Ukraine

According to a British report, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to cancel an operation inside Russia targeting its oil industry. The reason: avoiding turmoil in the global energy market and protecting American economic interests.

Officials in Kyiv are urging Israelis to cancel trips to Uman because of the danger to life, warning of “strict emergency measures, a nighttime curfew, and severe shortages of shelters and medical services.”

Six people, including girls ages 5 and 12, were killed when a Russian missile directly hit a home in a village outside Kryvyi Rih. Another civilian was killed in a missile strike on a building in Kyiv, while air-raid sirens sounded in Poland.

Ukraine’s military struck a Russian ship in the Caspian Sea that was operated by Iranian crews and carried equipment between Russia and Iran. An Iranian sailor was killed in the attack, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards declared: "Ukraine will pay for the attack."

Ukraine again targeted Wildberries warehouse sites in two Russian regions, just days after an earlier attack. Kyiv says the facilities were being used to supply equipment and components to the Russian military.

A week after dismissing his defense minister in a move that sparked protests, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made another major change at the top of the security establishment. Maj. Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi will replace Oleksandr Syrskyi as commander of the army.

At the NATO summit, President Donald Trump said the U.S. will allow Ukraine to produce Patriot interceptors under license. In Kyiv, the move is being welcomed, but experts are questioning whether it can actually be carried out inside Ukraine anytime soon.

Against the backdrop of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, NATO leaders opened their summit in Ankara with President Donald Trump in attendance. At the center of the agenda: global conflicts, Washington’s push for higher defense spending, and the possibility that Turkey could return to the F-35 fighter jet program.

Ukraine launched a long-range drone strike on Russia's largest oil refinery in Siberia, causing a massive fire at the strategic energy facility.

Birds near Ukraine's front lines are using abandoned fiber optic drone cables as nesting material, highlighting war's surprising impact on the natural world.

Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency are on their way to a site near the nuclear facility in Ukraine. Officials are now checking whether the Russian strike, which caused significant damage, led to a troubling increase in radiation levels there.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a threatening message to the U.S. and European countries: leave Kyiv immediately. Two days ago, he issued a similar warning and announced that the Russian army would begin systematic strikes on the Ukrainian capital. The Baltic states told NATO headquarters: "We fear a Russian attack."

Yad Vashem and Israel’s Foreign Ministry accuse Ukraine of honoring historical collaborators after Zelensky presides over Andriy Melnyk’s reburial in Kyiv

Seizing a rare moment of calm, Kyiv’s Jewish community hosted a mass wedding that united dozens of couples—from young newlyweds to a pair of 93-year-olds—under the *chuppah*. Kyiv’s chief rabbi: "Precisely now, people choose to keep the chain of generations going."

After losing seven children in the Holocaust, Rabbi Yehuda Leib Meizlik shared a final request with his only surviving daughter during a quiet boat ride on the Dnieper River.

The Baal Shem Tov acknowledged he lacked the power to halt Rabbi Yaakov Yosef's words, which carried great weight in heaven, but could weaken his actions, thereby ensuring the tax collector's family would live on, albeit with unhealthy descendants.

Arriving from Ukraine as a violin prodigy, Shimon Batual met disappointment instead of belonging. In a new exhibition, he shows how alienation became Judaica art, and why success abroad still hasn’t erased the feeling of being an outsider.

Surrounded by enemies and trapped behind palace walls, the Jews of Mazybuz turned to prayer and courage. What happened next became a miracle remembered for generations as Mordechai Purim.

How Rabbi Aharon Yosef Kramer performs adult circumcisions in prisons, war zones, and across the Jewish world

Rabbi Moshe Weber describes the divine protection, unwavering faith, and continued Jewish life amid the ongoing war