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
A delegation of G7 experts will meet in Antwerp, the great historical center of the sector, to assess formulas for tracking and tracing Russian gemstones
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
Almost half of countries have suffered setbacks in the democratic process in the last five years, according to the IDEA organization, which however highlights growing citizen participation
The strike on a cafe in the village of Hroza on Oct. 5 was one of the deadliest attacks since the Kremlin’s forces launched a full-scale invasion 20 months ago
Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was accused of reporting on the Russian military ‘in order to transmit information to foreign sources,’ the state-run website Tatar-Inform said
Guided bombs hit key infrastructure in the city of Kherson, sparking a partial blackout and disruption to the area’s water supply
With schools demolished by shelling and students evacuated, educators continue to give classes from basements or air raid shelters to provide a small sense of normalcy
The conflict threatens wider consequences such as the cooling of the Israeli-Saudi dialogue, new tensions between the West and Iran, and accusations of double standards leveled at Israel’s supporters
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
Marina Ovsyannikova, who interrupted a live broadcast of one of Russia’s most-watched news programs and also called Vladimir Putin a killer, lives in France under consular protection
Azerbaijan is increasing its demands on the government of Nikol Pashinyan after regaining control of the territory, while the opposition has called the prime minister a ‘traitor’ for seeking peace negotiations
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have intensified their operations against the invader’s positions in the illegally annexed territory
Russia says Ukraine has launched another missile attack on Sevastopol in occupied Crimea, a day after an attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet
Populist and far-right parties are capitalizing on the discontent and fatigue of their citizens in the middle of electoral periods in Slovakia and Poland
The Ukrainian military has confirmed a change in tactics in their advance to reduce the number of casualties. Officers are asking for more time to obtain results in the counteroffensive
Kyiv is producing a new generation of weapons, including cruise missiles, to strike beyond its borders and reduce dependence on its international allies
Ursula von der Leyen will deliver the State of the Union speech on Wednesday in Strasbourg with many internal and external issues on the table for the bloc
The Russian invasion has destroyed buildings containing the paintings of Maria Primachenko and Polina Raiko. Today, the works of these folkloric artists are being displayed in various exhibitions, in an attempt to strengthen the national Ukrainian identity
The hardline anti-Kremlin politician has been dubbed ‘Europe’s New Iron Lady’ for her stance on the Ukraine war but is under pressure after a scandal erupted in the media
Each barrel of crude that the Kremlin sells is already clearly above the set threshold, but the U.S. and the other non-EU members of the G7 — Canada, Japan and the United Kingdom — are refusing to introduce changes
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned the attack on a civilian target as U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Ukraine, where he was expected to announce more than $1 billion in new American funding
The Russian president says the agreement that allowed Ukraine to export through the Black Sea won’t be restored until the West meets its obligations to facilitate Russian agricultural exports
The Ukrainian military warns that Moscow is replicating its strategy in Bakhmut to break the defenses of the strategic city while diverting forces from the counteroffensive in the south
There’s a weekly subject loosely translated as ‘Conversations about Important Things,’ which was introduced last year with the goal of boosting patriotism
Technology designed to detect nuclear tests thousands of miles away can capture explosions of all sorts — whether they are bombs, missiles or gunfire — in targeted cities
Life in Moscow presents a facade of normality despite sweeping sanctions tied to the war in Ukraine and the departure of hundreds of name-brand Western companies
