
Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Monday that its “West” group of forces destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces command center in the Kupyansk direction, underscoring continued Russian advances along the frontline. The ministry said artillery units of the West grouping have consistently targeted Ukrainian infantry, command posts, artillery positions, and observation points ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in snippets from an interview, to be aired later on Thursday, that his country will take control of Donbass and Novorossiya by either military means or other methods. “It all comes down to this. Either we will liberate these territories by force of arms, or ...