Russia announced plans to develop a permanent naval base at a tiny port on the Black Sea. WSJ explains what it reveals about Moscow’s territorial and strategic ambitions for the region.

Moscow's forces have captured Velyka Novosilka in the Donetsk region and about to gain Toretsk, according to reports.

Where Putin’s forces are making gains in eastern Ukraine - Ukrainian forces fighting around Velyka Novosilka claim its ...

It is also a key route linking towns further east to the rest of unoccupied Ukraine. It is the second significant town in Donetsk to fall to the Russians this month after Moscow claimed control of ...

North Korean troops seem to temporarily withdraw from one section of front in Kursk Oblast, military says Russia claims to ...

Hopes that Donald Trump’s return to the White House will put a speedy end to the nearly three-year-long war in Ukraine gained momentum ... The alleged road map suggests that a preliminary ...

More than 20 Americans are missing in action on the front lines in Ukraine, with a spike in casualties over the past six months as foreigners fill urgent gaps in the country’s embattled defenses ...

RFE/RL's Live Briefing gives you all of the latest developments on Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western military aid to Kyiv, worldwide reaction, and the plight of civilians and refugees.

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. At least 14 people were killed in Poltava ...