The Latest Breaking News from Kupiansk

A Russian missile hit a museum building in a Ukrainian city on Tuesday, killing one of its workers and injuring 10 other people, part of a relentless barrage that comes as Ukraine is readying its forces for an expected spring counteroffensive. The Russian military used S-300 air defense missiles to…

Russian forces were driven out of Kupiansk in September, but strikes have escalated in the past two weeks

As Ukraine continues to make battleground gains, locals are being reunited with loved ones from liberated cities and, in some parts of the country, people are returning home and reopening businesses. This is what life looks like on the ground.

Ukrainian forces are exultant at beating back Russians, but civilians still face difficult months ahead

Ukrainian recapture of Shevchenkove, Kharkiv region, reveals method of Russian takeover

Day and night bombardment of town and villages in north-eastern frontline region is effort to stop more territorial gains by Ukraine

Kyiv’s counteroffensive in the north-east of Ukraine appeared to take everyone by surprise, not least Russia’s war planners who had been moving troops south to meet an offensive in the Kherson region which Ukraine had been trumpeting about for several weeks. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is claiming that his military…

Criticism of Putin is aired on Russian television as Ukraine seizes upper hand in war

Ukrainian forces made stunning advances in a rapid counter-offensive that has caught the Kremlin by surprise, with intelligence experts hailing a “major turning point” in the six-month war