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3 weeks ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Liubov Sholudko |Marc Santora
NOVOOLENIVKA, Ukraine -- As a police officer helped her don child-size body armor and an orange helmet, Margaryta Karpova, 12, stood quiet amid the roars and shock waves of heavy shelling. Russian forces had reached less than a mile from her mostly abandoned village in eastern Ukraine. She held back tears, preparing to leave her home, her tiny village, Novoolenivka, and her father, who stayed to watch over the house. In that moment last fall, the goodbye with him felt terrifyingly final.
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4 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Liubov Sholudko |Marc Santora
Margaryta Karpova, 12, escaped her village in eastern Ukraine just before Russian troops overran it. But her fight was only beginning. As a police officer helped her don child-size body armor and an orange helmet, Margaryta Karpova, 12 years old, stood quiet amid the roars and shock waves of heavy shelling. Russian forces had reached less than a mile from her mostly abandoned village in eastern Ukraine.
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1 month ago | 
telegraphindia.com | Marc Santora |Maria Varenikova |Liubov Sholudko
For many in Ukraine, the call was the last gasp of a chaotic process that few believed had any chance of success as long as Washington refused to pressure Moscow, and that means the devastating war will rage on Marc Santora, Maria Varenikova, Liubov Sholudko Published 22.05.25, 10:02 AM An official of a funeral home moves the body of former Ukrainian politician Andriy Portnov after he was killed by unidentified gunmen outside a school in Madrid on Wednesday Reuters From where Olena Boiko...
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1 month ago | 
thenewstribune.com | Marc Santora |Maria Varenikova |Liubov Sholudko
A woman near a wrecked building in Kupiansk, Ukraine, May 16, 2025. After a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump appears to be stepping back from trying to pressure Moscow to end its invasion of Ukraine. Many Ukrainians see little choice but to battle on.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Marc Santora |Maria Varenikova |Liubov Sholudko
President Trump appears to be stepping back from trying to end the war in Ukraine. Many in the country see little choice but to battle on. President Trump swept into office with a declaration that he could bring Europe's deadliest war in a generation to a swift end. But after a phone call on Monday with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, Mr. Trump appears prepared to step back from his role trying to end the war in Ukraine.
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Mar 28, 2025 | 
infobae.com | Marc Santora |Liubov Sholudko |Nicole Tung
Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022)Drones (Pilotless Planes)Defense and Military ForcesUnited States International RelationsPeace ProcessInternational RelationsUkraineRussiaPerseguidos por drones, acechados por francotiradores y rodeados de campos minados, los soldados que luchan en Ucrania no pueden arriesgarse a distraerse ni por un instante.
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Mar 28, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Marc Santora |Liubov Sholudko |Nicole Tung
Mientras diplomáticos y líderes europeos hablan de una posible tregua, las batallas en las que Rusia y Ucrania se enfrentan son tan intensas como cualquier otra que se haya librado en esta guerra. Soldados ucranianos marchan durante una iniciación para dar la bienvenida a los nuevos miembros de la 33ª Brigada Mecanizada Separada en un campo de entrenamiento en la región oriental de Donetsk el domingo. Credit...
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Marc Santora |Liubov Sholudko |Nicole Tung
For soldiers and commanders on the edge of battle, any talk about a lasting cease-fire still feels like a dangerous fantasy. Ukrainian soldiers marching during an initiation to welcome new members of the 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade at a training ground in the eastern region of Donetsk on Sunday. Credit... Hunted by drones, stalked by snipers and surrounded by minefields, soldiers fighting in Ukraine can't risk even a small lapse in concentration. That is why Col.
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Mar 3, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Marc Santora |Lara Jakes |Andrew Kramer |Marco Hernandez |Liubov Sholudko
When a mortar round exploded on top of their American-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, the Ukrainian soldiers inside were shaken but not terribly worried, having been hardened by artillery shelling over three years of war. But then the small drones started to swarm. They targeted the weakest points of the armored Bradley with a deadly precision that mortar fire doesn't possess. One of the explosive drones struck the hatch right above where the commander was sitting.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
estadao.com.br | Marc Santora |Liubov Sholudko
Cinco meses depois que as forças ucranianas atravessaram a fronteira na primeira invasão terrestre na Rússia desde a 2.ª Guerra, os dois Exércitos estão envolvidos em alguns dos confrontos mais furiosos da guerra. Os combates, na região russa de Kursk, assumiram importância porque podem desempenhar um papel crucial em qualquer negociação de cessar-fogo.
