Russia-Ukraine Conflict

“This is the first time in weeks that they are actually able to pierce through Ukrainian defenses," said one analyst.

Bush made the comments during a speech while he was criticizing Russia’s political system.

The countries' bids to join the Western military alliance face an early challenge from Turkey, which has expressed objections.

Bridget Brink's confirmation came the same day the U.S. reopened its embassy in Kyiv.

In three short months, analysts say, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has reworked European security for decades to come — and not in Putin’s favor.

“Odesa residents are not behaving as expected. This causes, of course, revenge, anger,” the spokesperson of the Odesa Oblast Military Administration said.

“They realize that they lost a blitzkrieg,” said an expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, referring to the initial Russian offensive.

The evacuation of Ukrainian troops from the Azovstal steel plant represents an important but costly victory for Moscow.

Sweden’s prime minister announced his country would drop its long-held nonaligned status and join Finland in applying to the trans-Atlantic military alliance.

The fast-food chain first arrived in the country more than 30 years ago.

A Kharkiv station has become a makeshift home for people still sheltering from the prospect of Russian attacks even as Ukrainian forces push invading troops away from the crucial city.