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Ukraine is the second-largest European country, after Russia, and the largest country entirely in Europe. Lying between latitudes 44° and 53° N, and longitudes 22° and 41° E., it is mostly in the East European Plain. Ukraine covers an area of 603,550 square kilometres (233,030 sq mi), with a coastline of 2,782 kilometres (1,729 mi).
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Russian forces launch a full-scale assault on Ukraine, with its military attacking the country from the north, east and south. Ukrainian President Zelensky says 137 Ukrainian citizens - both...
2 days ago · June 14, 2024 Updated 10:34 a.m. ET. President Vladimir V. Putin said on Friday that Russia would be ready to order a cease-fire in Ukraine and enter negotiations with its government if Kyiv were ...
1 day ago · The hand of Iryna Filkina, a woman who according to residents was killed by Russian army soldiers, is pictured as her body lies on the street, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Bucha, Kyiv ...
May 17, 2024 · Here are the latest developments: Russian forces have made advances north and north-east of Kharkiv, the second biggest city in Ukraine. Russia has also intensified attacks along the eastern...
Jun 5, 2023 · Ukrainian forces have stepped up artillery strikes and ground assaults in a flurry of military activity that American officials suggested on Monday could signal that Kyiv’s long-planned...
Jun 9, 2023 · Here’s where Ukraine has mounted multiple attacks this week in the apparent beginning of its long-planned counteroffensive.
4 days ago · Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started the deadliest war on European soil in more than 70 years. Follow this page for reports from the ground, the political wrangling on both sides of the front...
Ukrainian and Russian forces are locked in combat along a 300-mile (480km) frontline in eastern Ukraine. President Zelensky said the situation in embattled Mariupol remained "as tough as possible...
