Vira Kravchuk

Ukrainian forces managed to intercept 201 out of 236 Russian missiles and drones, that targeted critical infrastructure across 15 oblasts. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal urged international partners to expedite efforts to confiscate frozen Russian assets, aiming to redirect these resources towards Ukraine's recovery.

After two decades of hesitation, Ukraine has finally ratified the Rome Statute, potentially unleashing a flood of war crime prosecutions against Russian perpetrators in the International Criminal Court.

Ukraine’s call to allow Western pilots to fly its long-awaited F-16 fighter jets is picking up traction, but political concerns of “Russian escalation” persist while some experts stress that the effort is still best invested in domestic pilots.

For a year, Natalia clung to hope her missing soldier husband would return. Now when he's confirmed dead, she grapples daily an uncertain future. “What’s next? How should I live? How do I plan life?” she asks, encapsulating the daunting task of rebuilding her life shattered by war.

Germany's decision to release Vadim Krasikov, a Russian assassin convicted of a Chechen rebel murder in Berlin, proved crucial and ordered by Putin himself in facilitating a major West-Russia prisoner exchange, initially aimed at freeing Aleksei Navalny, but instead returning other high-profile political prisoners and dissidents in exchange for spies and cybercriminals.

Ukrainian citizens are waging a multifaceted resistance against Russian occupation, ranging from refusing passports to sabotaging military equipment, a new comprehensive study reveals.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba’s visit to China will focus on “ways to stop Russian aggression” and explore China’s possible role in achieving peace. The Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister commented that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson “acts in Ukraine’s best interests” after he met with Donald Trump.

Four months in a cramped Russian cell couldn't break Yulia's spirit. Now, the Ukrainian soldier prepares to rejoin the fight, leaving behind a daughter who fears losing her mother again.

Ukraine’s ninth-wealthiest man Hennadiy Boholiubov flees the country on a train using another man's passport. Although he has legal reasons to leave Ukraine due to his age, he allegedly escapes charges of embezzlement and fraud of billions of dollars.

Ukrainian forces successfully targeted three batteries of Russian S-400 and S-300 air defense systems in northern and western Crimea, however the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that Ukraine's ability to hit Russian military targets with US-supplied weapons remains heavily restricted.

Aleksey Makarov, a member of the Ukrainian armed forces in a unit for foreign volunteers, believes that a Ukrainian victory will ignite a revolution in Russia, ultimately leading to the overthrow of Putin's regime.

In a powerful lecture at the Foreign Policy Association's annual event, esteemed historian Timothy Snyder argues that American slowness and indecisiveness threaten Ukraine losing the war against Russia, which would lead to the genocide of Ukrainians, a blow to international legal order, nuclear proliferation, and heightened risk of war in East Asia.

From a Protestant pastor imprisoned for his American citizenship, to an Orthodox bishop pressured to embrace the "Russian World," to an evangelical church shuttered after sheltering the displaced, the stories of religious persecution in occupied Ukraine are as diverse as they are devastating.