The Ukrainian military has few alternatives to the SpaceX communication system but concerns have been raised after the billionaire acknowledged he had refused to sanction its use over Crimea
Almost 18 months after the start of the war, a humanitarian corridor between the Russian city of Belgorod and Sumi in northeastern Ukraine opens a window of opportunity for trapped citizens
The Center for Civil Liberties has documented 4,000 people arrested during the invasion, a number the Ukrainian Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, puts as high as 20,000
EL PAÍS visits the network of medical stations that mark out the Zaporizhzhia front, where hundreds of wounded soldiers are operated on every day
The support received by the mercenary group is threatening the united front that the Kremlin is trying to build
The southern region, 80% of which is controlled by Moscow, is the strategic point where Kyiv is trying to break the corridor which connects the Crimean peninsula with the Donbas for Russians
EL PAÍS traveled along the country’s eastern border, from Kharkiv to Kherson, to portray the daily life of soldiers and civilians 15 months after the war began
Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian troops will be the ultimate test of leadership for the army’s commander-in-chief, a hero in his country and the only person whose popularity compares to Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s
Artillery and infantry units in the eastern Donbas region spend hours and hours awaiting orders and monitoring the movements of Russian troops. ‘Every day here is the same,’ says a sentry. ‘There are no Mondays, no Tuesdays, no Sundays, no holidays’
Deceptive tranquility in Kharkiv contrasts sharply with Kupiansk and other war-ravaged towns on the front lines
Ukrainian authorities are starting to face up to the scale of the problem the country has, as hundreds of thousands of soldiers head into combat without the mental-health support they need
The chief engineer of a mining company in Dnipropetrovsk province says coal is central to meeting Ukraine’s energy needs following Russia’s 6-month campaign to destroy power stations and other infrastructure
Local troops in Dvorichna withstand the pressure of the invaders, but demand the necessary weapons to push them back
Moscow has been intensifying attacks to encircle Kyiv’s troops as Volodymyr Zelenskiy considers retreat to a new defensive line. Drone units have become vital for detecting Russian artillery and infantry movements
The Donetsk and Luhansk front line has barely moved in recent weeks with Russian and Ukrainian forces locked in static 20th-century-style battles
