Some sectors of the military celebrated the general’s departure and now questions are being asked over the position of chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, overall commander of Kremlin forces in Ukraine
EL PAÍS accompanies a unit of former front line soldiers now tasked with enlisting civilians in the province of Sumi
The announcement of Sergei Shoigu’s new role came as 13 people were reported dead and 20 more wounded in Russia’s border city of Belgorod where a section of a residential building collapsed
The Ukrainian branch of the NGO Transparency International issued a statement on January 17 warning that ‘attacks on journalists are becoming systematic’
‘Russia is now going through a difficult, milestone period, the fate of the Motherland, its future, depends on each of us,’ the president told his troops
The Kremlin said any discussion of deploying NATO troops in Ukraine represented ‘a completely new round of escalation of tension; it is unprecedented, and of course it requires special attention and special measures’
Moscow for the first time during its invasion targeted a non-front line area with weaponry that is banned by more than 100 countries due to its lethality in civilian areas
Three reporters have been arrested in three days, accused of discrediting the Russian army and association with the organization of deceased dissident Alexei Navalny
With Russia lurking and diplomatic channels failing, Washington is preparing to redeploy its troops from Nigerien soil while pressure from the Chadian army threatens to end its operations
The new subject is called “Fundamentals of Security and Homeland Defense” and joins others with which the Kremlin has militarized educational centers
The initiative of a soldier and activist who died in combat led to a presidential decree to tackle gambling addiction among Ukrainian troops
Kaja Kallas calls for more investment in defense and believes that the EU must choose between ‘preparing to deter Russia or closing our eyes’
The second season of the Netflix documentary focuses on the atomic bomb and the Cold War, and how those events are linked to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
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
Indications that a direct attack against Israel would trigger a resounding retaliation by Biden and Netanyahu are deterring Tehran from action, experts say
Researcher Sheldon Garon highlights the precedent that the Spanish conflict represented in the generalization of a tactic aimed at breaking the morale of the population
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said there will be ‘a lot of blood’ if Kyiv does not receive the funds being blocked by Republicans in Washington
Six war veterans reflect on the problems that hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian fighters will face when they leave the front lines
The International Atomic Energy Agency said Sunday that its experts had been informed of the drone strike and that ‘such detonation is consistent with IAEA observations’
The Treasury Secretary met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang and sent a message of mutual cooperation despite the nations’ differences
Numerous works reflect the similarities of the current geopolitical situation with the Cold War era in parallel to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The Kyiv parliament has tabled a bill to pass an unpopular law proposal as over 70% of its citizens use the application as a source of information
A coordinated investigation between several countries into a Russian network that allegedly paid far-right MEPs has raised the alarm in the EU
Russian intelligence services have detained 11 suspects linked to Russia’s worst terrorist attack in two decades
Josep Borrell, EU foreign policy chief, said the sanctions show ‘our determination to hold Russia’s political leadership and authorities to account for the continuing violation of the human rights’
Air defenses shot down all the missiles. An estimated 25,000 people, including about 3,000 children, took shelter in the city’s subway stations in a scene reminiscent of the first weeks of the war
Natalia Gerasimenko was one of the members of the team that uncovered the oldest human artifacts in Europe: stone tools carved by ‘Homo erectus’ 1.4 million years ago in western Ukraine
