KYIV, Ukraine — For weeks, Russia’s military buildup near Ukraine has spurred endless speculation about the possibility of Moscow ordering a full-scale invasion of its neighbor this winter. Russian military forces reportedly moved into Belarus ...
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials have said Russia is likely to blame for a massive cyberattack that struck multiple government websites in the early morning hours of Friday, Jan. 14. “This is not the first time or even the second time that ...
KYIV, Ukraine — The walls are freshly painted inside this Cold War-era fallout shelter located deep underground in Ukraine’s capital city. Even so, the aged wood paneling, as well as an outdated rotary phone, offer evidence that this facility was one ...
KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian military has deployed an anti-aircraft missile unit to guard its southern territory against a Russian air attack from Crimea. Armed with upgraded, Soviet-era S-300PS surface-to-air missiles, the recently repositioned ...
KYIV, Ukraine — Each weekend, on the outskirts of cities and towns across Ukraine, civilian volunteers gather for resistance warfare training. While the prospect of a Russian winter offensive has added urgency to these regular drills, Ukraine’s ...
KYIV, Ukraine — The window is swiftly closing on Moscow's ability to launch a major offensive against Ukraine without the risk of Russian forces suffering a barrage of retaliatory precision missile strikes — both at sea and on land. In April, the ...
KYIV, Ukraine — When the clocks strike midnight this evening, it will mark a new year — and for Ukraine, the beginning of a ninth straight calendar year at war. But you’d hardly know it walking around the capital city of Kyiv today. Across town, ...
KYIV, Ukraine — On Christmas Day, multiple Western media outlets reported that Russia had removed some 10,000 soldiers from Ukraine’s borders. On social media, many prominent Russia watchers celebrated the move as a welcome sign that Russia may have ...
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s nationwide air defense network is currently on heightened guard against a potential Russian air-power offensive this winter. Across the country, consequently, Ukraine’s military has recently increased air defenses over key ...
KYIV, Ukraine — At a base on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital city, members of the Georgia National Legion gathered for an afternoon of combat training. The soldiers — five Georgians and one Albanian — snaked through an overgrown, abandoned ...
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense has significantly expanded the pool of Ukrainian women who are required to register for possible military conscription in the event of a major war. According to an updated regulation that went into ...
KYIV, Ukraine — The clouds parted and the sun shined Monday, Dec. 20, here in Ukraine’s capital city. But it was no cause for joy. After days of rain and snow, the clearing skies signaled a coming stretch of days with weather more favorable for ...
Scott Elwell, an Army officer from the 10th Mountain Division, commanded a battery at a forward operating base in the far northwestern corner of Afghanistan — a place they called “the end of the world.” A November 2010 firefight ...
KYIV, Ukraine — While deployed on the front lines in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region in 2015, Ukrainian army soldier Oleksandr Bessonov built a pirate radio station. A communications specialist, Bessonov cobbled together enough gear to broadcast ...
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia has positioned enough military firepower near Ukraine to launch a major offensive on short order. Yet, despite the public nature of the buildup — much of which has been documented in detail on social media — some experts warn ...
KYIV, Ukraine — Amid heightened concerns about a Russian missile and airstrike blitz in the coming weeks or months, Ukrainian defense officials announced Monday, Dec. 13, that air defenses would be increased at key locations across the country. In ...
KYIV, Ukraine — On a frigid Saturday morning, several dozen soldiers from Kyiv’s Territorial Defense Force battalion gathered for a day of war games in an abandoned industrial area on the capital city’s outskirts. Russia has recently repositioned ...
KYIV, Ukraine — During a political rally on Kyiv’s central square, the Maidan, on the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 1, a speaker took to the stage and proclaimed: “We will never capitulate to Putin.” A coalition of political groups opposed to ...
KYIV, Ukraine — Multiple events are coming to a head this week, which could further inflame military tensions between Ukraine and Russia and threaten the security of neighboring countries across Eastern Europe. “If Russia will decide to launch a ...
KYIV, Ukraine — With Russian forces gathered near the border and hostilities escalating in the eastern Donbas war zone, the general mood in Ukraine’s capital city remains calm. Washington has warned that the recent Russian military buildup around ...
KYIV, Ukraine — More than seven years after Russian forces invaded Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region and the Crimean Peninsula, Moscow maintains some 100,000 troops in Ukraine’s periphery capable of executing a countrywide offensive. Should Russian ...
KYIV, Ukraine — After more than seven years of constant combat, the war in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region is far from over. This week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had amassed some 100,000 troops in Ukraine's periphery. ...
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian defense officials say recent troop and military hardware movements in western Russia are not yet cause for alarm. "According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine, as of November 1, 2021, ...
The Ukrainian soldier warns me to speak no louder than a whisper. The enemy lines are less than 50 meters away, he tells me, and my voice — if too loud — can easily carry across no man’s land and invite gunfire from the other ...
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine and Turkey recently signed a deal to construct a joint facility on Ukrainian soil for the upgrading and maintenance of armed Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles, marking the latest collaborative venture in the two countries’ ...
KYIV, Ukraine — A top aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy survived an assassination attempt outside the capital city of Kyiv Wednesday, Sept. 22. The attack, which took place on a forested stretch of road near Kyiv’s Lisnyky village, ...
Apparently concerned that a haplessly emptied bladder could ignite World War III, an unknown agent in Norway has posted a sign that bans “peeing” in Russia’s direction along the two countries' frontier. At a popular tourist spot along the Grense ...
KYIV, Ukraine — During Ukraine’s Independence Day parade in the capital city of Kyiv Aug. 24, the crowds erupted in spontaneous applause as a formation of US soldiers marched past. This correspondent also spotted more than a few American flags being ...
Afghanistan’s government collapsed Sunday, Aug. 15, after a Taliban military offensive seized the capital city of Kabul without organized resistance, spurring President Ashraf Ghani to flee abroad. Amid the ensuing chaos, Washington ordered a ...
Click here for the latest updates. With their forces poised on Kabul’s outskirts, Taliban officials reportedly paused their lightning offensive on Sunday and began talks with the US-backed Afghan government to negotiate a peaceful handover of the ...
