Hi, this is Chris York reporting from Kyiv on day 1,338 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: An operation by Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) killed three Russian paratroopers in the Russian city of Stavropol,

The Treasury Department said new economic penalties will target Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, as well as their subsidiaries.

The order specifies that the missiles will be delivered over a two year timeframe that runs from 2024 until 2026.

Putin didn’t need permission to travel to Alaska —he does to visit Hungary. For Trump to meet Putin in Budapest would undermine the rule of law and should not happen.

In total, 124 combat clashes were recorded along the entire front line over the past day, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Yesterday, Russia launched one missile and 83 air strikes,

THE CAVE of the Fallen Angels on West Forty-sixth Street, has also opened its many doors of its many sprawling rooms, and the Katinka, at 109 West Forty-ninth Street, is dragging its steady clientele into the dark-some and frolicsome cellar, both for dinner and afterwards.

Russia is increasingly outsourcing its war in Ukraine. To offset record losses and dwindling recruitment, Moscow is importing manpower from abroad. According to press statements by Ukrainian officials, as many as 25,000 Cubans could soon be fighting for Russia, overtaking North Koreans as the largest contingent of foreign troops on the battlefield.

Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine have killed at least three people and wounded 17 others, according to local officials. In Kyiv, one person died and ten were injured in a ballistic