Ukraine

Air alerts sounded again and again in Kyiv and residents headed to shelters early Thursday morning, as a massive Russian attack on at least four cities started fires and injured at least 14 people in east and central Ukraine.

President Joe Biden delivered remarks at the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday. “We will continue to stand with the brave people of Ukraine,” Biden said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected on Capitol Hill and at the White House next week.

A Russian missile attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown has killed one policeman and wounded at least 73 people, including nine policemen. It was among multiple Russian attacks across the country on Friday. Officials say 10 buildings were damaged in the attack on Kryvyi Rih. Ukraine’s minister of Internal Affairs says three people pulled out of the rubble are...

A Kremlin spokesman says the U.S. decision to supply depleted uranium ammunition to Ukraine is “very bad news.”

At least 17 people were killed and dozens more civilians wounded when Russian shelling struck a market in a city in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that defense minister Oleksii Reznikov will be replaced this week with Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar lawmaker.

A benefit concert for Ukraine led by Ukrainian rock musician Oleg Skrypka is being held at Rhapsody Theater in Rogers Park, NBC Chicago’s Sandra Torres reports.

A sculpture to commemorate Ukrainian Independence Day titled “Hearts of Ukraine” was unveiled on Thursday, NBC Chicago’s Courtney Sisk reports.

Yevgeny Prigozhin was among seven passengers aboard the business jet when it came down, the Tass state news agency reported.

With the Ukrainian counteroffensive running into heavy resistance from Russian forces, some are asking what more can be done to aid Kyiv on the battlefield.

Russia thwarted an attack by 20 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow-annexed Crimea overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday.

Ukraine has signaled it will no longer bar its athletes from competing against Russians who are taking part in sporting events as “neutral athletes.”

A year before the Paris Olympics, officials governing many of the sports remain split on how to treat Russian athletes.

Regional Governor Oleh Kiper said that four children were among those wounded in the blasts, which severely damaged a historic Transfiguration Cathedral

Moscow was criticized by the U.N. and council members for attacking Ukrainian ports after pulling out of the year-old grain deal and destroying port infrastructure

Wheat prices rose for a third straight day on Thursday after Russia threatened to treat ships heading for Ukrainian ports as military cargo carriers.

Ukraine may have gotten support and vague assurances from NATO leaders in Vilnius this week, but ultimately it received no clear commitment that it will be joining the club any time soon.

NATO leaders have wrapped up a two-day summit with pledges of long-term support for Ukraine but no offer of membership yet.

President Joe Biden spoke from the NATO summit in Lithuania on Wednesday, praising the alliance for its defense of Ukraine against the Russian invasion. “[Putin] was betting NATO would break apart… He thought wrong.”