In the early hours of February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared on Russian state television to announce a “special military operation” against Ukraine. A full-scale invasion of Ukraine came days after the Russian president recognised ...

The war in Ukraine started by Vladimir Putin enters 2026 following a year of slow territorial developments, as highlighted on a map by Newsweek. Russia has made big claims about its progress as it tries to portray its defeat of Ukraine as inevitable but ...

Accounts of the war’s outbreak, profiles of refugees across Europe, frontline coverage from Ukraine and stories on Russian society: AFP offers a wide range of constantly updated text stories, photos,

Russia advances in Donbas, Sumy and Kharkiv, as Ukraine also claims gains in protracted fighting.

Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with a new hypersonic ballistic missile, only its second use of an advanced weapon it says can travel up to 10 times the speed of sound and is unstoppable by air defenses. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...