Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russian losses mount as Putin’s forces close in on key city - Kyiv says its military still holds on in northern part of Pokrovsk and is defending a smaller city nearby

Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,451.

A Russian drone crashed into a house in eastern Ukraine, killing toddler twin boys, their baby sister and the children's father, officials said on Wednesday, in a strike

Exiled Russian opposition figure Garry Kasparov does not expect an end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine or a ceasefire this year, despite current diplomatic efforts to find a settlement. "For [Russian President Vladimir] Putin,

The mother, who is 35 weeks pregnant, sustained blast injuries, a traumatic brain injury, burns and hearing loss, officials in Kharkiv said.

Ukrainian OSINT groups pushed the ruse by pretending to complain about a Russian Telegram bot actually run by Kyiv's troops, the division said.

Volodymyr Zelensky has been talking up Russia’s battlefield fatalities and has asked his new Defense Minister to make it a priority.

Overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, Russia fired 219 long-range strike drones, 24 ballistic missiles and a guided aircraft missile at Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian air force.