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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 [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Eric Schmitt, Adam Entous, Ronen Bergman, John Ismay and Thomas Gibbons-Neff Israeli officials had initially expressed concerns that the move could damage its relations with Russia. WASHINGTON - The [...]

The head of Russia’s Wagner private military company has claimed that its fighters, who have used ruthless tactics to try to advance in eastern Ukraine in recent weeks, have captured [...]

The Pentagon is tapping into a vast but little-known stockpile of American ammunition in Israel to help meet Ukraine’s dire need for artillery shells in the war with Russia, American [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Megan Specia, Ivan Nechepurenko and Thomas Gibbons-Neff With a harsh winter putting sweeping offensives on hold, the war has shifted back to bloody battles of attrition like the one [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Natalia Yermak 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 [...]

Byline: Steven Erlanger and Thomas Gibbons-Neff The Western allies' provision of infantry fighting vehicles signals their support for new offensives in coming months, analysts said. BRUSSELS - They will soon [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Alan Yuhas, Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Yousur Al-Hlou Ukrainian artillery targets Russian soldiers by pinpointing their phone signals. Despite the deadly results, Russian troops keep defying a ban on cellphone [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Natalia Yermak and Thomas Gibbons-Neff In winter, during wartime, any number of obstacles can make life difficult for firefighters in Lyman. Cellphone service is so bad in this eastern [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Natalia Yermak and Tyler Hicks It takes just over a minute to microwave the mini pizza that Andriy Shved sells in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. [...]

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 [...]

BAJMUT, Ucrania — El viento soplaba entre los árboles desnudos y a través de las ventanas del edificio de apartamentos en ruinas, mientras el equipo de vigilancia subía las escaleras [...]

President Vladimir V. Putin’s war was never supposed to be like this. When the head of the C.I.A. traveled to Moscow last year to warn against invading Ukraine, he found [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Tyler Hicks BAKHMUT, Ukraine - Wind howled through leafless trees and through the windows of the blown-out apartment building as the surveillance team marched up flights [...]

They never had a chance. Fumbling blindly through cratered farms, the troops from Russia’s 155th Naval Infantry Brigade had no maps, medical kits or working walkie-talkies, they said. Just a [...]

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. [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Natalia Yermak and Tyler Hicks 'Friends are not friends anymore,' said one woman in the town of Sviatohirsk, which remains divided not by trench lines and artillery, [...]

''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 [...]

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 [...]

Byline: John Ismay and Thomas Gibbons-Neff Ukrainian soldiers are firing thousands of shells daily, forcing the U.S. to replace gun barrels across the border in Poland. WASHINGTON - Ukrainian troops [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Natalia Yermak and Tyler Hicks BAKHMUT, Ukraine - For almost an hour, the stream of Ukrainian casualties in the eastern city of Bakhmut seemed unending: Ambulances, an [...]

BAKHMUT, Ukraine — For almost an hour, the stream of Ukrainian casualties in the eastern city of Bakhmut seemed unending: Ambulances, an armored personnel carrier and private vehicles all screamed [...]

BAKHMUT, Ukraine -- For almost an hour, the stream of Ukrainian casualties in the eastern city of Bakhmut seemed unending: Ambulances, an armored personnel carrier and private vehicles all screamed [...]

Byline: Marc Santora, Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Natalia Yermak 'Every hour is getting harder.' Russia's assault on Ukraine's essential services has caused blackouts in hospitals and cut off power and water [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Natalia Yermak and Nicole Tung The white speedboat pulled close to the riverbank in eastern Ukraine and disgorged a half-dozen Ukrainian soldiers carrying their rifles, their packs [...]

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 [...]

Russia's withdrawal from the city comes one day after Moscow illegally annexed the surrounding region. RIVNE, Ukraine -- Russian forces retreated from the strategic eastern Ukrainian city of Lyman on [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Natalia Yermak and Tyler Hicks DONETSK REGION, Ukraine - The Ukrainian soldier walked to the edge of the river, looked toward the sound of artillery in the [...]

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 -- [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Natalia Yermak and Tyler Hicks From atop his tank's turret, the grinning Ukrainian soldier looked almost joyous: He flashed the V for victory sign as his armored [...]

From atop his tank's turret, the grinning Ukrainian soldier looked almost joyous: He flashed the V for victory sign as his armored vehicle navigated a street corner in the embattled [...]

Ukraine's military is gauging how far its forces can press the attack, at risk of their ability to hold the new lines. Russian leaders are trying to regroup after a [...]

With nearby sunflower fields unplanted and rockets overhead, a Ukrainian's bees ventured toward the battlefront and returned with a bumper crop. BOHDANIVKA, Ukraine -- By the time the weather warmed [...]

The fall of the strategically important city of Izium, in Ukraine's east, is the most devastating blow to Russia since its humiliating retreat from Kyiv. KYIV, Ukraine -- A lightning [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Natalia Yermak With nearby sunflower fields unplanted and rockets overhead, a Ukrainian's bees ventured toward the battlefront and returned with a bumper crop. BOHDANIVKA, Ukraine - [...]

Stepping up an offensive in the region near Kherson, Ukraine has retaken small villages. But officials predict a brutal winter ahead. KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine -- After weeks of pounding Russian [...]