Russia Ukriane War

Ukrainian MPs on Wednesday backed measures to allow soldiers' frozen sperm to be used if they are killed on the front, after an earlier law ordering its disposal triggered uproar.

Some 315,000 Russian troops have been killed or wounded in Ukraine since the war began in February 2022, a congressional source said Tuesday.

The Ukrainian Air Force said Wednesday it had intercepted 36 cruise missiles fired by Russia during a new wave of attacks.

Russia launched strikes on Ukraine's southern Odesa region, the local governor said early Wednesday, the second consecutive night of attacks on the area since Moscow pulled out of a grain export deal.

The involvement of the United States and NATO in the war in Ukraine risks bringing "catastrophic consequences", Russia warned Thursday in a speech boycotted by many Western diplomats.

Still reeling from the Kremlin's decision to send troops to Ukraine, Masha Yanchevskaya is one of many young Russians torn between trying to "heal" society or seclude themselves from it.

Ukraine is having to master a patchwork of different air defence systems, with the latest addition -- the American-made Patriot -- bringing new capabilities but also complexity, analysts say.

The United States said Wednesday it will provide Ukraine with the advanced Patriot air defense system to help counter Moscow's relentless aerial attacks.

Russian foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin said in an interview published on Wednesday that he discussed nuclear issues and Ukraine in a meeting earlier this month with United States Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that over six million households in the country are still affected by power cuts, two days after targeted Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Moscow on Monday as a part of his two-day visit to Russia.

Prosecutors for International Mobile Justice teams are investigating as possible war crimes the ongoing Russian missile strikes in Kyiv and cities across Ukraine.

Kremlin-installed authorities in four Ukrainian regions under Russian control claimed victory Tuesday in annexation votes, drawing global outrage, as Moscow warned it could use nuclear weapons to defend the territories.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that Kyiv troops have recaptured from Russian forces several settlements in the Kharkiv region in the country's northeast.

Ukraine's nuclear operator Energoatom on Tuesday reported what it called an "unprecedented" cyberattack on its website, but said its operations had not been disrupted.

Ukrainian MPs on Wednesday backed measures to allow soldiers' frozen sperm to be used if they are killed on the front, after an earlier law ordering its disposal triggered uproar.

Some 315,000 Russian troops have been killed or wounded in Ukraine since the war began in February 2022, a congressional source said Tuesday.

The Ukrainian Air Force said Wednesday it had intercepted 36 cruise missiles fired by Russia during a new wave of attacks.

Russia launched strikes on Ukraine's southern Odesa region, the local governor said early Wednesday, the second consecutive night of attacks on the area since Moscow pulled out of a grain export deal.

The involvement of the United States and NATO in the war in Ukraine risks bringing "catastrophic consequences", Russia warned Thursday in a speech boycotted by many Western diplomats.

Still reeling from the Kremlin's decision to send troops to Ukraine, Masha Yanchevskaya is one of many young Russians torn between trying to "heal" society or seclude themselves from it.

Ukraine is having to master a patchwork of different air defence systems, with the latest addition -- the American-made Patriot -- bringing new capabilities but also complexity, analysts say.

The United States said Wednesday it will provide Ukraine with the advanced Patriot air defense system to help counter Moscow's relentless aerial attacks.

Russian foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin said in an interview published on Wednesday that he discussed nuclear issues and Ukraine in a meeting earlier this month with United States Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that over six million households in the country are still affected by power cuts, two days after targeted Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Moscow on Monday as a part of his two-day visit to Russia.

Prosecutors for International Mobile Justice teams are investigating as possible war crimes the ongoing Russian missile strikes in Kyiv and cities across Ukraine.

Kremlin-installed authorities in four Ukrainian regions under Russian control claimed victory Tuesday in annexation votes, drawing global outrage, as Moscow warned it could use nuclear weapons to defend the territories.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that Kyiv troops have recaptured from Russian forces several settlements in the Kharkiv region in the country's northeast.

Ukraine's nuclear operator Energoatom on Tuesday reported what it called an "unprecedented" cyberattack on its website, but said its operations had not been disrupted.