On the eve of a key NATO summit in Vilnius, Ukrainian soldiers fighting fierce and costly battles called on the alliance to consider Kyiv's demands for eventual accession, saying it may be the only way to end the war with Russia once and for all. Ukraine's forces have made some headway in their summer counteroffensive, but the gains have been slow and smaller than many had hoped in a sobering reminder of how the conflict in the south and east could drag on. Povar, a 32-year-old marine infantryman who gave only his callsign and covered most of his face with a camouflaged scarf, said the Russians were well dug in, with complex trench networks and landmines.
DONETSK REGION, July 10 On the eve of a key Nato summit in Vilnius, Ukrainian soldiers fighting fierce and costly battles called on the alliance to consider Kyiv’s demands for.
On the eve of a key NATO summit in Vilnius, Ukrainian soldiers fighting fierce and costly battles called on the alliance to consider Kyiv's demands for eventual accession, saying it may be the only way to end the war with Russia once and for all. Ukraine's forces have made some…
Nine civilians were killed overnight by Russian shelling in the city of Lyman, Ukrainian officials reported, as fighting continued in the east and south of the country and a Western think tank reported that Russia had failed to achieve any of the goals of its invasion after 500 days of fighting.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, met on July 9 in the western Ukrainian city of Lutsk to commemorate the victims of World War II-era clashes between Poles and Ukrainians that left tens of thousands of people dead.