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A proposed bill on mobilization has become the focus of a debate as more men dodge the draft and calls rise to demobilize exhausted soldiers. When Russian troops and tanks [...]

The Ukrainian soldier stared at the Russian tank. It was destroyed over a year ago in the country's east and now sat far from the front line. He shrugged and [...]

Ukrainian men are reporting incidents of wrongful draft notices, unprofessional medical commissions and coercive mobilization tactics. With Ukraine's military facing mounting deaths and a stalemate on the battlefield, army recruiters [...]

It was just after 1 p.m. when the first of three artillery shells shrieked past Maryna Korifadze's bomb shelter in Kherson, landing nearby with a bone-rattling crump. Her regular group [...]

As Ukraine pushed closer to Robotyne over the summer, the war crept closer. Shell craters pockmarked fields, trees and vegetation that concealed Russian trenches and positions were slowly sheared away. [...]

A robust fund-raising operation has been critical in supplying Ukraine's military. But as the war drags on, contributions have lagged. Under the vaulted brick arches of a contemporary art center [...]

At a bar in a once-occupied Ukrainian village, dehumanizing messages on the walls were a stark reminder that the Kremlin wants to stamp out Ukraine and its culture. Sweeping out [...]

In Ukraine's capital, residents struggled with the question of who was to blame for a shelter closed off to two women and a child. In Russia, the authorities described evacuations [...]

Without a decisive victory, Western support for Ukraine could weaken, and Kyiv could come under increasing pressure to enter serious peace talks to end or freeze the conflict. WASHINGTON -- [...]

The information, exposed on social media sites, also shows that U.S. intelligence services are eavesdropping on important allies. WASHINGTON -- A trove of leaked Pentagon documents reveals how deeply Russia's [...]

Ukraine has long relied on Russian weapons for its armed forces. Now it is scrambling to get Soviet-era ammunition for those weapons, with the help of manufacturers even in rural [...]

Moscow is sending poorly trained recruits, including convicts, to the front lines in eastern Ukraine to pave the way for more seasoned fighters, U.S. and allied officials say. WASHINGTON -- [...]

The battle in the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut is growing in importance, as both sides pour forces into the battle. Russian forces are ratcheting up pressure on the eastern [...]

''We have to make time our weapon,'' President Volodymyr Zelensky declared as Ukrainians girded for an expected Russian offensive. President Volodymyr Zelensky, days after winning promises of battle tanks, is [...]

With a harsh winter putting sweeping offensives on hold, the war has shifted back to bloody battles of attrition like the one for the small city of Bakhmut and the [...]

Firefighters in Lyman, in Ukraine's east, contend with land mines, freezing temperatures, damaged buildings, awful cell service and a lack of water. In winter, during wartime, any number of obstacles [...]

In Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine, rumbles and blasts are just background noise, until they aren't. BAKHMUT, Ukraine -- In the embattled eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, there is no such [...]

DONETSK REGION, Ukraine -- The Ukrainian soldier walked to the edge of the river, looked toward the sound of artillery in the distance and cast his fishing rod toward the [...]

Ukraine has been pushing a counteroffensive in the east and south, applying greater pressure to Russian forces, but there is no indication of any mass Russian withdrawal. BAKHMUT, Ukraine -- [...]

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the largest in Europe, has already been hit by shelling, and the United Nations chief, warning of disaster, called for a demilitarized zone around it. KYIV, [...]

In Afghanistan, August 2021 began ominously. The Americans and their allies were leaving the country, finally ending their long war after striking an agreement with the Taliban, and leaving the [...]

Small groups of Western combat veterans are on the front lines, but many more with fewer skills are left trying to find a role to play. DRUZHKIVKA, Ukraine -- Four [...]

On another day of scorched-earth artillery barrages in the east, a team of Ukrainian medics did their best to stabilize and assure the survivors, with the din of war all [...]

The Russian and Ukrainian armies have both been badly mauled, raising questions about how long they can keep fighting as they have, particularly the outgunned Ukrainians. Russia's capture of the [...]

The Russians' growing use of imprecise Soviet-era missiles to terrorize civilians reflects the daunting outlook of its offensive despite incremental gains, analysts say. KYIV, Ukraine -- An attack on a [...]

Bridges are critical in the battle for Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk, separated by a river. Shelling has mostly destroyed them, but that didn't stop one woman from walking across to buy [...]

The Kremlin says it has rebuilt rail and road links to Crimea, while appointing proxy officials in an effort to create facts on the ground. Even as Russia hammers eastern [...]

LVIV, Ukraine -- Long lines at gas stations across Ukraine are just the tip of a fuel crisis triggered partly by a Russian blockade of seaports and attacks on Ukrainian [...]

Pentagon officials say the Russian drive in Donbas is being hampered by poor logistics and stiff Ukrainian resistance. Western support of Ukraine hardened Friday as the European Union was poised [...]

KHARKIV, Ukraine -- Soldiers waved off traffic, emerging from trenches dug into the side of a multistory apartment building, telling motorists to turn around. Firefighters arrived soon after, unfurling hoses [...]

TROSTYANETS, Ukraine -- The last three Russian soldiers in this Ukrainian town are in the morgue, their uniforms bloodied and torn. The first one's face is frozen in pain. The [...]

THE SALANG PASS, Afghanistan -- The Taliban commander's sneakers had soaked through from the melting snow, but that was the least of his problems. It was avalanche season in the [...]

The move will have far-reaching consequences for the many farmers who turned to the illicit crop as a brutal drought and economic crisis have gripped the country. KABUL, Afghanistan -- [...]

ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan -- Abdul Hamid's pomegranate trees were scarred from bullets and shrapnel. The river was low and the land dry. There was no profit anymore from the fruit that [...]

As armed Taliban inspected the New York Times bureau in Kabul, they were escorted by a journalist who used to be a U.S. Marine. The photo of him in uniform [...]

JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- Aref Mohammad's war against the Islamic State ended earlier this fall when his unit of Taliban fighters was ambushed by the terrorist group in eastern Afghanistan. A [...]

Amid the uncertainty that lies ahead under a Taliban-controlled government, Afghans reflect on the final months of fighting. KABUL, Afghanistan -- By the time Ghulam Maroof Rashid's 50th birthday passed, [...]

The Taliban have left hundreds of people stranded in Afghanistan awaiting approval for departure. Around 1,000 people, including dozens of American citizens and Afghans holding visas to the United States [...]

Afghanistan's capital fell to the Taliban far faster than many had imagined it would, leaving most Afghans with no way out. The citizens of Kabul were given reassurances that they [...]

The Taliban's rapid advance has made clear that U.S. efforts to turn Afghanistan's military into a robust, independent fighting force have failed, with its soldiers feeling abandoned by inept leaders. [...]

With the Taliban sweeping across the country, U.S. officials say Kabul could fall in 30 days. KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Pentagon is moving 3,000 Marines and soldiers to Afghanistan and [...]

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- As the first chatter of gunfire began, a police unit tested its heavy machine gun. The gunner pointed the barrel in the vicinity of the Taliban front [...]

Sheberghan, in Jowzjan Province, collapsed less than 24 hours after a provincial capital in southwestern Afghanistan had fallen to the Taliban. KABUL, Afghanistan -- Another provincial capital, the second in [...]

Government reinforcements arrived Saturday in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand Province, but people were fleeing their homes and a hospital in the city had been bombed. KABUL, Afghanistan -- [...]

Continuing their offensive, the Taliban forces seemed poised to overrun the city, though Afghan airstrikes slowed the assault. KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban pushed their way into a provincial capital [...]

The insurgents are trying to rebrand themselves as effective governors as they capture new territory. But there is more evidence that they are unreformed. KABUL, Afghanistan -- In June, when [...]

With little fanfare, Bagram Air Base -- once the military's nerve center -- was handed over to the Afghans, after nearly 20 years of waging war from the hub. KABUL, [...]

With the main allied military air base about to close, negotiations are underway with Turkey about continuing to secure the civilian airport as the Taliban advance across the country. KABUL, [...]

''Civil war is certainly a path that can be visualized,'' said Gen. Austin S. Miller, commander of the U.S.-led forces. ''That should be a concern for the world.'' KABUL, Afghanistan [...]

At least 24 commandos were killed in one battle in the Afghan north, and that kind of stark loss is playing out across the country: ''We mourn. The Taliban celebrate. [...]