Russia’s Defense Ministry claims that Russian troops have fought their way into the center of a strategically important eastern Ukraine town and raised the Russian flag there after a monthslong battle

The war in Ukraine has entered a dangerous new stage. What began as a conflict fought mostly on Ukrainian soil has expanded, with attacks now reaching deeper into Russian territory. As both sides adjust their strategies,

Russia has lost about twice as many men to death and serious injury as Ukraine. But the trends favor the Kremlin.

Kyiv region. A Russian ballistic missile strike in Ukraine's capital on the morning of January 18 killed three people and wounded three others. Dnipropetrovsk region. On the morning of January 17, a Russian missile attack on the region's second-biggest city, home to more than 500,000 residents, killed four people and wounded 14 others.