The European Union is holding its first-ever direct elections for the European Parliament. The results will determine the direction of the 27-nation bloc for the next five years.

The war in Ukraine has become a test of wills, with both sides trying to outmaneuver each other and gain artillery supremacy. The Ukrainian military has been using a variety of artillery systems, including the Soviet-era 122mm D-30 howitzer, the 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer, and the 155mm M109A2 self-propelled howitzer, which was provided by the United States.

by Marko Strojin In the summer of 2014, I traveled to the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, where a war between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists had been raging for several months.

By JAMES G. NEUSS Published: June 6, 2014 Sainte-Mère-Église, France — The American paratrooper who landed here on D-Day, June 6, 1944, was supposed to be a replacement for a soldier who had been killed.

MOSCOW — The Russian military has been pounding Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region for weeks, and now it is turning its attention to the capital, Kyiv.

Inside the Base Where Israel Has Detained Thousands of Gazans Israeli soldiers stand guard at the Erez crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip on July 16, 2018.

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Ukraine has launched a series of strikes into Russian territory using Western-supplied weapons, a senior Ukrainian official said on Sunday, a move that could mark a significant escalation in the conflict.

By JAMES BARRON Published: June 6, 2014 OMAHA BEACH, France — The men who stormed the beaches of Normandy 70 years ago are getting old, and many are dying.

-Controlled Territories U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hinted on Sunday that the United States may allow Ukraine greater latitude to strike at targets in Russia-controlled territories, as the war in Ukraine enters its second year.