US believes Iran has transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia, AP sources say
The United States has informed allies that it believes Iran has transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia for its war in Ukraine.
Zelenskyy presses US military leaders to let Ukraine strike deeper in Russia
Ukraine's president has told U.S. and allied military leaders meeting in Germany that his country needs the ability to strike deep within Russia now.
Pentagon leaders head to Germany for talks on Ukraine military aid
Top U.S. military leaders will be in Germany to discuss Ukraineโs wartime needs as Russia has conducted one of its deadliest airstrikes in the conflict and Ukraine presses its offensive in Russiaโs Kursk region.
Surprise exit: Resignations from Ukrainian government include nation's top diplomat
A spate of resignations from the Ukrainian government came with one major surprise: the departure of the highly regarded foreign minster.
Ukrainian foreign minister resigns ahead of expected reshuffling of government leaders
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, one of Ukraineโs most recognizable faces on the international stage, has submitted his resignation ahead of an expected reshuffling of government leaders.
Russian strike kills at least 41 people, wounds 180 others in Ukraine, President Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian officials say two Russian ballistic missiles blasted a military academy and nearby hospital in Ukraine, killing more than 50 people and wounding more than 200 others.
UN nuclear watchdog warns conditions 'very fragile' at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia power plant
The head of the United Nationsโ nuclear watchdog has described the situation at Europeโs largest nuclear power plant as โvery fragileโ following fresh attacks near the site in central Ukraine.
Ukraine's children return to school as Russia launches drones and ballistic missiles at Kyiv
Ukraineโs air force says Russia launched an overnight barrage of drones and cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv as children prepared to return to school on Monday after summer vacation.
Ukrainian president fires air force commander after fatal F-16 crash
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired the commander of the countryโs air force after one of its Western-donated F-16 warplane crashed and the pilot died.
Ukraine says one of its Western-donated F-16 warplanes has crashed
Ukraine's military says that one of the handful of F-16 warplanes that Ukraine has received from its Western partners to help fight Russiaโs invasion has crashed.
A Russian missile hits the Ukrainian president's home city as it mourns deaths in an earlier attack
A Russian missile has slammed into Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyyโs home city.
Ukraine's children should see themselves as 'generation of winners' not war victims, first lady says
Ukraineโs first lady wants her countryโs children to view themselves not as a generation enduring a grinding war but rather as โa generation of winners.โ.
Ukraineโs daring offensive intensifies pressure on US to ease cautious approach to the war
Ukraineโs daring ground offensive has taken the fight to Russia, but not nearly as much as its leaders would like.
Ukraine counts on new long-range weapon to bypass Western restrictions and hit deep into Russia
Ukraine says it has a new homegrown long-range weapon that will allow it to strike deep into Russia without asking permission from allies.
Russia's deadly overnight barrage of missiles and drones hits over half of Ukraine
Russia battered much of Ukraine with scores of missiles and drones that officials say killed four people, injured more than a dozen, and damaged energy facilities.
Moscow and Kyiv swap prisoners of war as Ukraine marks independence anniversary
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged over 100 prisoners of war as Kyiv marked its third Independence Day since Moscowโs full-scale invasion.
Indian Prime Minister Modi offers to help 'as a friend' to bring peace to Ukraine
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered his role โas a friendโ to help bring peace to Ukraine in a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Zelenskyy makes 1st visit to border area where Ukrainian forces launched offensive into Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made his first visit to the border area where his forces launched their surprise offensive into Russia two weeks ago.
India's Modi visits Ukraine this week, after a recent trip to Moscow. Here's what it could mean
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a historic visit Friday to Ukraine.
Ukraine's parliament approves ban on Moscow-linked religious groups. One church is seen as a target
Ukraineโs parliament has banned the activities of religious groups tied to the Russian Orthodox Church or any other faith group supporting Russiaโs invasion.
Ukraine has destroyed or damaged all 3 bridges over Russia's Seym River, Russian sources say
Russian sources say Ukrainian forces have either destroyed or damaged all three of the bridges over the Seym River in western Russia as Kyivโs incursion enters its third week.
Ukrainian president says the push into Russia's Kursk region is to create a buffer zone there
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the daring military incursion into Russiaโs Kursk region aims to create a buffer zone.
Ukrainian forces left a path of destruction in the Kursk operation. AP visited a seized Russian town
A trail of destruction lies in the path that Ukrainian forces carved on their risky incursion into Russia, blasting through the border and into the Russian town of Sudzha.
Ukraine gambled on an incursion deep into Russian territory. The bold move changed the battlefield
Ukraineโs stunning incursion into Russiaโs Kursk border region was a bold gamble for the countryโs military commanders, who committed their limited resources to a risky assault on a nuclear-armed enemy with no assurance of success.
Ukraine says it has taken more ground and prisoners during its advance into Russia border region
Ukrainian forces are pushing on with their major cross-border incursion into Russiaโs Kursk region for a second week.
Top Ukrainian commander says his forces now control almost 390 square miles of Russia's Kursk region
Ukraineโs top military commander says his forces now control 1,000 square kilometers, or 386 square miles, of Russiaโs neighboring Kursk region.
Russia declares an emergency in Kursk, under attack by Ukraine. 14 die in a Russian strike on a mall
Russia has declared a โfederal-levelโ emergency in the Kursk region following a large-scale incursion from Ukraine and sent reinforcements there.
Russia says troops are battling to push Ukrainian forces back after cross-border incursion in Kursk
Russia's Defense Ministry says the country's troops are fighting Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region on the third day of one of the largest cross-border incursions of the war.
Ukraine's Zelenskyy displays newly arrived F-16 fighter jets to combat Russia in the air
Ukraineโs newly arrived F-16 fighter jets have been put on display by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said the planes will boost the countryโs war effort against Russia.
US will send $1.7 billion in military aid to Ukraine
The U.S. has announced that it will send $1.7 billion in military aid to Ukraine, including an array of munitions for air defense systems, artillery, mortars and anti-tank and anti-ship missiles.
Bidenโs withdrawal from the US presidential race spells new uncertainty for Ukraine
U.S. President Joe Bidenโs decision to end his campaign for reelection brings a new element of uncertainty for Ukraine.
Biden's withdrawal injects uncertainty into wars, trade disputes and other foreign policy challenges
Joe Bidenโs withdrawal from the U.S. presidential race injects greater uncertainty into the world at a time when Western leaders are grappling with wars in Ukraine and Gaza, a more assertive China in Asia and the rise of the far right in Europe.
Ukrainian former lawmaker killed in suspected assassination as civilians die in Russian airstrikes
A Ukrainian former lawmaker best known for her crusade to promote the Ukrainian language has died after being shot in the street by an unknown assailant.
Ukraine's Zelenskyy urges Britain to help it strike deeper inside Russia as he addresses UK Cabinet
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Britainโs new government to help Kyivโs forces attack deeper inside Russia to stop deadly missile strikes.
European leaders discuss migration and Ukraine at a UK summit as concern grows about direction of US
Leaders from across Europe are gathering at an English country mansion for a summit of the European Political Community.
Russia and Ukraine swap 95 prisoners of war each in their latest exchange
Ukraine and Russia have exchanged 95 prisoners of war each, three weeks after their last swap and as part of what have been occasional agreements to send captured troops home.
JD Vance charted a Trump-centric, populist path in Senate as he fought GOP establishment
Elevated into the national spotlight as former President Donald Trumpโs running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance has carved out a unique role in his short Senate career.
Ukraine needs 25 Patriot air defense systems and more F-16 warplanes, President Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country needs 25 Patriot air defense systems to fully defend its airspace and protect the entire country from Russian missile attacks.
Biden's supporters want to 'let Joe be Joe' โ but his stumbles are now under a bigger spotlight
President Joe Biden is on a public and private blitz to shake off concerns about his cognitive capacities.
US and South Korea sign joint nuclear deterrence guidelines in face of North Korean threats
The U.S. and South Korea signed new joint nuclear deterrence guidelines, weeks after North Korea and Russia struck a defense pact that raised concerns in the region about the Northโs growing nuclear threats.
The NATO summit was about Ukraine and Biden. Here are some key things to know
NATO leaders met this week to celebrate the allianceโs 75th anniversary under the cloud of deep political uncertainty in its most powerful member โ the United States.
Key takeaways from Biden's news conference: Insistence on staying in the race and flubbed names
Joe Biden faced a test Thursday that he had avoided so far this year โ a solo news conference with questions from the White House press corps.
Hungary's nationalist leader visits Trump at Mar-a-Lago following NATO summit
Hungaryโs nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orbรกn, has traveled to Florida and met with former President Donald Trump following a NATO summit in Washington.
Biden announces $225 million weapons package for Ukraine, including Patriot system
President Joe Biden has announced a new $225 million aid package for Ukraine, including a Patriot missile system to bolster its air defenses against a deadly onslaught of Russian airstrikes.
Zelenskyy says to win the war, US needs to lift limits on striking military targets inside Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is embracing the support of international allies even as he pushed for the help to arrive faster and restrictions to be lifted on the use of U.S. weapons to attack military targets inside Russia.
Ukraine is on an 'irreversible' path to NATO. But only after war with Russia ends
The 32-members of NATO are formally declaring that Ukraine is on an โirreversibleโ path to membership in the Western military alliance, offering a bare but more binding assurance of protection once its war with Russia ends.
NATO allies commit to sending dozens of air defense systems to Ukraine, including four Patriots
The U.S. and an array of other NATO allies will send Ukraine dozens of air defense systems in the coming months, including at least four of the powerful Patriot systems that Kyiv has been desperately seeking to help fight off Russian advances in the war.
Zelenskyy says the world cannot wait until the US election in November to take action to repel Putin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the world must not wait for November to drive back Russiaโs offensive against his country.
Ukraine mourns as rescuers search the rubble of a Kyiv children's hospital struck by a missile
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says rescue operations have stretched into a second day at a major Kyiv childrenโs hospital struck by a Russian missile.
Ukraine's Zelenskyy discusses further NATO support with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he expects the upcoming NATO summit to provide specific steps to strengthen his countryโs air defenses against Russia.
Russia's heaviest bombardment of Kyiv in 4 months kills at least 31 and hits a children's hospital
Russian missiles blasted cities across Ukraine, damaging the countryโs largest childrenโs hospital and other buildings in a fierce assault that interrupted heart surgeries and forced young cancer patients to take their treatments outdoors.
NATO leaders will vow to pour weapons into Ukraine for another year, but membership is off the table
NATO leaders plan to pledge to keep pouring arms and ammunition into Ukraine at current levels for at least another year.
Hungary's Orbรกn meets Putin for talks in Moscow in a rare visit by a European leader
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn has visited Moscow for a rare meeting by a European leader with Russian President Vladimir Putin and discussed peace proposals for Ukraine.
Election outcomes won't change its Ukraine support, says the UN General Assembly's president
The president of the U.N. General Assembly says it will keep standing up for Ukraineโs territorial integrity and sovereignty whatever the outcome of national elections across the globe this year, adding that no country has the right to invade another one.
Russian missiles and drones strike eastern Ukraine's Dnipro in a daylight attack that kills 5
Authorities say a Russian missile and drone attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro has killed five civilians and injured 47 others.
Defense Secretary Austin says the US will provide $2.3 billion more in military aid to Ukraine
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the U.S. will soon announce an additional $2.3 billion in security assistance for Ukraine, to include anti-tank weapons, interceptors and munitions for Patriot and other air defense systems.
Hungary's Russia-friendly leader is in Ukraine. It's his first visit since the war began
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn has made his first visit to neighboring Ukraine since Russiaโs full-scale invasion.
Trump says he can end the Russia-Ukraine war in one day. Russia's UN ambassador says he can't
Donald Trump has repeatedly said he can settle the war between Russia and Ukraine in one day if heโs elected president again.
Zelenskyy appeals to West to relax targeting limits for Ukraine as glide bombs hammer front line
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia dropped more than 800 glide bombs in Ukraine in the past week alone and appealed to Western countries to further relax targeting restrictions inside Russia.
12 killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine. Rescue work continues at destroyed apartment building
Russian attacks across eastern Ukraine have killed at least 11 people while rescuers in the city of Dnipro dug through rubble after a Russian strike ripped through a nine-story residential building leaving one dead.
Takeaways from APโs report on Ukraineโs battle to defend its democracy in wartime
Ukraine has spent years trying to build a Western-style democracy, although not without some bumps along the way.
Ukraine spent years trying to build a Western-style democracy. Then Russia invaded the country
Ukraineโs battle to repel Russia is a fight for the countryโs survival as a Western-facing democracy.
Britain's Rishi Sunak struggles with missteps while trying to lift Conservatives ahead of elections
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has portrayed himself as thorough and evidence-led throughout his relatively brief political career but thereโs always been a nagging question over the keenness of his politcal antenna.
Ukraine's Zelenskyy visits front-line troops under pressure from Russia's onslaught in eastern areas
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his Commander in Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi have visited troops in the eastern Donetsk region who have weathered fierce Russian ground and air assaults in recent months.
Ukraine and Moldova launch EU membership talks, but joining is likely to take years
The European Union has launched membership talks with Ukraine a decade after Russian troops seized the Crimean Peninsula to deter the country from moving closer to the West, part of a chain of events that set the two neighbors on the path to war.
Ukraineโs top EU negotiator says war-torn country wonโt seek โdiscountโ on entry commitments
Ukraineโs lead negotiator to join the European Union says the war-torn country is on an โirreversibleโ course of Western integration after the EU agreed to formally start entry negotiations this week.
Ukrainian drones and missiles kill 6 in Russia and Crimea, fresh bombing of Kharkiv leaves 1 dead
Russian authorities say six people died and over 150 were wounded in Ukrainian drone and missile attacks while the second day of Russia's aerial bombing of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine killed at least one person.
3 dead in bombing of Kharkiv as Russia launches missiles on Ukrainian energy facilities
Ukraine's president says at least three people have died in a Russian bombing attack on the second city of Kharkiv.
78 countries at Swiss conference agree Ukraine's territorial integrity must be basis of any peace
Nearly 80 countries have jointly called for the โterritorial integrityโ of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russiaโs two-year war.
Italian Premier Meloni describes Putin's cease-fire offer for Ukraine as 'propaganda'
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has dismissed a cease-fire offer for Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin as โpropagandaโ as she wraps up a Group of Seven summit that saw a deal reached for a $50 billion loan to Ukraine.
World leaders meet in Switzerland to discuss a Ukraine peace roadmap. Russia is notably absent
Dozens of world leaders have converged on a Swiss resort to discuss how to bring peace to war-ravaged Ukraine, though any hopes of a real breakthrough are muted by the absence of Russia.
The US supports 'a just and lasting peace' for Ukraine, Harris tells Zelenskyy at Swiss summit
Vice President Kamala Harris is pledging Americaโs full support in backing Ukraine and global efforts to achieve โa just and lasting peaceโ in the face of Russiaโs invasion.
President Biden says he won't offer commutation to his son Hunter after gun sentence
President Joe Biden says he will not use his presidential powers to lessen the eventual sentence that his son Hunter will receive for his federal felony conviction on gun crimes.
Biden and Zelenskyy sign security deal as Ukraine's leader questions how long the unity will last
President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have signed a long-term security agreement designed to bolster Ukraineโs defenses against Russiaโs invasion.
G7 summit opens with deal to use Russian assets for Ukraine as Italy flexes its right-wing muscles
U.S. President Joe Biden says the agreement to tap into the windfall profits on frozen Russian assets held in Europe would put that money to work for Ukraine.
Biden and Zelenskyy will sign a security deal, as G7 leaders agree to use Russian cash to help Kyiv
Negotiators for the Group of Seven have reached an agreement on a plan to provide Ukraine with $50 billion backed by frozen Russian assets, two people familiar with the matter told the Associated Press.
9 killed in Russian aerial attacks on Ukraine ahead of G7 summit aimed at slowing Moscow's offensive
Russian forces have launched new deadly attacks on Ukraine, killing at least nine people a day before a high-profile meeting where leaders of countries that are some of Ukraineโs biggest backers are to discuss how to slow Moscowโs offensive.
US will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system after Kyiv's desperate calls for air defenses
Two U.S. officials say the United States will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system.
Zelenskyy appeals for help with Ukraine's energy network as recovery conference opens
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed for short-term help in repairing his countryโs electricity network and long-term investment in its energy system.
Ukraine's air force may keep some F-16 warplanes abroad to protect them from Russian strikes
A senior Ukrainian military officer says that the country's air force may keep some of the F-16 fighter jets itโs set to receive from its Western allies at foreign bases to protect them from Russian strikes.
Rishi Sunak's D-Day departure is just the latest in a long line of gaffes in UK election campaigns
The decision by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to leave D-Day commemorations in northern France early has caused a political storm that threatens to derail his Conservative Partyโs general election campaign.
Biden calls France 'our first friend' as host Macron says, 'Allied we are and allied we will stay'
President Joe Biden says France was Americaโs โfirst friendโ at its founding and is one of its closest allies more than two centuries later.
Graffiti with images and messages referencing Ukraine appear on Paris buildings near Parliament
Unusual spray-painted images and messages with references to Ukraine have appeared on the streets of Paris as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. President Joe Biden in the French capital.
At D-Day ceremony, American veteran hugs Ukraine's Zelenskyy and calls him a savior
An American veteran and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared an emotional moment at a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion to liberate France in World War II.