Ukraine occupies the southwestern portion of theRussian Plain(East European Plain). The country consists almost entirely of level plains at an average elevation of 574 feet (175 metres) abovesea level. Mountainous areas such as the Ukrainian Carpathians and Crimean Mountains occur only on the count...
and north-central Ukraine and southernBelarus; they expanded farther north and to the northeast into territories of the future Russian state centred onMoscow. The East Slavs practiced agriculture andanimal husbandry, engaged in such domestic industries as cloth making and ceramics, and built fortified...
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told the Kremlin that Russian forces were working to clear final pockets of resistance at the Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Plant, officials said in a statement. Videos on social media Saturday appeared to show soldiers raising the Russian flag over one of the...
"But in the morning, representatives of the (Ukrainian) national guard, followed by representatives of the police, visited me and very politely asked me if we could temporary remove the Slovenian flag because it is too similar to the Russian one," he said. Slovenia reopened its embassy in Ki...
People hold a giant Russian flag during a patriotic concert dedicated to the upcoming Defender of the Fatherland Day in Saint Petersburg on February 22, 2023. Olga Maltseva | AFP | Getty Images Western officials are not fully decided on the controversial proposal to seize frozen Russian assets ab...
Model of petrol pump is seen in front of Ukraine and Russian flag colors in this illustration taken March 25, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Despite a slew of coordinated global sanctions, Russia still brings in about $1 billion a day in export revenues from oil and gas. ...
One Year of War in Ukraine: Humanitarian and Cultural Initiatives to Help a Country in Crisis February 23, 2023 View of a civilian building Retroville damaged following a russian rocket attack the city of Kyiv, Ukraine. Image © kibri_ho via Shutterstock On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded ...
People waveRussian national flag as they celebrate the third anniversary of the annexation of the Crimea from Ukraine in 2014by the Russian Federation in Sevastopol on March 18, 2017. (AFP PHOTO) KIEV, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Ukrainian parliament on Wednesday passed a resolution, calling on...
Like thousands of other Russian soldiers, he deserted the army. “I joke that I gave birth to myself,” he said. “When a woman gives birth to a child, she experiences very intense pain and gives new life. I gave myself life after going through very intense pain.”...
Ukraine Says Two Commercial Ships Hit by Russian Missiles Near Odessa Port More By Julia Payne LONDON (Reuters) -Ukraine said Russian warships shelled a Moldovan-flagged chemical tanker and a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship due to load grain near Odessa port in the Black Sea on Friday, one ...