Crimea

Kyiv’s troops hold 10% of the city of Pokrovsk, are losing ground in other sectors of the Donetsk and Kharkiv provinces, and are retreating alarmingly in Zaporizhzhia

The cancellation of the summit between the Russian and American leaders demonstrates that Moscow is trying to buy time. Washington wants an agreement at all costs, even by overriding Kyiv’s interests

Volodymyr Zelenskiy is willing to participate, if invited, in the meeting in Budapest between the US and Russian presidents

A dozen member states have some form of Armed Forces civilian training program, a growing trend since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Germany is the latest to follow suit

The Ukrainian president and several European leaders will meet with the US president Monday to discuss peace negotiations with Russia

Faced with the uncertainty generated by Trump, Reykjavik is strengthening its commitment to the Alliance and its relationship with the EU

Mariano García Calatayud was arrested in 2022 by Kremlin agents in the Ukrainian city of Kherson, where he participated in street protests. With no news of his whereabouts for years, his family believes he may be locked up in Moscow

The second Istanbul meeting confirms that Moscow has no intention of stopping the war by making demands that imply Kyiv’s surrender

Dozens of drones hidden in trucks and programmed with artificial intelligence attacked four of Russia’s most strategic airfields. According to Kyiv, Moscow has lost a third of its nuclear-capable bombers

The agreement will serve to maintain aid to Kyiv at a time when the two sides are nowhere near to sitting down to negotiate peace

Kyiv opposes Washington’s plans while the UK downgrades ceasefire negotiations in London to a meeting of technical experts after Secretary of State Marco Rubio canceled his attendance

Moscow and Kyiv admit they have doubts about the limits of military operations in a key area for both their economies

The US president will discuss the distribution of Ukrainian assets with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to convince the Russian leader to accept a ceasefire

The French president’s visit to Washington is part of European efforts to prevent an agreement that would be detrimental to Kyiv

The International Committee of the Red Cross believes that this is probably the largest number of missing persons in such a context in the world. Among them are both military personnel and civilians

The Ukrainian government has postponed a summit at which it was to discuss with its allies a common position vis-à-vis Moscow to end the war

The hardening of the regime has been a gradual process in which the Russian leader counted on the passive loyalty of the population in exchange for a stability that his ambition has broken

Five years ago, when the Spaniard was appointed EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, he said: ‘Europe must learn the language of power.’ He has tried to use this philosophy in Ukraine and the Middle East. On December 1 he left his position. His successor, Kaja Kallas, will seek to build a European defense system

The country’s agricultural companies explore trading chickpeas for rice and mandarin oranges with other Asian countries to get around international sanctions. The Kremlin has put together a guide for such transactions and is confident that bartering ‘will increase competitiveness’

Kyiv claims that Pyongyang’s forces are supporting Russian troops on Ukrainian soil

At least 80,000 soldiers have deserted their units so far during the war with Russia, more than half of them in the first eight months of 2024

The decline in support for Zelenskiy on his trip to the US confirms the change of tone among Kyiv’s partners in favor of negotiations with the Kremlin

The use of the Danube and Constanta ports in Romania, coupled with the success of securing the Odesa-Bosphorus route, has boosted Ukrainian grain exports to near pre-war levels

The Office of the President of Ukraine affirms that, in a few months, the country must agree with its international allies on the roadmap to negotiating with the invader

The Ukrainian army believes that this railway network will enter into service this year and will play a key role in the invader’s military logistics