On March 11, two days after Russia deliberately struck a maternity hospital in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, President Joe Biden drew a red line in the sand: “I want to be clear,” he tweeted, “NATO will...
The number of civilians killed by Russian troops in Ukraine is hard to estimate. The officials say about 1,500 were killed in Mariupol, and more than 600 throughout Ukraine, including at least 79 children. For example, the bodies of two...
Morning report day 12 – March 7 The report is based on media reports, expert analyses and official information posted online. Situation According to information from the General Staff of Ukraine as of Operational information on...
On 1 March and overnight into 2 March, Russian bombers destroyed the entire central part of a small town of Borodyanka north of Kyiv. Russian aviation, artillery, missile forces keep leveling Ukrainian cities to the ground viciously for no...
Commenting on the Ukrainian call for a NATO No-Fly Zone over Ukraine on 4 March, member states stressed that “NATO is not part of the conflict” and the alliance wants to “avoid triggering an international...
Ahead of the NATO meeting of Foreign Ministers where Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced NATO would not be enforcing a no-fly zone in Ukraine, despite Ukraine’s multiple requests for it, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister...
Morning report, March 3 The report is based on media reports, expert analyses, and official information posted online. Situation According to information from the General Staff of Ukraine as of Operational information on 06.00, 03.03.2022...
Russian attack of all of Ukraine: live updates No-fly zone A no-fly zone, or an air-exclusion zone, means a full or partial demilitarization of the air space over a given country, preventing any non-authorized flights from either of the...
Putin’s goals and philosophy Sławomir Sierakowski: What is Putin’s ultimate goal in this war? Timothy Snyder: That’s no big secret: to destroy Ukraine as a state and exterminate Ukrainians as a nation. I’d...