Vira Kravchuk

As the US pulls Patriot missiles this week, UK defense expert Frank Ledwidge warns: Europe lacks the air defense systems Ukraine needs to survive.

The photo shows Mariia's proud face after cutting her own hair.

The most prominent figure released was Sergei Tikhanovsky, a blogger and opposition activist who had been imprisoned for five years after attempting to run for president against Lukashenko in 2020.

Survivors of Putin's most brutal siege now face a deadlier trap: a rigged paperwork leaving them "homeless bums" whose stolen homes are sold to Moscow buyers.

From an unresponsive soldier with bilateral skull fractures who couldn't move, speak, or recognize anyone in 2022, Vitalii Shumey has transformed into a man who now jokes with nurses, asks about his nephew, remembers the past, and lifts his head independently.

While the West loops in the trap that splits support for Kyiv, Ukraine reveals why this cycle helps Putin by design — burying the only real path to Moscow's democracy.

Ukraine claims it had limited ability to influence the composition of exchange lists. That's why among the 120 civilians returned in the recent three-day exchange, many were individuals who had lived and worked in Russia before being convicted of non-war crimes, rather than Ukrainians who remain in captivity due to war since 2022 or even 2014.

While Russian propaganda claims Ukraine persecutes Christians, evidence from occupied territories tells a different story: pastors are tortured with electrodes and needles for refusing to transform their confession booths into FSB listening posts.

Social media dubbed him "Harriet Tubman" for helping Ukrainians flee the war. Then they turned on him for demanding solidarity for all.

Booby-trapped homes awaited returning Ukrainian civilians. While the world looked away, Chris Garrett made defusing these deadly "welcome gifts" his mission—until his final device.

The win of Nicușor Dan, who defeated pro-Russian nationalist George Simion, means continued support and aid for Ukraine that was threatened by his opponent.

26-year-old Viktoriia Roshchyna wanted to document the treatment of Ukrainian civilians in Russian-occupied detention centers, but she was captured and tortured herself, becoming a victim of the system she was investigating.

In 1994, Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees. Russia invaded anyway. Now, more nations ask: Why disarm if those promises mean nothing?

Forged in occupation, Bucha's women turned from war victim into drone hunters, protecting the very ground where they once ran for cover.