After taking Avdiivka, the Kremlin’s troops have begun the offensive on Chasiv Yar, a strategic location on the Donetsk front of the war
Ukrainian forces confirmed pulling out of the bombed-out city in what amounted to a triumph for the Kremlin even though the four-month battle was costly
Yulia Navalnaya’s statement on Monday came as authorities denied Navalny’s mother access to a morgue where his body is believed to be held after his death last week at an Arctic penal colony
Conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, tensions with China and North Korea, and a possible Donald Trump presidency suggest the current arms race will deepen
With minimal investment, the Armed Forces of Ukraine claim to have disabled a third of the Kremlin’s fleet in the Black Sea
The Kremlin has intensified internal repression a month before the elections, which will be held without rivals. Meanwhile, Russian forces are advancing in the war against Ukraine, while US aid falters
The Munich Security Conference has highlighted the broken global order in which Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are closing ranks. ‘The question is whether democracy will survive,’ says the president of the European Commission
Flows from the United States have been reduced, and this has an impact on the battlefront, says NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg at the Munich Security Conference
Kremlin troops advance on the front and win their biggest trophy since the capture of Bakhmut in March 2023
Thousands of individuals laid flowers at monuments to the victims of political repression throughout the country after the death of the well-known activist. The police have dispersed some of the spontaneous acts
Russian authorities have opened at least 883 criminal cases against dissidents since the start of the Ukraine invasion. The repression not only extends to the democratic opposition, but also to sectors favorable to the war but dissatisfied with the president and the military leadership
‘Let there be no doubt: Putin is responsible,’ Biden said. European leaders such as Von der Leyen, Macron and Scholz also pointed the finger at the Russian government
Civil unions may become more common among Orthodox countries gravitating toward the European Union. They remain off the table in Russia and countries in its orbit
On the same Munich stage where Putin delivered his famous 2007 speech announcing his rejection of the current world order, the dissident’s partner urged the international community to fight against the Russian regime
The details of what happened to President Vladimir Putin’s key political challenger, Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic prison colony on Friday, are unknown
The best-known opponent internationally of Vladimir Putin’s regime spent years uncovering corruption scandals among Russia’s elite
The Federal Prison Service said in a statement that Navalny felt unwell after a walk on Friday and lost consciousness
The resentment caused by the collapse of the Soviet Union continues to provide the fuel for Vladimir Putin’s imperial project
Washington downplays the threat: ‘We’re not talking about a weapon that can be used to attack human beings or cause physical destruction here on Earth’
Trump immediately sought to turn it in his favor at a campaign rally, hailing the statement as a ‘great compliment’
The urgently needed package has been held up by infighting in Congress. It was recently approved by the Senate but faces a deep uncertainty in the House of Representatives
Nothing favors Russia more than the erosion of NATO’s defensive credibility and trust among allies
The bill to assist the invaded country faces an uncertain future in the House of Representatives despite passing the Senate on Tuesday by a large majority
Estonia and fellow NATO members Latvia and Lithuania have pulled down monuments that are widely seen as an unwanted legacy of the Soviet occupation of those countries
France has called on Europe to prepare for the Republican populist’s possible returns to the White House
The strategic significance of the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, the friction between the U.S. and China and the possible return of Trump make for a high-risk horizon
The new commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is one of the most prestigious military leaders in the country, but less popular among the troops than his predecessor, Valerii Zaluzhnyi