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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 [...]

The human rights group accused the Ukrainian military of establishing bases and weapons systems in schools and hospitals. The director of Amnesty International's Ukraine office resigned on Friday to protest [...]

Byline: Christina Goldbaum and Thomas Gibbons-Neff The group has promised moderation even while reinstituting its harsh rule of Afghanistan. Now, the revelation that the Taliban were sheltering Al Qaeda's leader [...]

The group has promised moderation even while reinstituting its harsh rule of Afghanistan. Now, the revelation that the Taliban were sheltering Al Qaeda's leader is likely to harden support for [...]

Byline: Eric Schmitt, Thomas Gibbons-Neff and John Ismay The potential delivery of hundreds of Iranian drones would help the Kremlin replenish a fleet that has suffered steep losses in Ukraine. [...]

The potential delivery of hundreds of Iranian drones would help the Kremlin replenish a fleet that has suffered steep losses in Ukraine. WASHINGTON -- The White House disclosure last week [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Valerie Hopkins and Jane Arraf Small groups of Western combat veterans are on the front lines, but many more with fewer skills are left trying to find [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Natalia Yermak and Tyler Hicks On another day of scorched-earth artillery barrages in the east, a team of Ukrainian medics did their best to stabilize and assure [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff 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 [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Kamila Hrabchuk and Vivian Yee Lysychansk managed to hold out for a week after its twin city, Sievierodonetsk, was captured. But on Sunday a pro-Russian flag flew [...]

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 [...]

Lysychansk managed to hold out for a week after its twin city, Sievierodonetsk, was captured. But on Sunday a pro-Russian flag flew there, as well. The last major city held [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Natalia Yermak The Ukrainian Army has tried to modernize, but still falls short in coordination among units, so they often fight independently of one another - [...]

The Ukrainian Army has tried to modernize, but still falls short in coordination among units, so they often fight independently of one another -- with sometimes deadly results. SLOVIANSK, Ukraine [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Natalia Yermak and Tyler Hicks LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine - Gesturing to the artillery shell lodged in the ground and a rocket protruding from the wall, Maksym Katerynyn was [...]

With the withdrawal from Sievierodonetsk, the fighting shifts to neighboring Lysychansk, the last city in the Luhansk region still under Ukrainian control. DRUZHKIVKA, Ukraine -- After weeks of bloody street [...]

As Russia's brutal offensive squeezes defenders in eastern Ukraine, Europe's leaders, in a rebuke to Moscow, made a move they would have rejected before the invasion. BRUSSELS -- The European [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Natalia Yermak and Tyler Hicks Bridges are critical in the battle for Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk, separated by a river. Shelling has mostly destroyed them, but that didn't [...]

The seizure of three strategic villages confronts Ukrainian commanders with a grim choice: fight on and risk encirclement or retreat and lose the last major centers in the region. DRUZHKIVKA, [...]

Byline: Matthew Mpoke Bigg, Andrew Higgins, Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Rick Gladstone The remarks by the official, Josep Borrell Fontelles, were among the strongest language from a Western leader in describing [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Vivian Yee, Andrew E. Kramer and Natalia Yermak The area around Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk is about three-quarters encircled by Russians, leaving only a slender gap there for [...]

The area around Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk is about three-quarters encircled by Russians, leaving only a slender gap there for Ukrainian troops to maneuver. LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine -- Russian forces appeared poised [...]

LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine -- Gesturing to the artillery shell lodged in the ground and a rocket protruding from the wall, Maksym Katerynyn was in a rage. These were Ukrainian munitions, he [...]

As Russia solidifies control in Sievierodonetsk and shifts its focus to neighboring Lysychansk, civilian casualties there continue to mount. LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine -- A mass grave on the edge of this [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff Why does war's wreckage - the downed helicopters, the destroyed tanks and the dead - draw crowds? A former Marine ponders the question as he stands before [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Eric Schmitt The last bridge to the city of Sievierodonetsk fell as street battles raged, and some Western officials questioned Ukraine's ability to keep resisting the [...]

The last bridge to the city of Sievierodonetsk fell as street battles raged, and some Western officials questioned Ukraine's ability to keep resisting the Russian onslaught. DRUZHKIVKA, Ukraine -- The [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Matina Stevis-Gridneff Sievierodonetsk is nearly encircled. Lysychansk may be next. The momentum of the war has shifted, and Ukraine's allies may soon start rethinking their goals. [...]

Why does war's wreckage -- the downed helicopters, the destroyed tanks and the dead -- draw crowds? A former Marine ponders the question as he stands before the badly burned [...]

Sievierodonetsk is nearly encircled. Lysychansk may be next. The momentum of the war has shifted, and Ukraine's allies may soon start rethinking their goals. LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine -- With Russia about [...]

Volunteers are bringing food into the city and encouraging residents to leave, as Russian forces have captured most of the neighboring city of Sievierodonetsk. Between the loud thuds of artillery [...]

Shells for Soviet-era weapons are running short, and powerful Western weapons are not arriving fast enough to make up the difference, giving Russia a big advantage in artillery. DONETSK REGION, [...]

Byline: Marc Santora, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Anton Troianovski and Michael Levenson The Kremlin says it has rebuilt rail and road links to Crimea, while appointing proxy officials in an effort to [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Natalia Yermak Soldiers desperate for advanced arms to match their Russian enemies have resorted to Google Translate to decipher the instructions for their sophisticated new tools. [...]

Soldiers desperate for advanced arms to match their Russian enemies have resorted to Google Translate to decipher the instructions for their sophisticated new tools. KHERSON REGION, Ukraine -- Since Russia [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Safiullah Padshah and Kiana Hayeri Discarded metal left by decades of conflict has become a livelihood for impoverished Afghans. But many have been killed by unexploded munitions. [...]

Discarded metal left by decades of conflict has become a livelihood for impoverished Afghans. But many have been killed by unexploded munitions. TANGI VALLEY, Afghanistan -- The father of six [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Natalia Yermak and Tyler Hicks RUSKA LOZOVA, Ukraine - The Ukrainian major had a few tasks to complete as he made the rounds along his army battalion's [...]

Byline: Jane Arraf, Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Maria Varenikova LVIV, Ukraine - Long lines at gas stations across Ukraine are just the tip of a fuel crisis triggered partly by a [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Natalia Yermak and Tyler Hicks ZMIIV, Ukraine - The wind carried the smell of death across the street. The body of the dead man, burned, mutilated and [...]

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 -- Dozens of vehicles and some people on foot, clinging to their belongings, streamed into Kharkiv on Friday, fleeing fighting from a town to the north. Before the [...]

Byline: Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Michael Schwirtz and Eric Schmitt Despite the Kremlin's new methodical approach focusing on eastern Ukraine, the Russian military still faces some of the same problems that hampered [...]