Cristian Segura

The correspondent for EL PAÍS unveils (and tastes) the food preferred by soldiers and civilians in combat zones

Amid fears that the supply of arms provided by Ukraine’s allies could run out, Kyiv is eager to bolster the country’s defense industry

‘Slovo Patsana’ portrays criminal life in the final years of the USSR. It is the most viewed show on the internet, especially among young Ukrainians, despite the fact that broadcasting it is prohibited

Kyiv has rapidly reformed a multitude of laws over the past two years so that the European Council would give free rein to discussions over membership of the bloc

Millions of Ukrainian women and children have moved overseas and do not plan to return to a country that has lost over 30% of its population since independence in 1991

Analysts and military officials say combat activity will decline due to the challenges of fighting in the cold

The president faces rising opposition in the United States and Europe to maintaining aid, growing domestic unrest, and stalemate on the front lines of the war

The government in Kyiv and the Armed Forces have activated a plan to call up thousands of men who have avoided enlisting. Those who refuse will face time in prison

Vitali Klitschko has criticized the Ukrainian president for monopolizing power and not preparing the country for the Russian invasion

With the connivance of the Polish authorities, transporters and agriculturalists have left Ukrainian drivers stuck for days, claiming they represent unfair competition

Marianna Budanova has been hospitalized and local media report there are other victims. The GUR agency claims that Russia has tried to assassinate the spy chief on several occasions

Ukrainian marines and special forces have established several landing points along 12 miles of shore under Russian control

The Wall Evidence initiative has collected over 400 graffiti and messages from invading troops that can be used to prove war crimes

Moscow’s air and artillery superiority is pushing the defenders of the strategic city in Donetsk province to the limit as ammunition supplies run low

Civil society organizations warn that the country is not yet ready for its entry into the 27-member bloc and are asking the government to recognize publicly that the process will take years

The former president claimed he could strike an agreement to end the conflict in ‘24 hours,’ but the Ukrainian president says that peace is not possible because of Putin

Valerii Zaluzhnyi predicts that there will be no progress for at least a year and has compared the situation at the front to World War I

Transcarpathian Oblast — the westernmost and safest region of Ukraine — faces tensions between its communities. This conflict has been fueled by Budapest, which is threatening to veto Kyiv’s attempt to join the EU

With fewer troops and less ammunition than the invader, Kyiv is now preparing for 2024, facing even greater obstacles in its attempt to recover occupied territory

Zelenskiy has offered unconditional support to Netanyahu and is focusing on a communication strategy that links Moscow to Hamas

Several municipalities in the Kharkiv province, including the capital, are being targeted by the invading army just a day after a massacre in which 52 people died

Last July, Russia broke the Black Sea Grain Initiative, an agreement signed in summer 2022 with Turkey and the UN that allowed Ukrainian grain to be exported to international markets

Zelenskiy has announced a weapons manufacturing agreement with 38 multinational companies. He wants his country to become ‘the arsenal of the free world’

A draft of a letter from Washington includes calls for reforms to the judiciary, the Ministry of Defense and the agencies that regulate public enterprises

Kyiv’s forces are making the most of newly added long-range weapons to periodically punish Russian positions in the Black Sea peninsula

Politicians and experts believe that, if neither side changes the balance of power on the frontlines, both attrition and international pressure could force a cessation of hostilities with a territorial split

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have intensified their operations against the invader’s positions in the illegally annexed territory