Clashes focus on Kherson region with speculation looking around a long-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive

Local authorities say Kyiv attack aims to repulse Russians across the Dnipro River; top pro-Russian official shot dead in occupied city, Russian officials say

Moscow displeased with early performance of advanced attack and stealth UVAs, reports the Washington Post

Prisoners, older recruits in poor shape and lacking training, tapped for war by Moscow amid heavy losses, according to a senior US defense official

Moscow alleges Ukrainian secret police sent two agents to carry out assassination of ideologue Alexander Dugin, but killed daughter instead; Kyiv denies involvement

Sitting on frontline between Russia and Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia plant has previously been damaged in fighting; iodine tablets distributed to residents in case of radiation leak

Europe's largest nuclear plant has been occupied by Russia since March; incident raises fears of catastrophe in country still haunted by Chernobyl disaster

Russian state media says Vladimir Kozlovsky 'collaborated' with captors, was handed over to Russian Jewish community, and will later catch a flight to join wife in Israel

Incident comes after Zelensky warned Ukrainians that 'cruel' Russian provocation a possibility; 31 also injured in Dnipropetrovsk region attack on Ukrainian independence day

As war drags on, new funding largely aimed at helping Ukraine secure long-term defense posture, sending message to Putin that US in it for long haul, officials say