Soviet Built Lada News Today

Guillaume Ptak/The Daily BeastCHASIV YAR, Ukraine—In front of a small country house in eastern Ukraine, two gray-haired Ukrainian soldiers are tinkering with a worn-out dune buggy, their hands and faces covered in grime. The rickety contraption is powered by an engine ripped out of a Soviet-built Lada and wouldn’t look out of place on the set of a Mad Max movie. “We built it ourselves,” says “Kherson,” who introduces himself as the commander of the unit ...

With the war reaching its second anniversary, the Ukrainian army has had to mobilize more and more soldiers in their 50s and 60s to man the trenches along the sprawling frontline.

Thousands of people fleeing Russia-controlled areas of south Ukraine are arriving in a city near Europes largest nuclear plant despite fears of a radiation leak from fighting.

By Andrea Shalal ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Thousands of people fleeing Russia-controlled areas of south Ukraine are arriving in a city near Eu...