Three Ukrainians were killed in the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, where Russia captured a first village this week after a months-long incursion. In the neighboring Zaporizhzhia region — the site of a nuclear plant — two civilians were killed in the attacks, Gov. Ivan Fedorov said.

Given that Trump had presented Putin what he assumed to be attractive terms for a cease-fire, he could be forgiven for wondering why the Russian president is being so stubborn. If Putin wanted a way to ease his country out of the war with minimal humiliation,

For a leader who has so infrequently admitted to failures throughout his war in Ukraine, Putin's recent admissions have given rise to speculation that he might be employing a new strategy.

U.S. military aid to Ukraine is by far the most important element for Ukrainian troops to continue their homeland's defense. Russian President Vladimir Putin is fighting an attritional war in Ukraine.

So can Putin survive politically if he doesn't produce a major victory in Ukraine, given the cost he's incurred? Stephen Sestanovich: Well, you wouldn't think so.

Dan Soller, a former Army intelligence colonel, said the best that Putin's army can hope to do is "defend, delay, attrit" and create difficulties for Ukraine.

President Donald Trump seems to have learned the lesson painfully gleaned by all his 21st-century predecessors: You can’t reset US relations with Vladimir Putin.

War of Attrition Emerging as Putin’s Strategy for the Next Phase of His War With Ukraine His choice of an economist to be new defense minister, coming after the Congress votes military aid to Ukraine, recalls lessons from the collapse of the Soviet Union. President Putin's pick for defense minister, Andrei Belousov, in 2023.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's latest reshuffle of the top brass in charge of Ukraine operations reveals a deeper power struggle between Moscow's military command and its domestic detractors ...

The Russian president has rejected requests from commanders in the field that they be allowed to retreat from Kherson, a vital city in Ukraine’s south.