“It is the task that Putin has set General Gerasimov [the commander-in-chief of Russia’s forces in Ukraine],” said Serhii Kuzan, chair of the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Centre think-tank in Kyiv. “Our task is to hold our defensive lines and exhaust the offensive potential of t...
The Russian Armed Forces are considered the fifth-largest military in the world but retired Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, the former commanding general of U.S. Army forces in Europe, said that Russia's invasion of Ukraine has exposed its military shortcomings. "The weaknesses are being ...
The origins of the Russia-Ukraine War begin 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 has used drones to strike Russian soil this year, includinghitting a Moscow suburb, with the aim of disrupting the Kremlin’s war effort and bringing the conflict home to ordinary Russians. Ukraine has also used drones to attack military facilities, munitions factories and energy infrastruct...
Russia's largest military shipbuilding and diamond mining firms were targeted. 2:17 What is genocide and has the legal threshold been crossed in Ukraine?Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently called Russia's action in Ukraine a "genocide."ByMorgan Winsor, Emily Shapiro, Nadine El-Bawab,...
During a phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Johnson said that Britain would supply long-range artillery, shore-to-ship missiles and unmanned drones to Ukraine as a part of its military assistance. Zelensky and Johnson also discussed ways to address the issue of the block...
With increasing talk of some kind of European military presence in Ukraine after a potential peace deal, it's unclear how exactly that would look. While the UK said it is willing to deploy troops, Germany goes to the polls this week, and...
Russia launched 185 drones at Ukraine overnight, according to Kyiv's military; It said its own drones struck an oil refinery in the Russian city of Ryazan, just south of Moscow; Three projectiles were thrown over the wall of Russia's consulate in Marseille, two of which exploded, French po...
BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are the latest developments in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Moscow would respond if NATO would deploy military infrastructure on the territories of Finland or Sweden. ...
The deeper Yevgeny moved into Ukraine, the uglier things got. “We didn’t want to kill anyone, but we also wanted to live,” explained Yevgeny, a senior lieutenant who oversaw a platoon of around 15 men. “The locals would come in civilian cars and shoot at our military. What would ...