Ukrainian paratroopers liberate Donetsk village in daring raid, capturing 50 Russian troops and rescuing trapped civilians
Intercepted Russian orders instructed troops "not to take civilians alive" before retreating.
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Russians confiscate 25,000 Ukrainian homes under “ownerless property” scheme in occupied territories
Russia spent a decade perfecting home confiscation in Crimea, where a 2020 Putin decree cut foreign property owners from 13,859 to 5,500. Now Moscow applies the same tactics across newly occupied territories
Russia forces Europe’s largest nuclear plant into unprecedented 3-day blackout as safety fears mount
Emergency diesel generators are keeping cooling systems running at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after its last external power line was cut, with experts warning the record outage heightens the risk of a nuclear accident.
Trump: slow occupation of Ukraine damages Russia’s reputation
Despite deploying 900 drones in single-night attacks on cities like Kyiv, Russia has captured "very little territory" in recent months, President Trump said during White House remarks
Russian empire nostalgia covers occupied Mariupol as authorities paint imperial quotes on apartment walls
All Ukrainian symbols in Mariupol were replaced with Soviet military propaganda, imperial Russian quotes, and re-written history that presents Russia's invasion as "liberation."
Russia seeks entire Donbas in exchange for ceasefire promises, Zelenskyy says it would take them four years to occupy it
Zelenskyy stressed that Russian forces have only managed to seize about one-third of Donetsk Oblast since the full-scale invasion began.
Ukraine says Russia teaches children from occupied territories to hate democratic world in brainwashing military camps
Russian investment in teenage military camps reveals preparation for extended war rather than peace.
Unseen footage shows another evidence of Russian war crimes: troops kill Bucha civilian, steal goods while body remains on street
Russian forces occupied Bucha for 33 days, leaving evidence of mass killings discovered after liberation on 31 March 2022. Authorities documented over 9,000 war crimes, 1,700 civilian deaths during the occupation.
Zelenskyy honors Ukrainian teenagers who recorded farewell video before being executed by Russians in Berdiansk
“This is death. Guys, goodbye."
British intelligence: Russia moves to erase Ukrainian language in occupied schools
Kremlin pushes a sweeping Russification drive targeting Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts from September 2025.
“Trying to exploit any opening”: Ukrainian officer warns of Russian tactics near Lyman in northern Donetsk
Moscow seeks to retake the city it briefly held in 2022, but Ukrainian forces are holding strong.
After killing tens of thousands and erasing Mariupol, Russia now seeks to resurrect statue of its butcher in city’s center
Where 120,000 may have died, Moscow prepares to honor the man whose troops once bathed Ukraine in blood.
Russia legally steals 20,000 homes in razed Mariupol — then charges homeless victims for rent
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.
Russia builds power lines to restart and connect seized Ukrainian nuclear plant to its grid
The occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, captured by Russian forces in March 2022, would become the first nuclear facility seized by one nation during war and operated for another country's energy needs if Moscow's plans succeed.
Russia occupies four empty border villages in Sumy Oblast
Evacuated zones now under Russian control, but defenses hold elsewhere, local authorities say.
Ukrainian drones hit Russian military train with fuel in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast (video)
Footage shows the fiery aftermath of a 24 May attack on a key railway supply line.
Russian children’s army larger than US army and combined armies of EU countries
Russia's youth military program "Yunarmia" consists of 1.8 million children, including hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians from occupied territories. Indoctrinated by Russian propaganda, they may become future soldiers in various conflicts.
Russia signals openness to US involvement at occupied Ukrainian nuclear plant
This potential shift comes days after Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had categorically dismissed any transfer of control over Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant proposed in US peace deal.
Pistorius says Trump peace plan would mean Ukraine capitulation
The German Defense Minister rejected Trump’s peace plan suggesting Ukraine cede Crimea and occupied areas, emphasizing that Ukraine could have agreed to such terms a year ago.
Ukraine “willing to give up 20% of its land,” senior US official claimed talking to NYP
The US expects Russia and Ukraine to respond to a peace deal within days.