“Why am I not there, why are other people fighting for me?”. Ukrainian men abroad, caught between ambition and duty, face a widening rift with those who stayed to fight. The tension takes a psychological toll.

Russia's missile and drone attacks on Kyiv Thursday killed at least eight, including a six-year-old boy. Nine children were wounded—the most in a single night in Kyiv since the full-scale invasion began, officials said.

Several nights a week, Daria Slavytska descends with her two-year-old Emil into the subway, while air raid sirens wail above. The alerts on her phone used to send Emil into bouts of shaking and crying. Now, accustomed to the attacks, he says more calmly "Mum, we should go".

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Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people and wounding over a hundred more, Ukrainian officials said. President Zelenskiy described the destruction in Kyiv as among the "most horrific".

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You'll receive a generous salary, a bumper bonus and an interest-free loan to buy a home. The challenge? You'll have to fight on the frontlines of Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II.

The U.S. intelligence suspension will complicate Ukraine's defenses against missile strikes and pose challenges to striking Russian forces, experts say. The suspension followed a halt this week to U.S. military aid to Kyiv.

For the mother of U.S. veteran Ethan Hertweck, travelling to Kyiv to collect the body of her son who was killed in 2023 has rammed home the realities of the war. It has also made her question Donald Trump's approach to it since returning to power.

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As the war grinds into its 33rd month and the pressure on Ukraine grows to fill its ranks, thousands of boys have faced an agonising decision: should they stay or go?. "I delayed the decision until the very end," one teen said. "It was a one-way ticket.".

Zelenskiy congratulated Trump and praised his "peace through strength" approach as victory for the Republican candidate who has criticised U.S. backing for Kyiv plunged the future of its war against Russia into uncertainty.

A Russian attack on Wednesday killed seven people, including three young daughters of the same family, in the western city of Lviv. "The Russians are killing our children, our future," the mayor said on the strike which injured at least 53 people.

At least 41 people were killed and more than 180 wounded on Tuesday when Russia hit a military institute in the central town of Poltava, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, in one of the deadliest single strikes of the war.

In the hours before Ukrainian soldiers stormed across Russia's western border, there was no sign from Moscow that anything was amiss. Ukraine relied on preparation and surprise to turn the tables on Russia and burst onto the territory of its neighbour.

Ukrainian pilots have started flying F-16s for operations within the nation, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday, confirming the long-awaited arrival of the U.S.-made fighter jets more than 29 months since Russia's invasion.

Russian assaults are raising pressure on the strategic eastern logistics hub of Pokrovsk as waves of guided bombs and infantry lead to some of Moscow's largest territorial gains since the spring.

Yaroslav Ivanov's team was in the middle of surgery on a five-month-old when an explosive wave sent them flying across the room. "For me, Okhmatdyt was the safest place for kids and adults. On that day, I realized there are no safe spaces left anywhere.".

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged Zelenskiy on Tuesday to consider a ceasefire to accelerate an end to the war with Russia and also said he wanted a big cooperation agreement with Kyiv during a surprise visit.