In another deadly escalation of its invasion, Russia launched a powerful overnight barrage of missiles and drones on western Ukraine, killing at least two people and wounding over a dozen more. The strikes targeted Chernivtsi, Lviv, and Lutsk—cities close to the borders of Romania and Poland, signaling an expansion of the conflict’s geographic scope. According […]
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Poroshenko seeks votes in Western Ukraine in election run-off
Facing a potentially huge defeat in a run-off vote on Sunday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is fighting to close the gap by winning votes in the country’s largely conservative Western regions and expanding his appeal elsewhere. Up against Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian with no previous political experience who topped the first round, Poroshenko believes he […]