Latest Russia-Ukraine war news: Live updates - The Washington Post

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Ukraine said five Russian missiles hit the capital as U.N. Secretary General António Guterres ended his Thursday visit, in which he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and called the war “an absurdity in the 21st century.” It was the first such attack on Kyiv in weeks since fighting died down around the city after Russian forces withdrew from its suburbs.

As NATO warns the war could drag on for years, senior U.S. officials are laying the groundwork for a different global security order. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told U.S. lawmakers the world had changed dramatically and declared support for Finland and Sweden joining NATO. President Biden asked Congress for an additional $33 billion to help Ukraine, after American officials said they also sought to weaken Russia.

In the battle for eastern Ukraine, Russian forces are making “slow and uneven” progress and moving forward at a pace of just several kilometers a day, hampered by logistical challenges, according to the Pentagon. Moscow has shifted a significant number of troops from Mariupol to other combat zones, the Pentagon said, while some Ukrainian forces are still holding out in the southern port city under heavy fire.

Here’s what else to know

• The United States has assessed that Russian intelligence was behind an attack this month on a Nobel Prize winner and prominent Russian editor who criticized the invasion.
• A U.K. aid group said two British volunteers were captured by the Russian military in southeastern Ukraine. Separately, the Foreign Office said one British national was killed in Ukraine and another was missing.
• Ukraine is boosting its defenses along the border with Transnistria, a pro-Russian breakaway region of Moldova, after recent unexplained explosions there.
• The Washington Post has lifted its paywall for readers in Russia and Ukraine. Telegram users can subscribe to our channel for updates.

Ukraine names 10 Russians it accuses of war crimes in Bucha

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Ukrainian authorities have pushed ahead with efforts to investigate and prosecute potential war crimes committed by Russian forces in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, even as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledges the alleged perpetrators may never face justice.

Prosecutors filed their first war crimes charges Thursday against 10 Russian service members accused of torturing and taking civilians hostage on the outskirts of the capital. The Russians are not in custody, and the charges were filed in absentia to Ukrainian courts.

This decision signals Kyiv’s resolve to hold Moscow accountable and its determination to ensure that the voices of the victims and their families are heard, said Mervyn Cheong, a law professor at the National University of Singapore who also serves as counsel before the International Criminal Court.

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