Ukraine confirms strike hit Novatek fuel plant at Russia’s Ust-Luga port
Kyiv says the Baltic-coast facility supports Russia’s military, while the strike’s effect on production remains unknown.
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Russian propagandists fake Polish newspaper claiming Ukraine faces famine
The Matryoshka disinformation network fabricated a Polish newspaper front page claiming that Russian strikes could leave 63% of Ukrainians facing famine.
Putin calls Zelenskyy’s airspace warning “state terrorism” as shares in Russia’s national airline fall 5%
European and US airlines already avoid Russian airspace, while carriers from China, Turkey, and Gulf states continue using it.
Russia occupied Anton’s home when he was 10. At 18, he volunteered to fight against Ukraine
Many Ukrainian-born prisoners told the BBC they joined Russia’s army willingly. Others described forced conscription.
Nearly 500 Africans recruited into Russia’s army have died, Ukraine says
Ukraine has identified almost 3,000 recruits from 37 countries, including 35 now held as prisoners of war.
A 12-year-old dies in occupied Kherson Oblast where no hospital or ambulance is left, Ukrainian official says
The official says the nearest hospital in the town where the child died is 60 km away. Russian authorities have sent no aid to the city for over a year
One of few Western officials to witness war firsthand: What did Germany’s defense minister see on Ukraine’s front line?
Boris Pistorius went to the front line. Then he joined an EU defense ministers meeting from headquarters near combat area.
Possessing weapons is only one of three essentials in modern war, Zelenskyy tells NATO’s eastern flank at B9 summit
Meanwhile, Russia chose the moment of a NATO summit on its eastern flank to demonstrate it will strike anywhere, anytime, including regions it had previously avoided.
Russia is hitting Ukraine’s Zakarpattia Oblast, bordering Hungary with drones, for first time. Expert says this is linked to end of Orbán’s era
The scale of the May 13 attack may break all previous records. And the timing is not a coincidence.
Trump claims ongoing “good conversations” with Putin and Zelenskyy, won’t say when
In a Fox News interview, the US president groundlessly reiterated that the personal animosity between the two leaders is the obstacle to peace.
From Belgian storage to Elbit subsidiary to Ukrainian air sefense: journey of 15 Gepard systems
Belgium once operated 54 Gepard systems before phasing them all out in the 2000s as part of defense modernization efforts.
“If we go back to business as usual, we’ll have more wars” — EU foreign policy chief rejects Belgian PM’s call to normalize ties with Russia
Kaja Kallas says she has attended the same closed-door EU leaders' meetings De Wever cited — and saw no appetite for resuming Russian energy deals amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
“Performance for the sake of performance”: two ceasefire experts explain what’s really happening at Russia peace talks
Last week's stalemate in Geneva was no surprise. Two experts break down Moscow's ceasefire playbook
Russia’s war didn’t start in 2022. It started the day Ukrainians chose Europe.
The start date matters. Get it wrong, and you misread the war entirely. This is not a territorial dispute—it is an twelve-year campaign to crush a people's revolution.
Reuters: Ukraine’s foreign minister says “only Trump can stop the war” as peace talks gain momentum
Kyiv wants to lock in Washington's commitments before US midterm election politics drain the process
Abu Dhabi talks: Europe’s absence leaves Ukraine exposed in trilateral format
Russia sends technocrats instead of political mouthpieces—a cautiously positive sign
Russia “attempting to destroy Ukrainian people” through attacks on energy grid, Ukraine tells OSCE
Diplomat Rostyslav Palahusynets invokes UN Genocide Convention to describe Russia's strikes against energy instrastructure
Europe needs own security forces with Ukraine as “key element,” says deputy amid Greenland crisis
Ukrainian MP outlines Europe's necessary transformation.
Moldova to exit from Russian-led CIS bloc by mid-February, says foreign minister
Though it stopped participating years ago, Moldova stayed legally tied to the CIS until now. That is finally about to change.
Russia’s war on Ukraine now longer than Soviet fight against Nazi Germany
Kyiv without the coalition Moscow once had