Russia-Ukraine conflict intensifies amid Ukraine's fresh offensive on Russian border This photo taken on Aug. 13, 2024 shows a damaged building in Kursk, Russia. Russia has been grappling with expelling Ukrainian armies from its territory as tens of thousands of Russian residents in the border re...
Ukraine, known as the breadbasket of Europe, was one of the most populous and powerful republics in the former USSR as well as an agricultural engine until it declared independence in 1991, according to theCouncil on Foreign Relations.
Ukraine's push to recapture territory has embarrassed the Kremlin and prompted rare domestic criticism of Putin's war. Tens of thousands of Russian men have fled Russia since the Sept. 21 call-up. Many flew to Turkey, one of the few countries maintaining air links with Russia. Others have ...
The Russia-Ukraine War began in February 2014 with the covert invasion of the Ukrainian autonomous republic of Crimea by disguised Russian troops. The conflict expanded in April 2014 when Russians and local proxy forces seized territory in Ukraine’s Don
Kyrgyzstan's Labor Ministry said it had received a warning from its Russian counterpart that recruiters were using social media to try to entice people, including children, "to participate in terrorist acts on Russian territory,” it statedon its website. ...
In 2014, nearly 300 people died aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 after it was shot down with a Russian anti-aircraft missile launched from rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine. — Amanda Macias Fri, Feb 25 20222:37 PM EST U.S. expels Russia’s second-highest ranking diplom...
He called it just "a matter of time" for NATO to accept Ukraine as a member state and then build facilities on its territory so that the level of military threats to Russia will dramatically rise. In such a condition, the president said, Russia "has every right to take retaliatory measure...
Bakhchysarai, located in Crimea, is generally recognized by other countries as Ukrainian territory, but was annexed by Russia, along with the rest of Crimea, in 2014. Rocket launcher Li Chun/China News Service via Getty Images A rocket launcher fires during the "Peace Mission 2021" joint coun...
Russia's defense ministry said it shot down more than 44 drones launched into its western Rostov region from Ukraine. "During the past night and early morning of April 5, attempts by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on...
Ukraine will not agree on a ceasefire with Russia without troop withdrawal as Russia will control part of Ukrainian territory, he added. - - - - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday held separate phone talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron. ...