Tag: Luhansk (Ukraine)
U.S. Sees Opportunity for Ukraine to Capitalize on Russian Weakness
WASHINGTON — The Ukrainian military has a window of opportunity to make gains against Russia’s army over the…
Ill Prepared for Combat, Volunteers Die in Battles Far From Home
RUDNE, Ukraine — Yurii Brukhal, an electrician by trade, didn’t have a very dangerous role when he volunteered…
U.S. Officials Predict Path of War in Ukraine
WASHINGTON — When Russia shifted its military campaign to focus on eastern Ukraine this spring, senior officials in…
Struggling in Ukraine’s East, Russian Forces Strike in Kyiv
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces pressed hard on Sunday to take the town of Sievierodonetsk, one of the…
Forced From Kharkiv, Russian Troops Regroup and Dig In
PRUDYANKA, Ukraine — Ukrainian troops sat on a bench under the trees cracking jokes. One hopped on a…
Pro-Russian Bloggers React to Reported Donets Military Disaster
The destruction wreaked on a Russian battalion as it tried to cross a river in northeastern Ukraine last…
More Russian Mercenaries Deploying to Ukraine to Take On Greater Role in War
WASHINGTON — Russian mercenaries with combat experience in Syria and Libya are gearing up to assume an increasingly…
The Limits of a Europe Whole and Free
PARIS — For the prime minister of Lithuania — and Lithuania knows something of life in Moscow’s imperium…
Ukraine Enclaves Long Steeped in Conflict Face New Peril
SEVERODONETSK, Ukraine — For days, Viktoria Gudyatskaya listened nervously as the escalating fighting along the front lines in…
Biden Says Putin Has Chosen ‘Catastrophic’ War Over Diplomacy
WASHINGTON — President Biden said on Friday that the United States has intelligence showing that President Vladimir V.…