the war has become mainly a contest between Russian foot soldiers and Ukrainian explosive drones. After nearly three years of fighting, Ukraine is desperately short on infantry to man the trenches.

When Russian ... in their 40s and 50s with little motivation to fight. Some abandon positions, they say, or refuse to go to first-line trenches. One brigade commander said 30 men of the quality ...

A Russian strike killed five civilians and wounded 55 on Tuesday in the town of Izium in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, partially destroying the city council building, officials said.

Oleg Synegubov, governor of the wider Kharkiv region bordering Russia, said 50 people had been wounded in the Russian strike, including a 15-year-old girl. Images distributed by rescue workers ...

IZIUM, Ukraine - A Russian strike killed five civilians and wounded 55 on Tuesday in the town of Izium in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, partially destroying the city council building ...

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The death toll from a Russian missile attack on an administrative building in the city of Izium in Kharkiv Oblast on 4 February has risen to six, with the death in hospital of a man who was injured in ...

This is the chilling moment Vladimir Putin's "death plane" is seen delivering 50 coffins of ... 200s [slang for Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine]. “They brought the men. They're loading ...

Kyiv also said it had destroyed 18 Russian tanks, 133 vehicles and fuel tanks as well as 44 artillery systems in an explosion. Ukraine drones also wiped out air defence systems and ammunition depots.

Russia's opening gambit ahead of expected peace talks has been laid out in the media, says our Moscow correspondent Ivor Bennett. "There has been a lot of talk about potential meetings and contact ...

A man has been arrested and is being questioned in Limerick following the seizure of more than €200,000 of suspected cocaine in the county on Friday. The seizure took place after gardaí ...