Air raid sirens wailed, residents rushed to bomb shelters and explosions rocked buildings in Kyiv amid an intensifying Russian assault on Ukraine's capital.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, promised nuclear weapons to any nation that joined Russia and Belarus.
A dramatic, dayslong incursion into Russian territory has fueled questions about the Kremlin’s defenses but also about whether Ukraine may be going to new lengths in its efforts to penetrate them.
Russia may have effectively captured the symbolic prize of Bakhmut, but Ukraine signaled Monday that it hopes to ensure the battle was far from over by encircling Wagner troops there.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make an in-person appearance at the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, Japan as President Joe Biden and allies impose new sanctions on Russia.
The CIA has posted a video on social media offering Russians a secure way to communicate with the agency, asking for info about the Ukraine war and other secrets.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with allies in Europe and the U.K. securing new military support ahead of a counteroffensive against Russian forces.
Russia has pushed back at suggestions of a broader Ukrainian breakthrough on the eastern front lines of the war after gains around Bakhmut sparked panic about a long-awaited counteroffensive.