Speaking during a visit to an aviation factory in the far eastern region of Buryatia, Putin said Russia had tried to mend relations with Ukraine for decades but that "the situation changed" after a pro-Western Ukrainian uprising in 2014, which saw a pro-Kremlin Ukrainian president ousted in a...
Russia has used Belarus as a staging ground for a large proportion of its troops since a few months prior to its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. While Minsk has not officially sent any of its own troops into Ukraine to fight alongside Russian forces, it is one of Moscow's closest allies....
Zelensky said Russia's war against his country would "end sooner" than it otherwise would have done once Trump becomes US president next year 16 Nov 2024 Trump speaks to Putin, warns against escalating in Ukraine: report US President-elect Donald Trump has spoken to Russian leader Vladimir Puti...
Two years since the start of the Russian invasion, the civilian death toll in Ukraine exceeded 12,100 as of October 2024, as verified by OHCHR.
Ukraine has said that North Korea units fighting for Russia have seen at least 30 soldiers killed or wounded this weekend in several villages in the Russian region of Kursk. The losses were recorded in the vicinity of the villages of Plekhovo...
Ukraine's presidential adviser Oleksandr Kamyshin said the military used Ukrainian-made long-range capabilities in the attack. The city of Engels lies around 600km (370 miles) from the front lines in Ukraine. Russia's governor for the region, Roman Busargin said the cities of Engels and S...
At least 10 of the strikes damaged energy infrastructure in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said more than 200,000 people in the region were without power and Russia “is trying to destroy Kharkiv’s infrastructure and leave the city in darkness.” Energ...
Children of War 53: Kolya from Toretsk: With Mykola Oliynyk. Russia systematically abducts thousands of Ukrainian children or kills them by destroying along with their homes as in Mariupol. Some have a chance to evacuate before the occupation as Kolya fr
As the second-largest oil producer and natural gas exporter, Russia’s war with Ukraine has severely impacted the energy market. To what extent has the war influenced crude oil prices, and has it altered the long-term dynamics of oil prices? An objective analysis of the effects of the Russi...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia will remain a threat to NATO even if its forces are defeated in Ukraine, a top military official in the Western alliance said on Thursday. "Whatever the outcome of the war, the Russians will most likely have similar ambitions ... therefore t...