopillia and Mala Tokmachka, located in the Zaporizhzhia region Destroyed buildings in the frontline town of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region. (AFP photo) Russia on Sunday claimed to have captured two villages in southern Ukraine, as its forces…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Wednesday that Russian troops have surrounded Ukrainian forces in two key eastern cities of Ukraine and offered to negotiate a deal for their surrender. Ukrainian military officials vigorously denied the claim. Putin, speaking at a meeting with wounded soldiers at a Moscow military hospital, suggested that…
(Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Ukrainian forces were inflicting heavy losses in a counteroffensive in eastern Donetsk region, the main theatre of the more than 3-1/2 years of war in Ukraine. Zelenskiy’s account, based on a report by Ukraine’s top commander, contrasted with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin’s address to senior Russian officers…
(Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Ukrainian forces had advanced in border districts of northern Sumy region, an area where Russian troops have tried for months to establish a foothold. Zelenskiy, speaking in his nightly video address, also quoted Ukraine’s top commander as saying Moscow’s forces had suffered significant losses in Donetsk and…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An emboldened Russia has ramped up military offensives on two fronts in Ukraine, scattering Kyiv’s precious reserve troops and threatening to expand the fighting to a new Ukrainian region as each side seeks an advantage before the fighting season wanes in the autumn. Moscow aims to maximize its territorial gains before…
SUMY, Ukraine—Russian forces are just 12 miles from this northern Ukrainian regional capital, a new target for Moscow, as the Kremlin presses its manpower advantage at a growing number of places along the front. PREMIUM Russia Amasses 50,000 Troops Around Sumy, Putting Ukraine in Precarious Position Having almost entirely ejected Ukrainian forces from the Russian Kursk…