Russian invasion of Ukraine

Israel's Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky speaks at the Ukrainian Israeli Rehabilitation Summit in Kyiv, May 30, 2023 (Israel Embassy Ukraine)

Set to expand rehabilitation aid, Israel puts expertise on display in Ukraine

Two-day Lviv conference organized by several Israeli ministries sees doctors, entrepreneurs gather to improve national system for helping soldiers and civilians cope with injuries

May 31, 2023, 4:13 pm

Set to expand rehabilitation aid, Israel puts expertise on display in Ukraine

Two-day Lviv conference organized by several Israeli ministries sees doctors, entrepreneurs gather to improve national system for helping soldiers and civilians cope with injuries

By Lazar Berman

An investigator inspects a damage after an alleged Ukrainian drone attacked an apartment building in Moscow, Russia, May 30, 2023. (AP)

May 30, 2023, 9:02 pm

Putin accuses Ukraine of scare tactic as attack drones hit Moscow high-rises

Minor damage caused to buildings, no serious injuries; Russian Foreign Ministry calls assault ‘terrorism’; Kyiv denies responsibility

By AFP

Ukrainian air defense intercepts a Shahed drone mid-air in the third Russia aerial attack on the capital in the last 24 hours in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

May 30, 2023, 6:40 pm

Ukraine slaps 50-year sanctions package on Iran amid latest drone strikes

Penalties include ban on trade, movement of resources, direct flights, and withdrawal of capital by Iranians as well as halting a range of electronic payments between the countries

By Lazar Berman

Screen grab from an unverified video circulating on social media said to show damage to a Moscow building after a drone attack, May 30, 2023 (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

May 30, 2023, 10:05 am

Drone strikes on Moscow damage buildings; Russia says several UAVs shot down

No immediate comment from Ukrainian officials; rare attack on Russian capital comes hours after one person killed in Kyiv in aerial assault by Iranian-made drones

By Agencies

US Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks during a Senate Appropriations hearing on the president's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

May 29, 2023, 2:19 pm

Russia issues arrest warrant for US Sen. Graham over Ukraine military aid comments

Kyiv releases edited video ostensibly showing lawmaker telling Zelensky ‘Russians are dying’ next to his statement that US assistance is ‘best money we’ve ever spent’

By AP

Firefighters extinguish a fire caused by fragments of a Russian rocket after it was shot down by air defense systems during a Russian rocket attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, May 16, 2023. (Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry via AP, File)

May 29, 2023, 12:49 pm

Kyiv residents terrorized by Russia’s nighttime air raid campaign

When the alarms blare, some in the city are consumed by fear, imagining the worst-case scenarios. Others embrace apathy, lying awake in bed

By SAMYA KULLAB

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during an award ceremony in Minsk, Belarus, on July 2, 2021. (Vladimir Martsul/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)

May 29, 2023, 11:38 am

‘Nuclear weapons for all’: Belarus leader invites others to join Russian alliance

Lukashenko and Putin recently announced deal to transfer Russian nuclear warheads to neighbor’s territory

By ToI Staff

A drone exploding after it is shot down during a massive Russian drone strike mainly targeting Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 28, 2023. (Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

May 29, 2023, 8:31 am

Kyiv bombarded by Russian forces for second night in a row

More than 40 drones and cruise missiles fired at Ukrainian capital, but air defense systems stave them off, preventing casualties

By AFP

And Iranian Shahed-129 drone is displayed at a rally in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2016. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

May 28, 2023, 12:22 pm

1 killed as Iranian-made drones swarm Ukrainian capital ahead of Kyiv Day

Officials say barrage likely intended to ruin celebrations; Ukraine claims to down 52 of 54 UAVs fired by Russia across country in ‘massive attack;’ shelling kills 2 in Kharkiv

By susie blann and Elise Morton

FILE - Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 8, 2023. (AP Photo, file)

May 28, 2023, 10:47 am

The warlord berating the Russian military while leading a militia against Ukraine

After years of commanding a global militia, the mysterious head of the notorious Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has come into the public eye since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

By AP

Firefighters work after a drone attack on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 17, 2022. (Roman Hrytsyna/AP)

May 27, 2023, 2:50 pm

Tehran accuses Zelensky of anti-Iran propaganda for call to stop Russia drone supply

Iran says Kyiv waging ‘media war’ to attract military aid after Ukrainian president warns Islamic Republic heading to ‘dark side of history’ for supplying deadly UAVs to Moscow

By ToI Staff and Agencies

FILE - Ukrainian soldiers fire a cannon near Bakhmut, an eastern city where fierce battles against Russian forces have been taking place, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 15, 2023 (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

May 24, 2023, 7:16 pm

At least 20,000 Wagner fighters killed in Bakhmut, head of Russian militia says

Yevgeny Prigozhin, who leads private convict army, says Kyiv could push Russians out of Crimea, rejects Moscow’s claim that Putin’s forces did not kill civilians in Ukraine

By susie blann

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the parliament in Budapest, Hungary, on March 27, 2023. (Denes Erdos/AP)

May 24, 2023, 10:26 am

Hungary’s Orban says Ukraine can’t win against Russia, calls for negotiated peace

Right-wing prime minister tells economic conference in Qatar that Russian invasion was result of ‘failed diplomacy’ and that Europe needs a new security accord with Moscow

By AFP

In this photo provided by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, is greeted by Prince Badr Bin Sultan, deputy governor of Mecca, upon his arrival at Jeddah airport, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023, to attend the Arab summit. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

May 22, 2023, 10:37 am

Russia says Zelensky heads ‘Nazi regime’ with ‘blood ties to Israel’

Moscow’s embassy in Egypt posts tweet in response to Ukrainian president’s visit to Arab League summit, later deletes and reposts it without Israel reference

By Michael Horovitz

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gestures during a meeting with President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, May 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

May 21, 2023, 11:58 am

Zelensky says Bakhmut is ‘not occupied,’ denying Russia’s claim to control key city

Earlier comments by Ukrainian president had been widely interpreted to mean he thought eastern locale had fallen, hours after a similar claim by Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin

By Zeke Miller, Elise Morton and susie blann