Russia-Ukraine war
Australia responds to Zelensky’s SOS with $250m in military aid
After a hospital bombing, the Ukrainian leader put out an urgent call for help before Donald Trump’s possible re-election in the US in November.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Latest
NATO launches diplomatic attack on China over support for Russia’s war
NATO leaders issued the alliance’s strongest-ever language calling out China’s military support for Russia’s war in Ukraine.
- by Donato Paolo Mancini and Peter Martin
Ukrainians salvage what they can from key children’s hospital after Russian strike
As rescue workers finished sifting through the rubble, doctors and nurses raced to help the scores of critically ill children who now must find care elsewhere.
- by Marc Santora and Megan Specia
US officials say Russia unlikely to take much more Ukrainian territory
Russia’s problems represent a significant change in the dynamic of the war, which had favoured Moscow in recent months.
- by Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt
Editorial
Editorial
Children in a cancer hospital are not soldiers of war
The Russian missile attack on a Kyiv paediatric hospital has brought worldwide condemnation yet Russia blamed Ukraine air defences.
- The Herald's View
Kyiv children’s hospital hit as Russian missile attack kills dozens across Ukraine
Missile strikes were launched on several Ukrainian cities - including the capital Kyiv - killing and wounding dozens and damaging a children’s cancer hospital.
- by Rob Harris
Orban meets Putin for ‘peace mission’, infuriating the EU, worrying Ukraine
The Hungarian leader’s trip drew strong rebukes from fellow EU leaders and Ukraine said it had not been consulted beforehand.
- by Vladimir Soldatkin and Anita Komuves
‘Tell us now’: Zelensky demands Trump say now what his peace plan is for Ukraine
“We want to understand whether in November we will have the powerful support of the US, or will be all alone,” Zelensky said.
- by Annmarie Hordern and Daryna Krasnolutska
Opinion
Opinion
Why I left comfortable Melbourne and went into a war zone
A Ukraine local staying put despite the bombing told me, “I want to live my life so as not to be ashamed of myself to my ancestors in heaven when I die.” His words sum up why I went to Ukraine and did what I did.
- by James Baillieu
How to escape from the Russian army
The Russian army is taking in foreigners to fight its war in Ukraine. Many of them had no idea they were destined for the front line.
- by Bhadra Sharma and Jeffrey Gettleman
Opinion
Opinion
How Putin handed America the keys to the world’s energy market
It did not take long for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine to reshape the world’s energy markets, but the Russian president might be kicking himself.
- by Jonathan Leake