Distracted for years by reporting on the fanfare around the fated pilgrimage to Ukraine, I made time to actually go to the gravesite, the main focus of the journey

Kyiv says forces have retaken Klishchiivka, a tactically important town south of the key frontline city of Bakhmut

Pilgrim, in his 50s, reportedly collapses at entrance to Rabbi Nachman's tomb; Foreign Ministry working to bring his body to Israel for burial

Despite calls to stay away, hundreds of devout Jews brought their young children to the annual Rosh Hashanah celebration

Over 150 businesses and people hit with punitive measures in Russia, Turkey, UAE and Georgia in bid to deny Kremlin access to finances, technology

Official announcement comes day after premature reports of Andriivka's capture, which were blamed on a 'communications breakdown'

Four said detained at crossing near Moldovan border; separately, three taken in for questioning by local police after fatal car collision kills Ukrainian woman

Ukrainian authorities set up checkpoints around city, say 3,000 Jewish worshipers already there despite warnings against traveling to country

In apparent coalition crisis after remark that God 'hasn't always protected us' in Europe and Ukraine, UTJ MK pans PM's 'ignorance,' blames Zionists for suffering during Holocaust

But cabinet approves funds to aid travelers anyway; PM says when Israel comes under missile attacks people head for shelter, but in Ukraine 'there is no protection'