A major accident in Ukraine's power system has caused electricity to be cut across large parts of the country.

As losses mount, the pace of Russia's advance has at times been slower than the Battle of the Somme during World War I, a report says.

CHISINAU, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Moldova's energy system was hit by an emergency outage on Saturday due to problems in neighbouring Ukraine's grid, officials said, with the capital Chisinau and other parts of the country experiencing power cuts.

A new report warns that the number of soldiers killed, injured or missing in Russia's war in Ukraine could reach 2 million by spring

The train had been operating from Chop, near Ukraine‘s western borders with Hungary and Slovakia, to the town of Barvinkove.

By Gram Slattery and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - U.S. and European officials are growing increasingly worried as hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. energy assistance previously pledged for Ukraine remain unreleased,

Ukraine faces serious new nuclear-safety risks as a result of Russian strikes aimed at degrading its power grid, depriving the nation’s three operating atomic plants of stable electricity feeds.

The swift advance of Moscow’s forces into the town of Huliaipole showcases a central challenge for Kyiv: how to defend 700 miles with too few troops.