Ukraine crisis

Learning Hebrew in bomb shelters: How Dnipro Jewry endures Russian invasion

The war opened new opportunities for Dnipro's Jews to reconnect to Judaism, finding purpose and hope amid the missile barrages.

Dnipro, Ukraine in January 2026.
Residents at the site of the apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine January 9, 2026.

Russia strikes on Kyiv leave 6,000 buildings without heat as temperatures near -20°C

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar met with Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Taras Kachka.

FM Sa'ar meets Ukrainian deputy PM, pushes for designation of Hamas, IRGC as terror orgs.

Russian troops at the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk.

Russia claims to capture Pokrovsk ahead of Witkoff visit for peace talks


Russia's attack on Odesa kills one, injures 18

The RBC-Ukraine news agency reported that the city's largest Orthodox church, the Spaso-Preobrazhenskyi Cathedral consecrated in 1809, had been severely damaged in the attacks.

A woman reacts next to her son's body near a building heavily damaged by a Russian missile attack, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in central Odesa, Ukraine July 20, 2023

Russian official says Ukraine shelled border town, killing one woman

The governor of the Belgorod region said that Ukrainian forces killed a woman in their shelling of Shebekino.

 Ukrainian servicemen fire a BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system towards Russian positions on a frontline near the town of Marinka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 7, 2023.

Russia prevents Ukraine 'terrorist' attack on Crimea's Sevastopol

Russian forces claim to have shot down nine Ukrainian drones over the Crimean port of Sevastopol on Sunday.

 Smoke rises over a fuel tank following an alleged drone attack in Sevastopol, Crimea, April 29, 2023.

Against all odds, the Ukrainian counteroffensive is inching forward

BEHIND THE LINES: “If the Western allies didn’t help, we’d already have a lack of munitions here; but for the breakthrough, we need more tanks, munitions, aviation," says a Ukrainian commander.

 SECOND-LIEUTENANT Ilya, a tank commander in the 59th Motorized Brigade, takes a break on his tank, concealed in a forest in the Pokrovsk area of Donbas, on July 9.

Ukraine's spymaster comes out of the shadows

Ukrainian intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov has built up an unusually public profile that he has used to get his message out and to menace Russia from afar.

 Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with Kyrylo Budanov

IsraAID marks 500 days of Ukraine support

Since beginning the response, IsraAID provided over 3 million liters of safe drinking water to hundreds of thousands of residents in Mykolaiv through their installation of reverse-osmosis stations. 

IsraAID Ukraine Barrer-free protection, November 28 2022

Four civilians killed, 11 wounded in Russia strikes on Ukraine town

Four civilians were killed and 11 more were wounded in a Russian strike on a humanitarian aid distribution point in Ukraine.

 A view shows a residential building hit by a Russian missile strike the previous day, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine July 7, 2023.

Mines playing key role in Russian defense against Ukraine offensive -UK

Both Russia and Ukraine have made extensive use of anti-personnel and anti-tank mines over the course of the war.

 Ukrainian serviceman examines anti tanks mines near a destroyed Russian Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the town of Izium, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine September 24, 2022.

Ukraine 'preparing for a nuclear explosion,' lawmaker says

Rudik claimed that the situation with Russian-occupying forces surrounding Europe’s largest nuclear power plant Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine “remains very dangerous.”

 A view shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant outside the city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, November 24, 2022.

Donetsk region school suffers direct hit, two dead, say Ukraine police

At least two people were killed and six were injured in a Russian missile attack on a Ukrainian village school in eastern Donetsk.

 Ukrainian servicemen inspects a damaged school building in the village near a frontline in Donetsk region.