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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine probably changed the fates of thousands of Ukrainian men when he signed a law lowering the draft age to 25 from 27 this month, more [...]

After nearly two years and only scraps of information, a Ukrainian family still hopes their son, a marine captured by the Russians in Mariupol, will come home soon. His attempts [...]

The fall of Avdiivka to Russia may be more significant than it initially seemed as Ukraine struggles with morale and recruitment. Hundreds of Ukrainian troops may have been captured by [...]

After the capture of Avdiivka, Ukrainian forces will need a new defensive line in unforgiving terrain, while Russia tries to press its advantage. With the Russian military's capture of the [...]

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. [...]

Moscow's missile production now exceeds prewar levels, officials say, leaving Ukraine especially vulnerable this coming winter. Russia has managed to overcome sanctions and export controls imposed by the West to [...]

Billions are pouring into a clubby, secretive arms market. With Pentagon cash and unusually close Ukrainian military ties, Marc Morales has few peers. A half-dozen or so men gathered last [...]

The legacy of World War II lingers in the Ukrainian town of Kamianka, where tractors spit out shell casings, old and new. Now it has been destroyed by a new [...]

Ukrainian soldiers are trying to build on a new breach in enemy lines, but the battle will not be easy, military analysts said. Ukrainian forces, churning slowly forward after breaching [...]

By Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Yurii Shyvalareporting from Lviv, Ukraine Sept. 1, 2023It was the first day of school in the geography teacher Larysa Kulyaba's classroom in western Ukraine, but the [...]

On the second Independence Day since Russia's full-scale invasion, the mood in Kyiv was subdued. It has been a year since Ukraine first parked a parade of destroyed Russian tanks, [...]

The urge to play a violent video game in the midst of the most brutal land war in Europe since World War II may seem baffling. But it's a way [...]

The headquarters of one of the battalions in Ukraine's 53rd Mechanized Brigade smells of freshly cut pine trees. The scents are from the wooden support beams in the labyrinth of [...]

The Ukrainian soldiers thought the Russians would quickly retreat from Neskuchne, a tiny village in southern Ukraine, especially after a concerted artillery barrage and a rocket strike on their headquarters. [...]

Moscow's forces remain uneven. But while bracing for a counteroffensive, they have improved discipline, coordination and air support, foreshadowing a changing war. KRAMATORSK, Ukraine -- The team of soldiers had [...]

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 [...]

Experts suspect an explosion collapsed the dam on the Dnipro River. Kyiv and Moscow blamed each other, and residents downstream were forced to evacuate to escape the cascading waves. A [...]

Kyiv has not formally announced the start of operations. But on Tuesday, Ukraine said the Russians had blown up a dam on the Dnipro River, potentially imperiling residents and the [...]

Troops' use of patches bearing Nazi emblems risks fueling Russian propaganda and spreading imagery that the West has spent a half-century trying to eliminate. KYIV, Ukraine -- Since Russia began [...]

The blast in the Zaporizhzhia region of southern Ukraine killed a cafe owner who was registered to run in elections seen as an attempt to legitimize Moscow's illegal annexation of [...]

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 -- [...]

Authorities say Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, posted sensitive materials in an online chat group. NORTH DIGHTON, Mass. -- The F.B.I. arrested a 21-year-old [...]

A huge influx of munitions is needed to keep Russia's air force from changing the course of the war, according to U.S. officials and newly leaked Pentagon documents. WASHINGTON -- [...]

People who would not be allowed anywhere near the battlefield in a U.S.-led war are active on the Ukrainian front, with ready access to American weapons. They rushed to Ukraine [...]

People who would not be allowed anywhere near the battlefield in a U.S.-led war are active on the Ukrainian front, with ready access to American weaponry. They rushed to Ukraine [...]

A Times analysis suggests that an intentional strike, not an indiscriminate attack, most likely killed Pete Reed. It is unclear whether the attackers knew he was with a group of [...]

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 [...]

Western allies have pledged to send at least 105 tanks, far less than Ukraine says it needs, and it may be months before they join the battle. The decisions by [...]

Israeli officials had initially expressed concerns that the move could damage its relations with Russia. WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is tapping into a vast but little-known stockpile of American ammunition [...]

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 [...]

A Ukrainian unit is tinkering with tape, a scale, a 3-D printer and other items to turn a fragmentation grenade into a tank-killer. It's a steep and risky challenge. SLOVIANSK, [...]

The Western allies' provision of infantry fighting vehicles signals their support for new offensives in coming months, analysts said. BRUSSELS -- They will soon be covered in mud, riddled with [...]

Ukrainian artillery targets Russian soldiers by pinpointing their phone signals. Despite the deadly results, Russian troops keep defying a ban on cellphone use near the front. Early in their invasion [...]

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 [...]

It takes just over a minute to microwave the mini pizza that Andriy Shved sells in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. In that same amount of time, a high [...]

BAKHMUT, Ukraine -- Wind howled through leafless trees and through the windows of the blown-out apartment building as the surveillance team marched up flights of stairs covered with broken glass. [...]

''Friends are not friends anymore,'' said one woman in the town of Sviatohirsk, which remains divided not by trench lines and artillery, but by where people's allegiances lie: with Moscow [...]

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 [...]

Ukrainian soldiers are firing thousands of shells daily, forcing the U.S. to replace gun barrels across the border in Poland. WASHINGTON -- Ukrainian troops fire thousands of explosive shells at [...]

''Every hour is getting harder.'' Russia's assault on Ukraine's essential services has caused blackouts in hospitals and cut off power and water in cities. KYIV, Ukraine -- In the crowded [...]

Outages struck Kyiv and the surrounding region, as well as Lviv, Dnipro, Odesa and Kharkiv. Half of Moldova, whose grid is tied to Ukraine's, also lost power. KYIV, Ukraine -- [...]

THE FRONT LINE, Ukraine -- More than seven months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the country's front line stretches hundreds of miles. It starts in the eastern Donbas region before it [...]

The white speedboat pulled close to the riverbank in eastern Ukraine and disgorged a half-dozen Ukrainian soldiers carrying their rifles, their packs and the look of exhaustion that comes from [...]