As the Russian offensive enters its 222nd week, we track where battles are taking place and the human cost of the war.

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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed an open-ended ceasefire starting on Wednesday, 6 May, after Russia requested a two-day truce. Zelensky said Ukraine will observe the truce beginning ...

Russia launched the largest aerial attack on Ukraine over a 24-hour period since the war began on Tuesday, pounding Ukrainian cities with 948 drones. Ukraine's Air Force said that 556 drones had been ...

Sergei Lavrov tells Marco Rubio that Washington should evacuate its embassy because Moscow is planning ‘systematic strikes’. What we know on day 1,553 ...

Ukraine has hit a Russian port city in a "massive attack," according to a local official. It comes after Romania said a Russian drone hit a block of flats in the country, which it called a "grave ...

Putin had hoped that 2026 would be the year his forces — enabled by his advantage in mass and manpower — would break through the frontlines and seize the contested regions in eastern Ukraine. That has ...

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