Lviv

Russia launched its long-feared, full-scale ground offensive to take control of Ukraine’s east on Monday, attacking along a broad front over 300 miles (480 kilometers) long, Ukrainian officials said in what marked the opening of a new and potentially climactic phase of the war. “The Russian troops have begun the battle for the Donbas,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced in…

Ukraine’s cultural capital was a city that could feel distant from the war until the missiles struck within walking distance of the cathedrals and cafes downtown.

In city after city around Ukraine, hospitals, schools and buildings where people sought safety from the bombardment have been attacked.

A New Hampshire man who has been living in Ukraine is finally back home in Portsmouth. John Cavanaugh had been in the country for about nine months before Russia invaded. He was able to get from Kyiv to Lviv easily, but that’s when the journey back to the United States took a turn for the worse. “It was just...