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
In an interview with EL PAÍS, the leader discusses Russia’s attempts to undermine the EU’s unity on supporting Kyiv
Bancroft Global Development, which has military training experience in Somalia, acknowledged discussions with the Central African Republic, which is seeking to ‘diversify’ its security relations
The municipality of Sviatohirsk is known for hosting the largest statue dedicated to the Bolshevik revolutionary Artyom, a symbol of Russian nationalism in Donbas
Ukraine has increasingly used its long-range firepower to hit oil refineries and depots deep inside Russia and has sought to unsettle the Russian border regions, putting political pressure on Putin
The author of ‘The Last Soviet Artist,’ a graphic journey of the many former republics that made up the giant that was the Soviet Union, talks about Alexei Navalny’s death and the role of a social artist
The economic and political backing of China, the military support of Iran and North Korea, and the strategic depth granted by Belarus are some of the cornerstones of the Kremlin’s powers of endurance
Swarms of long-range drone bombs have damaged a dozen fuel refinery plants deep inside enemy territory, causing a disruption of up to 15% in Russia’s production of crude oil fuels
The label was initially applied in 2012 to identify NGOs that received foreign funding and has become a catch-all tool against Russian dissidents
The French proposal not to rule out sending soldiers to fight against Russia opened a debate that confirms there are soldiers from the Atlantic Alliance on the ground, but not in combat roles
The partial count confirms the president’s resounding victory in a vote where he faced no real opposition. The leader also admitted for the first time that, before his death, there were plans to swap Alexei Navalny for a Russian prisoner held in Germany
Polling happened in a tightly controlled environment where the Russian president only faced competition from three token rivals
The shortage of air-to-surface cruise missiles in Ukrainian and European arsenals means that Germany is the only ally that can meet Kyiv’s demand in the short term
The president, who came to power 24 years ago, is poised to win the presidential election for a fifth time, while his main opponents are in jail, exiled or dead
Residents of the Russian border city of Belgorod report an unprecedented intensity of attacks attributed to Ukraine. In Kursk, support for the president is resounding on the first election day
European leaders are taking steps to bolster military support for Ukraine. But more efforts must be carried out urgently. Without them, the result will not be peace, but a debacle
A new Russian law stipulates that anyone in the occupied territories who does not have a Russian passport by July 1 is subject to imprisonment as a ‘foreign citizen’
After the meeting of the so-called ‘Weimar Triangle’ of the three countries, the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said that ‘the Russian president should know that we won’t let up in our support for Ukraine’
Russian forces regularly showed little regard for possible harm to civilians in their military operations, the report said, adding that incidents of rape and sexual violence against women amounted to torture
Alexander Kamyshin says Kyiv has already tested unmanned ground devices on the front lines that ‘kept the Russians at bay for 40 days’
The two powers, which have imposed autocratic rule on most of Eurasia, are likely to view the present moment as ripe to challenge the U.S. order
The president’s three supposed rivals all support the Kremlin and the vote, which will be held from Friday to Sunday without international observers, uses an opaque electronic system
Macron said that responsibility for prompting such a move would lie with Moscow — ‘It wouldn’t be us’ — and said France would not lead an offensive into Ukraine
The heft of that long tenure and the thorough suppression of effective domestic opposition voices gives Putin a very strong — and perhaps unrestrained — hand
Archpriest Andrei Kordochkin, suspended from service in Madrid for his pacifist positions, officiated at a ceremony for the deceased opponent Alexei Navalny in Germany, from where he urges Russians to ‘study all forms of non-violent resistance’
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been warning for years about Moscow’s attempts to destabilize these nations and persecute Russian citizens on their territory
An assailant attacked Leonid Volkov on Tuesday as he arrived in a car at his Vilnius home, where he lives in exile. The attacker smashed one of his car’s windows, sprayed tear gas into his eyes and hit him with a hammer