Sales by the West’s 10 largest industry players grew by 7.5% in the last quarter of 2022, earnings reports show. A German company is offering to buy a Spanish ammunition maker for twice what it was worth two years ago
Ukraine has destroyed key bridges over the river, while sniper fire from fortified buildings further west has made the thin strip of open ground in the city’s center “a killing zone”
Russia’s strikes on Thursday differed from earlier attacks by including a larger number of sophisticated hypersonic missiles that are the most advanced weapons in the Kremlin’s arsenal
Kyiv’s military said power and water were restored on Friday, but about 30% of consumers still were without heating after the latest Russian missile attack
As many as 20,000 Ukrainians who were granted permission to remain in the US for one year are facing their humanitarian parole expiring on April 23
Nearly six months after the sabotage on the Russia-to-Germany pipelines, there is no accepted explanation as to what happened and who is responsible
The battle for the city the Ukrainians have dubbed “fortress Bakhmut” has become emblematic of the way each side has tried to wear down the other
A blacksmith in the Russian-controlled eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk takes weapons and ammunition and makes art out of them
‘We need to clearly differentiate whether it was a Ukrainian group that acted on the orders of Ukraine or (...) without the government’s knowledge,’ German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said
Intense Russian shelling targeted the city in the Donetsk region and nearby villages as Moscow deployed more resources to try to finish off Bakhmut’s resistance
They also offer decoy versions of US-made HIMARS rocket systems, that were among the billions of dollars in Western military aid that has helped Ukraine’s war effort
The initial results mean the Reform Party is in a remarkably strong position to take a leading role in forming Estonia’s next government
The occupied city’s de jure leader puts the civilian death toll from the siege at 22,000 and says they were not prepared for the scale of the assault: ‘We did not know the Russians were advancing towards us’
National security in the wake of neighboring Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and socio-economic issues, particularly the rising cost of living, were main campaign themes
Two civilians were killed over the past day in Bakhmut, Donetsk province Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said
The president of Ukraine met with US Attorney General Merrick Garland. ‘The main issue of all these meetings and the Lviv conference is accountability,’ he said
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
Kyiv urgently requires ammunition as the Kremlin seeks a breakthrough on the eastern front, where Moscow is sending waves of infantry to deplete the defenders’ stocks of heavy shells
The US has provided nearly $50 billion in security, economic and humanitarian assistance and announced another multibillion dollar package to boost the country’s economy.
As both sides prepare for battlefield offensives, NATO is seeking to provide security guarantees while Moscow strengthens its alliances to gain military and diplomatic traction
Best leading performance was awarded to Spanish actor Sofía Ortero, who plays an eight-year-old child searching for identity and acceptance
‘The pressure on Russian aggressor must increase,’ the Ukrainian president tweeted in English
Germany is the exception and has displayed unusual transparency by releasing weekly lists of the weapons it is sending to Kyiv
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned council members that they “should not fall into the false equivalency of calling on both sides to stop fighting”
The action seeks to punish 250 people and firms and puts financial blocks on banks, arms dealers and technology companies tied to weapons production
The plan issued by the Foreign Ministry urges the end of Western sanctions, measures to ensure the safety of nuclear facilities, the establishment of humanitarian corridors, and steps to ensure the export of grain
Since Russia invaded Ukraine there has not been a single day without an airstrike warning. Front line regions such as Kharkiv and Donetsk have spent a total of over 1,000 hours on alert