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KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia attacked power stations and other infrastructure Sunday, causing widespread outages across Ukraine as Kyivs forces pressed a swift counteroffensive that has driven Moscows troops from swaths

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked power stations and other infrastructure Sunday,...

The claim of a withdrawal to concentrate on Donetsk is similar to the justification Russia gave for pulling back its forces from the Kyiv region earlier this year.

The intent is clearly to make it as difficult as possible for the Russians to hold their positions. said Watling.

Our experts break down how this conflict has transformed not only military operations and strategy, but also diplomacy, intelligence, national security, energy security, economic statecraft, and much more.

In a candid interview, former U.S. diplomat Daniel Fried talks about what the United States got wrong (and right) about the 2008 Georgia-Russia war and why, with an unprecedented and ferocious Russian war on Ukraine, it now matters more than ever.

Many of the targets are already under sanctions imposed by the European Union and Britain. One is Alina Kabaeva, a former Olympic gymnast believed to be the romantic partner of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

The move was expected to draw broad bipartisan support, as Republicans break from former President Donald J. Trump’s “America First” approach.

WASHINGTON -- The State Department on Tuesday announced a major new round of sanctions on dozens of Russian companies and individuals to further punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, including oligarchs close to President Vladimir Putin and technology institutions with ties to Russias military.

Alina Maratovna Kabaeva, an Olympic medalist and former State Duma member, has a "close relationship to Putin," the U.S. Treasury Department said.