Today
How Ukraine pulled off its biggest gamble: invading Russia
Kyiv’s troops say they found a Russian unit calmly drinking coffee as they crossed the border.
- Christopher Miller
Yesterday
Russia evacuates another border region amid threats from Ukraine
Russia has imposed a sweeping security regime in the Kursk, Bryansk and Belgorod regions, while ally Belarus says it is bolstering troop numbers at its border.
- Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly
This Month
Russia pushes back at Ukraine’s cross-border assault
One of the strikes on Ukrainian troops involved a thermobaric missile that causes a blast wave and suffocates those in its path, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
- Updated
- Kim Barker
Putin rushes reinforcements to Kursk as Ukraine seizes gas facility
Ukrainian forces reportedly took control of a key gas facility in Kursk after a stunning sweep through the region that took Moscow by surprise.
- Joe Barnes and Telegraph Video
July
ASX hits record; Army private ‘a spy’; Defiant Biden gaffes again
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
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- NATO
NATO to bolster Ukraine’s air defence following hospital attack
The White House hoped Joe Biden could turn the page on the speculation with his speech, which was being closely scrutinised for any verbal flubs or signs of confusion.
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- Steve Holland, Patricia Zengerle, Sabine Siebold and Trevor Hunnicutt
Zelensky blasts Modi’s visit to Russia as blow to peace
The Ukrainian president said the visit was a “devastating blow to peace efforts”. His comments came on the same day as a missile strike on Kyiv hit a children’s hospital.
- Sudhi Ranjan Sen and Dan Strumpf
Putin uses stealth missiles in Ukraine children’s hospital attack
Ukraine accused Russia of using missiles that fly low to the ground to avoid radar and cause maximum damage to target the country’s biggest children’s hospital.
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- Hanna Arhirova and Illia Novikov
Putin says Trump ‘sincerely’ wants to end the war in Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin said Russia takes seriously statements by Donald Trump that he has proposals to end the war in Ukraine quickly.
- Bloomberg News
June
Trump reviews plan to halt US military aid to Ukraine
Two chiefs of staff in Donald Trump’s former National Security Council have proposed cutting aid to Ukraine until it negotiates with Russia.
- Gram Slattery and Simon Lewis
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- Russia-Ukraine war
Ukraine peace summit seeks consensus on Russia rebuke
China’s absence from the meeting and the attendance of lower-level diplomats from the BRICS states cast a shadow over efforts to win over the Global South.
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- Thomas Escritt and Sabine Siebold
Biden vows weapons, aid for Ukraine ‘until they prevail’
The US president has signed a new security agreement with Volodymyr Zelensky, and the G7 plans $75 billion in aid to Ukraine in its war against Russia.
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- Matt Viser and Tyler Pager
- Opinion
- The AFR View
New age of war hangs over D-Day memories
If the democracies want to avoid the kind of sacrifices endured by the D-Day generation, then they need to show more resolve than they have.
- The AFR View
‘We will not walk away’: Allies return to the D-Day beaches
As world leaders gathered in Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, US President Joe Biden warned against surrendering to dictators.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
- Opinion
- Australia's China challenge
Shangri-La reveals a region short on peace and harmony
The rhetoric at the annual Singapore security conference says that even stabilised relations with China will remain testing for Australian governments.
- Rory Medcalf
Australia has ‘security anxieties’ with China even as ties warm
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has called on Beijing to uphold the global rules-based order.
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- David Rising, Jasmine Ng and Haslinda Amin
May
Zelensky pushes Albanese over peace summit attendance
Volodymyr Zelensky has asked Anthony Albanese to help generate support for the June peace summit in Switzerland. Coal was not raised.
- Phillip Coorey
‘Hours of attacks’: Russia’s glide bombs target Ukraine city
It was the latest attack in a sustained bombing campaign that has made life increasingly dangerous for civilians in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
- Constant Méheut
More troops, better tech: Putin’s Ukraine push worries West
Multiple factors are helping Russia’s military advance, including a delay in US weaponry and Moscow’s technological innovations on the battlefield.
- David E. Sanger, Julian E. Barnes and Kim Barker
Blinken visits Ukraine as Russia’s military closes in
The US secretary of state arrived in Kyiv to reassure Ukraine of America’s commitment to help the push-back against Russian advances that have gathered pace in recent months.
- Matthew Lee
