Ukraine's counteroffensive hasn't met expectations. Here's why progress has been slow
The minefields in southern Ukraine are so dense, the troops trying to liberate the area can only advance "tree by tree," one soldier involved in Kyiv's counteroffensive in the south told CNN. In all his years of service, he said, he's never seen this many mines.
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Ukraine reports incremental gains in heavy fighting
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV Ukraine said on Monday its forces had gained some ground along eastern and southern
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Ukraine war: Countdown has begun to end of Putin, say Kyiv officials
Senior officials suggest the Russian leader cannot survive a catastrophic loss of authority.
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Supreme Court clarifies when online harassment can be prosecuted
The Supreme Court on Tuesday wiped away a lower court decision upholding the stalking conviction of a Colorado man who sent hundreds of messages to a woman over Facebook.
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Ukraine likely to have retaken land occupied by Russia since 2014, UK's MoD says
It comes as Ukraine's president says the country's counter-offensive is making advances on all fronts.
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Ukraine: Chaos in Russia works to our advantage
By Lidia Kelly Chaos in Russia works to Kyiv's advantage, Ukraine officials said on Saturday, but it remains
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These villages were liberated in Ukraine's grinding counteroffensive. They're little more than ruins.
The bangs of incoming and outgoing shelling are the soundtrack of Ukraine's frontline. But its president warned this week that the counteroffensive should not be seen through the lens of a Hollywood movie.
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Early stages of Ukrainian counteroffensive 'not meeting expectations,' Western officials tell CNN
In its early phases, Ukraine's counteroffensive is having less success and Russian forces are showing more competence than western assessments expected, two western officials and a senior US military official tell CNN.
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Ukraine's counteroffensive has been brutal and slow. But Kyiv has many cards left to play
The footage is a grainy and disturbing. A Ukrainian soldier from the 73rd Naval Special Operations Center fights his way through a trench, apparently on the southern front, shooting Russian soldiers repeatedly at point-blank range. The dust kicked up adds to the sense of chaos, and the dense panic and brutality of this counteroffensive's start.
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Ukraine's counteroffensive is now underway. Here's what's happened so far
Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russian forces has not yet gained the momentum that some overly optimistic observers anticipated. So far it feels like the prelude to a more expansive act.
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Russia says it inflicted heavy losses on Ukrainian forces trying to push forward
MOSCOW Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday its forces had repelled numerous attempted counterattacks by the Ukrainian army
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Explainer-What is Hong Kong's new dual HKD/RMB share counter?
By Georgina Lee and Winni Zhou HONG KONG The Hong Kong stock exchange will start offering yuan-denominated Chinese
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