Yurii Shyvala

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Kim Barker |Sanjana Varghese |Yurii Shyvala

When drone pilots have seen the Russians pointing their weapons at the Ukrainians on video, the pilots said, they often went quiet watching their comrades get shot. Then they swore. One commander said one scene still haunted him: A Russian soldier shot four Ukrainian soldiers lying face down in a trench near Chasiv Yar, and he could do nothing to stop it. "Without hesitation, he executed them all," said the commander, who uses the call sign "Madara," for a Japanese manga hero.

1 month ago | miamiherald.com | Constant Méheut |Marc Santora |Yurii Shyvala

KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from all but a sliver of land in Russia’s Kursk region, according to military analysts and soldiers, as their monthslong campaign to seize and occupy Russian territory appears to be nearing an end in the face of Moscow’s counterattacks. At the height of the offensive, Ukrainian forces controlled some 500 square miles of Russian territory.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Constant Méheut |Marc Santora |Yurii Shyvala

Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from all but a sliver of land in Russia's Kursk region, according to military analysts and soldiers, as their monthslong campaign to seize and occupy Russian territory appears to be nearing an end in the face of Moscow's counterattacks. At the height of the offensive, Ukrainian forces controlled some 500 square miles of Russian territory.