Russian military maps use a visual language of symbols, arrows, units, and fire missions that can reveal how commanders think ...

President Donald Trump has left open the possibility of Ukraine ceding territory to Russia as he maintained his insistence that he wanted the war in Europe to end. Asked at a press conference on ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Russia's forces have started digging trenches nearly 30 miles from the ...

Russia has claimed to have captured another key Ukrainian town as it looks to consolidate gains ahead of potential peace talks pushed by Donald Trump. After months of heavy fighting, Russian forces ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Russia plans to seize half of Ukraine by the end of next year, ...

On August 6, Ukrainian forces crossed from the Sumy region into Russia and swiftly seized a significant part of the Sudzhansky district in the Kursk Oblast. Over the ensuing weeks, Ukraine made a ...

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In southwest Russia, where the border with eastern Ukraine snakes down to the Sea of Azov, lies the city of Rostov-on-Don, which serves as the headquarters of Russia’s Southern Military District. For ...

Currently, Russian forces are advancing in the east, slowly but surely, and they are shrinking Ukraine's partial hold of the border region of Kursk. That the Russians haven't been more successful is a ...