Ukraine

Russia Arrests US-Russia Woman for 'Treason'

Russia's FSB security services said on Tuesday it had arrested a US-Russian woman suspected of treason for raising funds for the Ukrainian army. The FSB in the central Urals city of Yekaterinburg said it had "suppressed the illegal activities" of a 33-year-old woman, a resident of Los Angeles with dual citizenship, and taken her into custody. It ...

Alexei Navalny: The Symptomatic Assassination of an Icon

The assassination of dissident leader Alexei Navalny is no fait divers. It brings us back to picture the nightmares of the deaths of the Gulag convicts, the “banality of evil” (Banalität des Bösen) and the steadfastness of the internal opposition to Vladimir Putin. It highlights the deep-seated fears of the cynical and bloody autocrat and ...

Three Killed in Shelling in Russian-Held East Ukraine

Three people, including a girl, were killed and four others injured after Ukraine shelled the Russian-occupied region of Donetsk on Saturday, a Moscow-installed local official said. Both Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of a sharp escalation in attacks targeting civilian areas over the past three months, amid intense fighting on the ...

Ukraine Reinforces Embattled Avdiivka Amid ‘Fierce’ Fighting

Ukraine said on Friday that it was sending more reinforcements to the frontline city of Avdiivka, a main target for Moscow, ahead of the second anniversary of the Russian invasion. Facing a shortage of ammunition and being outnumbered on the battlefield, Ukraine may be forced to withdraw from the eastern town, which has become a symbol of ...

NATO Chief: US Aid Blockage Hurts Ukraine

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday that a delay in passing new US aid for Ukraine was already hurting Kyiv's forces on the battlefield against Russia. "We see the impact already of the fact that the US has not been able to make a decision, but I expect the US to be able to make a decision, that the Congress and the House of ...

US Senate Approves $95 Billion Aid Bill

The US Senate approved a bill on Tuesday that would provide Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with a total amount of $95 billion in financial aid, amid claims of the importance of adopting an isolationist stance first and foremost. The US Senate on Tuesday approved long-delayed funding for Ukraine's war effort, part of a foreign aid package that ...

Russia's Defeat Is 'Impossible'

With Vladimir Putin claiming that Russia's defeat is"impossible," and the West being aware of this, the politically paralyzed US Congress finally agreed to consider legislation that would release billions of dollars for Ukraine. For his part, Volodymyr Zelensky appointed a new military chief and tasked him with producing a "realistic" battle plan ...

Deadly Strike in Occupied Eastern Ukraine Kills 28 People

A strike on a bakery in the Russian-occupied city of Lysychansk in eastern Ukrainian has killed 28 people, including a child, Russian rescuers said Sunday. Moscow's occupation forces on Saturday said Kyiv had targeted a bakery that is popular on weekends. Lysychansk is a city in the occupied Lugansk region that fell to Russian forces after some ...

Questions Arise Over Russia's Plane Crash Narrative

Uncertainties persisted on Thursday surrounding the military plane crash that Russia claimed resulted in the deaths of numerous captured Ukrainian soldiers ahead of a planned prisoner exchange, with Moscow and Kyiv trading accusations at the UN Security Council. Russia blamed Ukrainian forces for downing the IL-76 transport plane over the ...

Plane Carrying Ukrainian Prisoners of War Crashes

Russia announced on Wednesday the crash of a military plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Belgorod region, resulting in the fatalities of all individuals on board. Russia said on Wednesday that an IL-76 military transport plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war crashed in the western Belgorod region, bordering Ukraine. ...

French FM Hails Poland's 'Return' to the European Scene

Poland is "back" on the European scene, France's foreign minister said on Monday, calling for Paris, Warsaw and Berlin to work together on EU reforms and aiding Ukraine. "Poland is back in Europe and with that, the hope of moving forward on essential European reforms for our citizens," Minister Stéphane Séjourné said during a visit to ...

Russian Strikes Bring Death and Injury to Ukraine

A new round of Russian strikes in Ukraine has resulted in at least three deaths and dozens injured, coming less than a week after Kyiv's warning about limited ammunition amid intense bombardment. At least three people have been killed and dozens injured in a fresh wave of Russian strikes across Ukraine, regional officials said Monday. The ...