War in Ukraine
Follow Russia’s war in Ukraine with daily news updates and warfare analysis. View live maps of the battlefield, track weapons supplies, and get exclusive reports from the frontline.
![A Patriot missile system. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Ukraine Requests to Purchase Patriot Missiles Using Funds From EU Loan")
![Emergency medical aid team transports a patient with severe pneumonia from one hospital to another on November 19, 2024 in Kherson, Ukraine. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Emergency medical aid team transports a patient with severe pneumonia from one hospital to another on November 19, 2024 in Kherson, Ukraine. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Who Is Yevhenii Khmara, Ukraine’s New Defense Minister, and What Is His Plan?]( "Who Is Yevhenii Khmara, Ukraine’s New Defense Minister, and What Is His Plan?")
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![Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi]( "Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi")
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“This war is existential.” For Yevhenii Khmara, Ukraine’s new defense minister and a special operations veteran, that conviction shapes how he plans to fight Russia.Newsletter
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![A Ukrainian MiG-29 performs a combat mission over eastern Ukraine on August 1, 2023. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A Ukrainian MiG-29 performs a combat mission over eastern Ukraine on August 1, 2023. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Russia Turned Crimea Into a Missile Launchpad; Ukraine Is Now Dismantling It. Here’s How]( "Russia Turned Crimea Into a Missile Launchpad; Ukraine Is Now Dismantling It. Here’s How")
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![Joseph Place]( "Joseph Place")
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As Ukraine works to isolate Crimea from Russia and disrupt logistics on the southern front, its strikes on the peninsula serve as a form of proactive air defense, eliminating Russian missiles and drone salvos at their source before they can be used against Ukrainian cities.![A schoolbook lies outside a destroyed school in Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, following a Russian missile strike. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A schoolbook lies outside a destroyed school in Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, following a Russian missile strike. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Illustration of metal coffins. (Source: Oleksandr Manukians/UNITED24 Media)]( "Illustration of metal coffins. (Source: Oleksandr Manukians/UNITED24 Media)")
![Ukrainian soldiers in the village of Mohrytsia in Ukraine’s Sumy region, September 1, 2026.]( "Ukrainian soldiers in the village of Mohrytsia in Ukraine’s Sumy region, September 1, 2026.")
![Illustrative image. A model of a Soviet BM-21 Grad MLRS. (Source: UNITED24 Media/Oleksandr Manukians)]( "Illustrative image. A model of a Soviet BM-21 Grad MLRS. (Source: UNITED24 Media/Oleksandr Manukians)")
![Russia Turned Its Air War on Ukraine Into Round-the-Clock Terror: Kyiv Faces 57 Alerts in 5 Days]( "Russia Turned Its Air War on Ukraine Into Round-the-Clock Terror: Kyiv Faces 57 Alerts in 5 Days")
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![Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi]( "Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi")
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Russia is seeking to paralyze daily life across much of Ukraine, shifting from massive overnight strikes to attacks spread throughout the day and night. Kyiv, Odesa, and frontline cities have been hit particularly hard, facing relentless attacks that keep millions of Ukrainians under near-constant threat.![Members of a Ukrainian Mobile Fire Group operate their weapons to intercept incoming jet-powered Iranian-designed Shahed-type drones during a Russian aerial attack on August 27, 2026 in Boryspil, Kyiv region, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Members of a Ukrainian Mobile Fire Group operate their weapons to intercept incoming jet-powered Iranian-designed Shahed-type drones during a Russian aerial attack on August 27, 2026 in Boryspil, Kyiv region, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Students rest in a shelter at the Kyiv State Music Lyceum M.V Lysenka school on the second day of classes during an air alert that lasted over three hours on September 2, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Students rest in a shelter at the Kyiv State Music Lyceum M.V Lysenka school on the second day of classes during an air alert that lasted over three hours on September 2, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Soldiers from the 148th Separate Artillery Zhytomyr Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fire a CAESAR self-propelled howitzer in the Oleksandrivka sector, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, on June 23, 2026. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Soldiers from the 148th Separate Artillery Zhytomyr Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fire a CAESAR self-propelled howitzer in the Oleksandrivka sector, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, on June 23, 2026. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)")
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-50c691229fd854b0debb61a911e0b271.jpeg "Who Is Yevhenii Khmara, Ukraine’s New Defense Minister, and What Is His Plan?")
-29a1a43aba23f9bb779a1ac8b98d2121.jpeg "Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi")
-605be766de04ba3d21b67fb76a76786a.jpg "Joseph Place")
-7426e4c75ac0297845ea9ba488090abd.png "Ukrainian soldiers in the village of Mohrytsia in Ukraine’s Sumy region, September 1, 2026.")
-470356f48b4cb86b2d8057db54f77774.jpg "Russia Turned Its Air War on Ukraine Into Round-the-Clock Terror: Kyiv Faces 57 Alerts in 5 Days")
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