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New York Times
5 days ago
- Politics
- New York Times
Why Russia Is Gaining Ground in Ukraine
Russia's summer offensive in Ukraine is gaining ground as its forces attack on multiple fronts. In June, the country's numerical advantages in troops and air power produced its biggest monthly gains in territory since the beginning of the year. Russia's aims are not simply territorial. Analysts say it wants to methodically destroy the Ukrainian military, as Moscow slowly advances its own troops. The biggest challenge for Moscow may be far from the front lines, as the Russian economy can no longer keep pace with escalating military spending. For Ukraine, its ability to sustain the war may also be decided far away, as the Trump administration sends mixed signals about its desire and ability to continue arming Kyiv's forces. Last week, President Trump said that NATO countries would buy weapons from the United States to give to Ukraine. The ground war Over the past two months, Russian units have been able to step up their attacks on multiple fronts, from Ukraine's Sumy region in the north to the steppes of Zaporizhzhia in the south. Russia now controls more than two-thirds of Ukraine's Donetsk region — the main theater of the ground war. Russian forces have carved out a 10-mile-deep pocket around the Ukrainian troops defending the crucial city of Kostiantynivka, partly surrounding them from the east, south and west. 25 miles UKRAINE Detail area Ukraine Kramatorsk Druzhkivka Bakhmut AREA UNDER RUSSIAN CONTROL Kostiantynivka Avdiivka Donetsk Russia Note: As of July 1 Source: Institute for the Study of War with American Enterprise Institute's Critical Threats Project By The New York Times Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Kyiv facing massive Russian attack, Ukraine says
Ukraine's capital Kyiv is again under a massive overnight Russian drone attack, local officials say, with at least 10 people reported injured and fires burning across the city. Authorities in Kyiv say drone wreckage has hit the roof of a residential building in the central Shevchenkivskyi district. Footage on social media, as yet unverified by the BBC, shows explosions in the night sky, as air defence units begin repelling the attack. Ukraine's military has also warned of a threat of a ballistic missile attack. Last night, Ukraine reported the biggest ever aerial attack from Russia, after 728 drones and 13 cruise or ballistic missiles struck cities around the country in multiple waves. In the early hours of Thursday, morning Kyiv's military administration reported Russian drone strikes in six city districts. "Residential buildings, vehicles, warehouses, office and non-residential buildings are burning," administration head Tymur Tkachenko said in a post on Telegram. He urged city residents to shelter until the air raid siren was lifted. Overnight, Ukraine's air force reported a threat of Russian drone attacks in a number of regions. It was not immediately clear whether there were any casualties outside Kyiv. Russia's military has not commented on the reported latest attack. In other developments: Ukraine's emergency service DSNS said late on Wednesday that three people had been killed in a Russian air strike in the town of Kostiantynivka - close to the front line in eastern Ukraine The US resumed sending some weapons to Ukraine, Reuters reported late on Wednesday, days after it halted shipments of some critical arms Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Russia's summer push in Ukraine targets three fronts but faces stern resistance Steve Rosenberg: Moscow shrugs off Trump's irritation with Putin
BBC News
10-07-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Kyiv hit by new massive Russian drone attack, Ukraine officials say
Ukraine's capital Kyiv is again under a massive overnight Russian drone attack, local officials say, with at least eight people reported injured and fires burning across the in Kyiv say drone wreckage has hit the roof of a residential building in the central Shevchenkivskyi on social media, as yet unverified by the BBC, shows explosions in the night sky, as air defence units begin repelling the attack. Ukraine's military has also warned of a threat of a ballistic missile night, Ukraine reported the biggest ever aerial attack from Russia, after 728 drones and 13 cruise or ballistic missiles struck cities around the country in multiple waves. In the early hours of Thursday, morning Kyiv's military administration reported Russian drone strikes in six city districts."Residential buildings, vehicles, warehouses, office and non-residential buildings are burning," administration head Tymur Tkachenko said in a post on urged city residents to shelter until the air raid siren was Ukraine's air force reported a threat of Russian drone attacks in a number of regions. It was not immediately clear whether there were any casualties outside military has not commented on the reported latest other developments:Ukraine's emergency service DSNS said late on Wednesday that three people had been killed in a Russian air strike in the town of Kostiantynivka - close to the front line in eastern UkraineThe US resumed sending some weapons to Ukraine, Reuters reported late on Wednesday, days after it halted shipments of some critical armsRussian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Al Jazeera
10-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,232
Here is how things stand on Thursday, July 10: Ukrainian air defence units were defending Kyiv against Russian drones early on Thursday for the second night running, with officials reporting a fire in a city-centre apartment building and drone fragments landing in different districts. At least two people were injured in the latest attacks, according to the AFP news agency. A Russian air strike killed three people and injured one in the front-line town of Kostiantynivka in Ukraine's east, national emergency service officials said. A post on Telegram said the strike also destroyed a one-storey administrative building. Firefighters also extinguished blazes in four buildings, according to officials. Vadym Filashkin, the governor of Ukraine's Donetsk region, which encompasses Kostiantynivka, said on Telegram that it was time to 'take a responsible decision. Evacuate to less dangerous regions of Ukraine!', amid Russia's latest offensive westward. A five-year-old boy died of burns sustained in a Ukrainian drone strike on a beach in the Russian city of Kursk, regional Governor Alexander Khinshtein said on Telegram, raising the death toll in the attack to four, including a member of Russia's National Guard. Russian forces advanced at key points along the front in eastern Ukraine, defeating Ukrainian units in at least six regions, including Donetsk and Kharkiv, and using missiles and drones to strike ammunition depots and airfields, the Ministry of Defence in Moscow said. It also claimed Russia captured a village in Donetsk. The United States is delivering artillery shells and mobile rocket artillery missiles to Ukraine, two US officials told the Reuters news agency, days after President Donald Trump's administration halted shipments of some critical weapons to Kyiv. Trump also said that he would consider sending Patriot missiles to Ukraine, which he has previously said Kyiv would need for its defence. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he held a 'substantive' conversation with Trump's Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, in Rome shortly after Trump pledged to send more defensive weapons to Kyiv. Zelenskyy met Pope Leo at the papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, where the pontiff told him that the Vatican was willing to host Russia-Ukraine peace talks. It was the Ukrainian leader's second meeting with the pope in his two-month-old papacy. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will open the Rome conference on Ukraine on Thursday, with Zelenskyy and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen in attendance. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Dutch leader Dick Schoof and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis are also expected to attend. Merz has announced that he will make an offer of air defence systems to Ukraine during the Rome conference. Ukraine said it detained a Chinese father and son, both suspected of spying on its prized Neptune antiship missile programme, a key part of Kyiv's growing domestic arms industry critical to its defence against Russian invaders. Kyiv has accused Beijing of helping the Kremlin's war effort. Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the Kremlin had evidence that Ukraine has repeatedly used antipersonnel mines that have injured civilians. Ukraine in June announced its withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention banning the production and use of antipersonnel mines. Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov will visit North Korea this weekend, the latest in a series of high-profile visits by top Moscow officials as the two countries deepen military ties, according to Zakharova. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Lavrov on Thursday on the sidelines of the ASEAN meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a senior US State Department official said. Russian authorities have confiscated company assets worth some $50bn over the past three years, citing justifications ranging from illegal actions by Western countries to the need for strategic resources, underscoring the shift toward to a 'fortress Russia' economic model amid the war in Ukraine, the Reuters news agency reported, citing research from the Russian law firm Nektorov, Saveliev & Partners. Italy is set to unveil a support scheme worth 300 million euros ($351m) for small and medium enterprises involved in the reconstruction of Ukraine, Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani said. An Italian government source told the Reuters news agency that about 500bn euros ($585bn) would be needed for the reconstruction, recovery and modernisation of Ukraine, citing World Bank estimates.
New York Times
07-07-2025
- New York Times
Ukrainian Troops Struggle to Hold the Line on the Eastern Front
It was the dead of night, and the Ukrainian infantryman was writhing in a tree line from serious injuries to his legs, shoulder and lung. His unit had told him by radio that they could not send anyone to evacuate him. The road to their base in the nearby city of Kostiantynivka had become a kill zone. 'There were too many drones flying around,' recalled the infantryman, Oleh Chausov, as he described the experience. Instead, he was told, the brigade would try to get him out with a small, robot-like tracked vehicle remotely operated from miles away and less visible to Russian drones than an armored carrier. When the vehicle arrived, Mr. Chausov dragged himself aboard, his wounded legs dangling. But within 20 minutes, the vehicle hit a mine and blew up, he said. Miraculously, Mr. Chausov survived, crawled out and took shelter in a nearby trench. He was back to square one, still trapped on the battlefield. 25 miles UKRAINE Detail area Ukraine Kramatorsk Druzhkivka Bakhmut AREA UNDER RUSSIAN CONTROL Kostiantynivka Avdiivka Donetsk Russia Note: As of July 1 Source: Institute for the Study of War with American Enterprise Institute's Critical Threats Project By The New York Times Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
