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Russia is offering years of salary to enlist in the Ukraine war. Recruitment still fell 20% — because ‘rubles don’t fight wars’

Russia's military recruitment fell 20 percent in the first quarter of 2026 against a year earlier — and the incentives meant ...

Ukraine’s historic Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery set on fire in major Russian attack

A prominent Ukrainian monastery complex in the heart of Kyiv was set on fire during a massive Russian attack overnight into ...

Deadly Russian strikes leave landmark Ukraine cathedral in flames

Russia fired a barrage of missiles at several major Ukrainian cities, killing at least 11 people and sparking a blaze at one ...

With Its Biggest E.U. Opponent Gone, Ukraine Is Advancing in Its Bid to Join

Former Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, Russia’s closest ally within the European Union, had long thwarted the opening ...

Ukraine is a step closer to joining the European Union. Here’s what to know

Kaja Kallas, E.U.'s chief diplomat, in March said it was her wish that “Ukraine is going to join [the] European Union soon,” ...

Russia unleashes a barrage on Ukraine, killing 11 and damaging a religious landmark, officials say

The attacks on the capital of Kyiv, and the second-largest city of Kharkiv, came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ...
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As Patriot missiles run low, Ukraine scrambles for alternatives under Russian missile fire

Russia fired 34 ballistic missiles at Ukraine during the June 15 overnight attack that set part of Kyiv's historic Pechersk ...
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Putin just launched a massive 600 drone and missile attack on Ukraine and some are accusing him of striking a cathedral

Kyiv calls the burning of the Dormition Cathedral a deliberate Russian war crime. One analyst makes the contrary case: the ...