European Commission recommendation is the first step on the long road toward membership and comes a day after four European Union leaders vowed to back Ukraine’s candidacy.
All Russian ambitions hinge on Moscow's success in the east as a defeat in the Donbas would put Kyiv in a precarious position
Ukraine War: The urban battle for Sievierodonetsk testified to the painstaking, inch-by-inch advance by Russian forces as they close in on control of the...
Russia claimed its airstrikes in Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday destroyed tanks donated from abroad.
While Russians failed in their initial objective to capture Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the cost of their invasion is still unseen since World War 2.
The two cities— Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk, with a combined pre-war population of around 200,000, are the last major areas under Ukrainian control in...
Ukraine War: Lyman, which had a population of about 20,000 before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, serves as a regional railway hub.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described the situation in the Donbas as ‘really hard but ‘the fact that we are able to say this on the 87th...
The strategic port city of Mariupol now with Russian troops, but Moscow's ambition of getting the entire Donbas region may not be easy as NATO stands firmly...
In the eastern Donbas region, which has been the center of recent fighting as Russian forces on the offensive have clashed with staunch Ukrainian resistance,...
Ukraine War: The Ukrainian authorities said all 60 people who are buried under the rubble are most likely dead.
Russia is now concentrating on eastern Ukraine next to its border, but taking complete control of eastern Ukraine may not be easy with the US and Europe...
The Russian control of Donbas would mean slicing of the country into two parts. Controlling it is the new Russian goal.
In recent weeks, the Russian military has withdrawn from the area around the capital Kyiv and the country's north to focus on the eastern region of Donbas.
Mariupol appears to be on the brink of falling into Russian hands. Around 21,000 people, including hundreds of children, have been killed so far.
Ukraine has so far defended itself because of a great resolve to fight, Western support in form of weapons and training, and poor Russian war efforts.
There were thousands of people at the railway station when it was hit by a Russian missile, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Several areas near Kyiv have been reclaimed by Ukrainian forces after forcing the Russians out or moving in after them, according to officials.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg Russian military is not withdrawing but repositioning to regroup, resupply and reinforce its offensive in the Donbas...
The military campaign to liberate Donbas with its large Russian-speaking population may be more realistic than regime change in Kyiv. But Ukraine with the...
