More than a year of bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world.

Tank operators from the 59th Motorized Brigade of the Ukrainian Army in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on Tuesday.
Tank operators from the 59th Motorized Brigade of the Ukrainian Army in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on Tuesday. Tyler Hicks/The New York Times

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    Firefighters helping a resident at a heavily damaged residential building hit by shelling in Kryvyi Rih, in central Ukraine, on Tuesday.

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      A photo released by Russian state media showing President Vladimir V. Putin during a meeting with war correspondents at the Kremlin on Tuesday.

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      Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, on Tuesday in Kyiv, Ukraine. He said he was going to the plant to make a better assessment.

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      Captain Fritz, a Ukrainian soldier who identified himself by his call sign, firing toward Russian positions near Marinka, in eastern Ukraine, in May.

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    The 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, at the front line south of Bakhmut on Friday.

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    Battles Rage as Ukraine Tries to Retake Russian-Occupied Territory

    Military analysts and U.S. officials said it was too soon to judge the success of Ukraine’s offensive, which is looking for weaknesses to exploit, in the face of fierce resistance.

     By Andrew E. Kramer and Eric Schmitt

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    An area near the Kakhovka dam and its reservoir as seen from a damaged apartment building in Vesele, Ukraine, a village on the Dnipro River in the Kherson region on Thursday.

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    Dam’s Destruction Reshapes Ukraine, but Not Arc of the War

    The main thrust of the Ukrainian counteroffensive is expected in the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions, not along the Dnipro River, where the fighting quickly resumed after the disaster.

     By Andrew E. Kramer

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    Troops of the Ukrainian 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade at a position near Avdiivka, in the Donetsk region, firing toward Russian positions on Wednesday.

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    Ukraine Mounts Multiple Attacks on Russian Occupiers

    The assaults, with Western tanks and armored vehicles, appear to mark a long-awaited counteroffensive that Ukraine hopes will retake territory and shore up allies’ resolve to keep supplying weapons.

     By Eric Schmitt and Andrew E. Kramer

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    Residents being evacuated in Kherson, Ukraine, on Thursday. The authorities have warned that the flooding has dislodged land mines and mixed with dangerous pollutants.

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    Zelensky Visits Ukraine’s Flood Zone, Where Residents See ‘Horror’ Float By

    President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to the city of Kherson, trying to rally rescue crews. Russian forces shelled the city not long after his visit.

     By Marc Santora and Maria Varenikova

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    Mapping the Flooding From the Dam Breach in Southern Ukraine

    Maps show where villages were inundated by floodwaters downstream a destroyed dam in southern Ukraine.

     By Lauren Leatherby, Lazaro Gamio, Marco Hernandez and Haley Willis

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