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Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounces a plan to recruit fighters through social media and maintains that Beijing authorities are aware of it. Soldiers undergo training for about two months before joining the offensive

Ukraine leads the way in unmanned vehicle innovation, but the invaders are advancing with weapons that have been key to their recapture of territory in Kursk

April Huggett traded her life as a homemaker in Canada for the trenches of Ukraine to defend democracy and freedom against Russia’s expansionist ambitions

Residents of this city annexed by Moscow are calling for an end to the conflict but admit the difficulties of reaching an agreement

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

Created by law to address the military’s personnel shortages, the Alcatraz Battalion is made up of recruits who have voluntarily exchanged incarceration for the frontlines

The Russian president demands an end to military and intelligence aid to the occupied country in order to accept a truce lasting longer than 30 days

Russian troop movements to Kursk to recapture the region are allowing Ukraine to stem the advance in the eastern province

Moscow says it has expelled Kyiv’s troops from this town and is confident of the complete ‘liberation’ of Kursk province in the coming days

Hawks denounce that the truce agreed upon by Washington and Kyiv will buy the enemy time. But Moscow does not want to lose touch with the US president and his new international order

The Russian invasion, of which February 24 marks the third anniversary, has forever changed the lives of millions of people. Five of them, Yulia, Volodymyr, Stanislava, Oleksandr and Tania, tell EL PAÍS their story

Russian critics of the Kremlin deplore the spiral of mutual accusations among dissidents who have fled the country

Russia aims to conquer the besieged city in Donetsk in the coming weeks, key to expanding the Kremlin’s dominance in the eastern region of Donbas

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

Several soldiers deployed in the east of the country, where the most intense fighting is taking place to contain the Russian advance, describe their daily difficulties and demand better weapons

Military personnel and civilians who have experienced the hell of the front line are wary of any peace agreement with Russia

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

EL PAÍS enters an area of Ukraine controlled by Moscow. Complaints about poor reconstruction contrast with the sense of ‘liberation’ expressed by the pro-Russian residents

Kyiv’s forces captured hundreds of enemy soldiers during the incursion into Kursk province, a success highlighted by Volodymyr Zelenskiy in repatriating his imprisoned servicemen

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 funeral commemorated Jewish soldiers killed in a war that Putin has launched to ‘denazify’ the country. The people at the ceremony agreed that if there is a fascist state, it is Russia

The Kremlin’s forces are advancing on the Donetsk front while Kyiv’s troops are stuck in Russian territory following their surprise incursion

EL PAÍS accesses the Russian territories occupied by Ukraine, where Kyiv’s soldiers are optimistic for the first time after a year of fighting on the back foot

Russian troops are approaching Pokrovsk, a key defensive city in the Donbas region, while Kyiv’s forces are starting to construct defensive lines in the border region into which an incursion was launched earlier this month

The burial ground houses 1,000 soldiers from the mercenary group, whose leader died in a plane crash after leading a mutiny against Vladimir Putin. In the villages of the province, the absence of young people who have gone to the front is palpable

The invader has gained ground with the city of Chasiv Yar as their main objective, ahead of an expected summer offensive to take Kramatorsk, which would effectively mean Kyiv’s loss of the province