More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine.
Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern.
Mar 30, 2023, 6:22 AM EDT
WSJ 'vehemently denies' spying allegation against reporter
The Wall Street Journal said on Thursday that it "vehemently denies" the spying allegations brought by Russia's intelligence service against its reporter.
"The Wall Street Journal vehemently denies the allegations from the FSB and seeks the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter, Evan Gershkovich," a spokesperson for the WSJ said in a statement to ABC News. "We stand in solidarity with Evan and his family."
A picture taken on July 27, 2021, shows journalist Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. reporter for The Wall Street Journal newspaper who has been detained in Russia for espionage, Russian news agencies reported Thursday, March 30, 2023.
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The FSB said it detained Gershkovich in the city of Ekaterinburg, in central Russia, and accused him of collecting "state secrets" on an enterprise belonging to Russia's military industrial complex on behalf of the United States.
Mar 30, 2023, 4:24 AM EDT
WSJ reporter detained in Russia on spying charge
Russia's FSB intelligence agency said on Thursday it had detained a journalist working for The Wall Street Journal on spying charges.
Russian state media cited an FSB statement saying Evan Gershkovich was detained in Ekaterinburg, a city in central Russia, and accusing him of collecting "state secrets" on an enterprise belonging to Russia's military industrial complex on behalf of the United States.
A criminal case has been opened against him, the officials said.
An undated ID photo of journalist Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. reporter for The Wall Street Journal newspaper who has been detained in Russia for espionage, Russian news agencies reported Thursday, March 30, 2023, citing the FSB security services.
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"It is established that Evan Gershkovich, acting on the instruction of the American side, was collecting information consisting of state secrets, about the activity of one of the enterprises of the Russian military industrial complex. He was arrested in Ekaterinburg during an attempt to receive secret information," Russian media said, quoting FSB officials.
Earlier reports from local media said that Gershkovich had been in Ekaterinburg reporting on the Wagner private military company.
Russian law enforcement officers patrol Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, March 20, 2023.
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Gershkovich is a reporter for the WSJ covering Russia, Ukraine and the former Soviet Union. He previously reported for Agence France-Presse and The Moscow Times, according to his WSJ profile. He also served as a news assistant at The New York Times.
-ABC News Tanya Stukalova and Patrick Reevell
Mar 28, 2023, 4:45 PM EDT
US will support special tribunal to try 'crime of aggression' against Russia
The U.S. will support the creation of a special tribunal to prosecute top Kremlin officials for Russia's aggression toward Ukraine, State Department officials said Tuesday, marking a significant shift for the Biden administration and a notable step toward outlining what accountability on the international stage might look like after the conflict.
A department spokesperson said the administration envisioned the tribunal would take the form of an international court that is "rooted in Ukraine's judicial system" but ideally located in another European country.
The spokesperson added that such a mechanism would work to "facilitate broader international support and demonstrate Ukraine's leadership in ensuring accountability for the crime of aggression" as well as "maximize the chances of achieving meaningful accountability for the crime of aggression."
Ukraine and other Western countries have long called for a special tribunal, but until now, the U.S. has not publicly declared if it would support the creation of a new structure.
-ABC News' Shannon K. Crawford
Mar 27, 2023, 12:21 PM EDT
2 dead, 29 hurt in Russian missile strike on Sloviansk
At least two people were killed and 29 were injured Monday morning when a pair of long-range Russian missiles slammed into buildings in a city in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said.
Communal workers clean the debris from the street in front of a heavily damaged building after a Russian attack in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, March 27, 2023.
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The two S-300 Russian missiles hit administrative and office buildings, and private homes in Sloviansk, according to Pavlo Kyrylenko, the regional governor.
A man with his push bike stops to look at the remains of a destroyed vehicle in front of a destroyed building after a deadly strike in the city of Sloviansk, Ukraine, March 27, 2023.
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Sloviansk is in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, where heavy fighting has been waged since the start of the war.
The missiles struck the city around 10:30 a.m. local time, Kyrylenko said.
People stand in front of a heavily damaged building after a Russian attack in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, March 27, 2023.
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He said the town of Druzhkivka in the Donetsk region was also targeted in Monday's missile attacks. Kyrylenko said a Russian missile "almost completely destroyed" an orphanage in Druzhkivka, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
"Another day that began with terrorism by the Russian Federation," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement.
Zelenskyy said Ukraine "will not forgive the torturing of our people."
"All Russian terrorists will be defeated," Zelenskyy said. "Everyone involved in this aggression will be held to account."