Celebrations of and New Year are being cancelled in border regions and invaded territories due to ’s war. Three regions – including occupied Crimea, which in international law is part of Ukraine – have annulled festivities involving large crowds or fireworks. By tradition from Soviet times, Russians exchange presents at midnight on December 31, then…
The Explainer Could Ukraine take back Russian-occupied Crimea? | View caption Hide caption The peninsula is also connected directly to Russia by the 12-mile-long Kerch Strait Bridge. Commissioned by Mr. Putin in 2016, it’s a vital supply line, and Ukrainian special forces have hit it repeatedly with everything from explosives to jury-rigged drones. Ukraine’s defense…
Russia has inflicted a brutal wave of devastation on Ukraine, bombarding 118 towns and villages in the country within 24 hours – a grim new record. In total, 10 of Ukraine’s 27 regions came under attack as Vladimir Putin attempted to test the resolve of President Zelensky’s people. In particular, Russian shelling was focused on…
Video has emerged of an inferno on a key train link in Russian-occupied Donetsk after heavy shelling by Ukraine. Kyiv’s forces have launched pinpoint strikes on fuel tankers in the eastern industrial city captured by Vladimir Putin’s forces one year ago. Disrupting transportation networks – – has been a primary tactic in diminishing the threat…
Ukraine may have dealt another blow to army as it reportedly struck part of the Russian air defence system located in . The Ukrainian Center for Strategic Communications said in a statement shared on social media: “The armed forces successfully hit a strategic object of the air defence system on the western coast of occupied…
Russia’s children’s rights commissioner has spoken for the first time about accusations that the country abducted and brainwashed thousands of Ukrainian children. Maria Lvova-Belova, 38, who has “adopted” a teenage boy from Mariupol herself, insisted that Russia is just trying to “help” them. An unknown number of orphans and children have been taken from occupied…
Russia hit Ukrainian port infrastructure and grain storage facilities in an overnight drone strike on the grain exporting district of Izmail, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday. Oleh Kiper, governor of the southern Odesa region which includes the Danube River ports of Izmail and Reni, said a border checkpoint building, storage facilities and more than 30…
Emma Igual, aged 32 and from Spain, and Canadia Anthony Ihnat were killed when the vehicle they were in came under fire near Bakhmut yesterday morning (Sunday, September 10). Four volunteers from the Road to Relief NGO, which helps evacuate wounded people from front-line areas, were trapped inside the van as it flipped over and…
Hope Europe Can Ukraine avoid a ‘forever war’ against Russia without talks? | View caption Hide caption If Ukraine’s counteroffensive bogs down in stalemate, Kyiv will be pressured to negotiate with Moscow to avoid a “forever war” that its allies would likely not sustain. Ukraine needs decisive battlefield success to make such negotiations palatable. The…
Perseverance Europe For this Ukrainian veteran, why Russians fight is still a puzzle | View caption Hide caption Resilience or stubbornness? In the yearslong conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and in the last 18 months of war, it’s a matter of perspective. We talk to a veteran Ukrainian artillery commander during a brief break from…