A Ukrainian official says a Russian strike on a nine-story building in the city of Sumy killed eight people and wounded dozens, as Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack described by offic

US officials say President Biden has given the green light for Ukraine to use long range missiles supplied by Washington to strike deep inside Russia. Washington had previously refused to allow such strikes with US-made ATACMS missiles because it feared they would escalate the war.

The attack, using U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles, is a signal the West wants to heighten the conflict, says Moscow's foreign minister.

A firefighter works at the site of a residential area hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Sumy, Ukraine November 17, 2024. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Sumy region/Handout via REUTERS

The U.S. decision to authorise long-range Ukrainian strikes could help Kyiv defend the foothold in Russia's Kursk region that it seized as leverage in any war talks, but may come too late to change the course of the war,

Officials say a Russian ballistic missile with cluster munitions struck a residential area of a northern Ukraine city, killing 11 people including two children and injuring 84 others

Missiles targeted an ammunitions depot in Bryansk region, Moscow says, with Foreign Minister Lavrov saying the US wanted to escalate the conflict.

Russia claims to have shot down five US-made missiles over the Bryansk region. Russia has claimed that debris from a US-made Atacms missile has landed in the Bryansk region. Russia’s state-owned news agency Tass,