Ukraine's president has named Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskiy as the country's top military commander. Russia's election commission has rejected anti-war challenger Boris Nadezhdin as a candidate in next month's presidential vote
Read MoreUkraine has been told to expect Russian missile attacks to coincide with the anniversary of the invasion, its intelligence service says. The United Nations is expected to approve a resolution that condemns Russia's invasion of Ukraine and calls for peace as soon as possible
Read MoreRussia staged another attack on Kyiv with Iranian-built drones. All five were shot down. Air defenses also destroyed 10 attack drones targeting Dnipropetrovsk & Zaporizhzhia regions. Almost half-a-million people in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa and surrounding region remain without power
Read MorePitched battles continue in the east, where Moscow's offensive has centered on the cities of Bakhmut and Avdiyivka in Donetsk, Ukraine's General Staff reports, as a regional official reported that Russians are leveling a famous theater to the ground in the southern city of Mariupol.
Read MoreShelling by Russian forces struck several areas in eastern and southern Ukraine overnight as authorities continued to work to restore power, water, and heating after weeks of Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and as temperatures plunge with the beginning of winter.
Read MoreRussia should be finished calling up reservists in two weeks, President Vladimir Putin said, promising an end to a divisive mobilization that has seen hundreds of thousands of men summoned to fight in Ukraine and huge numbers flee the country.
Read MoreBritish military intelligence said Saturday that Ukraine’s advance on three fronts was likely to have “achieved a degree of tactical surprise; exploiting poor logistics, administration and leadership in the Russian armed forces.” Meanwhile, the Kremlin is offering Russian railway workers enticing bonuses to fight in the war in Ukraine.
Read MoreA missile strike on Odesa Sunday threw into doubt the start of grain shipments from Ukraine and across the Black Sea. Meanwhile. Polish border authorities have said that more than 5-million Ukrainians have fled into their country since Russia's invasion began on February 24.
Read MoreAs G7 leaders meet in Germany pledging to continue to back Ukraine, the chances of Russian President Putin heeding their calls for restraint are highly unlikely.
Read MoreRussian forces seize a key city in the Donbas as the US approves delivery of longer-range missiles to Ukraine - on the promise they are not used to hit targets within Russia. A wartime truce between President Zelensky and his predecessor appears to be fraying.
Read MoreRussian forces have been making notable gains in the Donbas region as concern grows over the fate of hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers held by Russian-backed combatants in Donetsk. More normality returns to Kharkiv.
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