122 Crimean Muslims persecuted since Russia’s 2014 annexation: CTRC
Russia has “actively persecuted” members of the Crimean Tatar indigenous group since its illegal annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula in 2014.
Ukrainian human rights defender Maksym Butkevych shortlisted for Václav Havel Prize
One of Ukraine’s leading voices on human rights spent 913 days in Russian prison.
US-Russia energy deals floated as incentives for Ukraine peace talks: Reuters
Exxon return and LNG equipment sales offered as incentives for Russia agreeing to a peace deal with Ukraine.
NBC invites Russia’s top diplomat on Ukrainian independence day to demand territorial surrender
Lavrov set conditions on Ukraine's right to exist while dismissing Zelenskyy as “de facto head of the regime” in interview with “Meet the Press.”
Russia imposes fuel rationing on civilians: Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence
Assessment follows Ukrainian strikes on major refineries forcing Russian export bans.
Russian soldiers apparently parading with American flag in occupied Ukraine
Propaganda video emerges days after Trump welcomed Putin in Alaska.
Ukraine sanctions Russia’s international AI drone networks
Russian, Chinese, and Belarusian companies hit with new sanctions for supplying Russian drone manufacturing.
Putin calls North Korean troops “heroic” – Russia rewards Pyongyang for cannon fodder
Western intelligence estimates 4,000 of the original 11,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or injured in Kursk Oblast.
Russia abandons foreign fighters in Ukrainian captivity – lured in by promises of riches
Moscow's foreign recruitment spans six continents while captured fighters remain excluded from all prisoner exchanges.
Russian territorial claims to Alaska resurface ahead of Trump-Putin summit
Kremlin propagandists leverage the symbolic summit venue choice to fuel territorial fantasies.
Georgian ruling party using Ukraine’s war destruction as campaign material, “crawling before Moscow”
Pro-Russian Georgian Dream party continuing pattern of weaponizing Ukrainian trauma to intimidate voters.
Ukraine hits core of Moscow’s drone war machine for second time in single week
Ukrainian forces target Russia's expanding Shahed production network with precision strikes 1,300 km from the border.
Azov Corps rushes to block Russian advance threatening key cities in Donetsk Oblast
Deployment targets the area where the Russian breakthrough threatens the Pokrovsk encirclement and road access to Donetsk Oblast cities.
Black clouds of smoke rise over Tatarstan as Ukrainian 75-kg warhead drones decimate Shahed storage 1,300 km inside Russia
Operation reportedly destroys attack drones and foreign components at a facility supplying terror attacks.