"So far, he has said that this constitutes an escalation," President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters on Aug. 22. "However, he may change his mind once he sees further arguments."

In the past year, Russian authorities have continued their harsh, retaliatory and arbitrary authoritarian practices. The government doubled down on its efforts to dismantle all forms of independent civic activity and sought to further suppress critical voices of Russian exiles.

Photographic evidence has emerged supporting Ukraine’s claims of strikes on two Russian frigates in Novorossiysk, the Russian Navy’s de facto headquarters in the Black Sea.

Kyiv, Ukraine — An overnight Russian missile and drone bombardment of Ukraine killed 15 people and injured 156, local officials said Tuesday, with the main barrage demolishing a nine-story Kyiv apartment building in the deadliest attack on the Ukrainian ...

Two ballistic missiles hit a military academy and a neighboring hospital in eastern Ukraine, the latest in a string of deadly Russian attacks. Rescue workers clear debris from a destroyed floor of the Ukrainian military’s Institute of Communications in ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Russia's economy has had a turbulent few years since its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The sharp decline of the ruble's ...

A Russian drone attack on Konotop in Sumy Oblast destroyed a vehicle depot and left most of the city without gas.