War in Ukraine
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![Map showing a 2,000 km distance from Ukraine to Russia’s Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra, where air raid alerts were reported for the first time. (Source: UNITED24 Media/Oleksandr Manukians)]( "Map showing a 2,000 km distance from Ukraine to Russia’s Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra, where air raid alerts were reported for the first time. (Source: UNITED24 Media/Oleksandr Manukians)")
![Russian losses Ukraine war military casualties stalled offensive]( "Russia Loses Over 35,000 Troops in April With No Gains to Show")
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The Russian army is taking heavy losses with little to show for it, driven largely by the Kremlin’s push for quick gains on the map. Meanwhile, Ukraine has nearly fully cleared Russian forces from the Dnipropetrovsk region.![Strike on the VNIIR-Progress plant in Cheboksary, May 5, 2026. (Source: Exilenova+)]( "Strike on the VNIIR-Progress plant in Cheboksary, May 5, 2026. (Source: Exilenova+)")
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![A Ukrainian rescuer at the site of the Russian airstrike in the Dnipropetrovsk region, May 5, 2026. (Source: SES)]( "A Ukrainian rescuer at the site of the Russian airstrike in the Dnipropetrovsk region, May 5, 2026. (Source: SES)")
![Illustrative image. Destroyed Russian military equipment. (Source: UNITED24 Media/Oleksandr Manukians)]( "Illustrative image. Destroyed Russian military equipment. (Source: UNITED24 Media/Oleksandr Manukians)")
![Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Ukraine Declares Ceasefire From Midnight Overnight May 5–6")
![Abandoned gas-fired power plant near Lubmin, Germany. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Germany Donates Former Nord Stream-Linked Power Plant to Ukraine")
![A Tomahawk cruise missile flies toward Iraq after being launched from the AEGIS guided missile cruiser USS San Jacinto March 25, 2003 in the Red Sea. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Europe Urged to Develop Missiles With Ukraine After US Refuses Tomahawk Deployment")
![Russian Project 12200 “Sobol” border patrol boat at sea. (Photo: Open source)]( "Russian Project 12200 “Sobol” border patrol boat at sea. (Photo: Open source)")
![Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the press ahead of an international conference on nuclear safety and recovery at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, on April 26, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "$200M Boost for Ukraine Air Defense Brings Canada’s PURL Support to $830M")
![People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with a photo of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attending the 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, at a railway station in Seoul on February 26, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Kim Jong Un Praises North Korean Youth’s Role in Russia War, Despite Mass Troop Casualties")
![Destroyed oil storage tanks at the “Gorky” pumping station in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region, May 2026. (Source: Dnipro Osint)]( "Destroyed oil storage tanks at the “Gorky” pumping station in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region, May 2026. (Source: Dnipro Osint)")
![Illustrative image. OSA-AKM surface-to-air missile launchers and S-300 anti-aircraft systems during the joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises some 200 km southwest of Minsk, on September 19, 2017. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Illustrative image. OSA-AKM surface-to-air missile launchers and S-300 anti-aircraft systems during the joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises some 200 km southwest of Minsk, on September 19, 2017. (Source: Getty Images)")
-29a1a43aba23f9bb779a1ac8b98d2121.jpeg "Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi")
-bc5c9da772f531ca275de116d94c9519.jpg "A Ukrainian rescuer at the site of the Russian airstrike in the Dnipropetrovsk region, May 5, 2026. (Source: SES)")
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