Economic and military pressures could force Russia’s hand. Its economy is strained but not enough to do that, analysts say. And President Vladimir V. Putin says Russia is winning the war.

The story of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been one of upset expectations and wild swings in performance. At the start of the war, most of NATO saw Russia as an unstoppable behemoth, poised to quickly defeat Ukraine. Instead, Russia’s forces were ...

NV: Let's talk about how the front looks right now. Kill zones are shifting wildly. On some front sections where the work is better organized, there really are broad kill zones — no advances there because the enemy cannot conduct them. Our goal is to ...

Officials are accusing Russia of smaller-scale assaults. President Vladimir V. Putin sought to turn the tables, saying that if Europe were to start a war, Russia is ready.

Russia unleashed its largest aerial barrage of the war over the weekend of September 7–8, striking Kyiv and multiple regions across Ukraine in an unprecedented display of firepower. More than 800 munitions—primarily Shahed drones supported by a smaller ...

When President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin sit down in Alaska Friday for their high-stakes meeting about the war in Ukraine, the two leaders will bring differing ideas about ending the war that Russia began over three years ago. At the same ...

Russia is waging two wars. The first is the live-fire conflict in Ukraine, the second a more covert affair targeting countries that support the government in Kyiv. The toolkit ranges from state-on-state cyberattacks, disinformation and propaganda to more ...

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — As Ukraine's leader headed to the White House, civilians in the country’s east were streaming out of front-line towns under mounting threat from Russian forces. At the main station in the stronghold city of Kramatorsk, sisters ...