Putin “gives the finger” to the entire world, Zelenskyy says after Trump’s call with Russian president
As Trump relays Putin's threat, Zelenskyy urges stronger international action and framed inaction as silent approval of Russian crimes.
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Seven-year-old among injured civilians in Russian attack on Ukraine ahead of Istanbul peace talks
Russian forces deployed 80 strike drones and four missiles targeting residential areas.
Russia sends ordinary criminals unrelated to war for exchanges instead of soldiers or activists
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.
Ukrainian high-schoolers hold graduation ceremony at cemetery. Russian missile killed their classmate and his two siblings
The students brought toys, cards, and pieces of birthday cake to the gravesite on the graduation day that "should have been filled with joy, hugs, tears of happiness" but turned into a day of mourning.
Trump uncertain if Putin wants to end war, open to joining Zelensky-Putin meeting if needed
Trump also noted that he was very "disappointed" by the recent deadly attacks on civilians in Ukraine during the negotiation process.
“Russia destroys future of Ukraine”: Russian missile strike killed three siblings aged 8, 12, 17
Hundreds of Ukrainians attended funeral services for the Martyniuk children, including 17-year-old Roman, 8-year-old Stanislav, and 12-year-old Tamara, whose parents survived the attack.
AP: Ukrainian POW Serhii Hryhoriev died in Russian prison—he is one of over 200
The tragic toll highlights abuse and neglect in Russian detention facilities, according to Ukrainian and international reports.
Yes, Tucker, Christians are really killed in Ukraine — for refusing to spy for Putin
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.
The genocide definer predicted Putin’s Ukraine war 70 years ago — and was horrifyingly right
The lawyer behind the term "genocide" warned that Moscow was set to erase Ukraine's identity—and Putin's invasion proved him devastatingly right.
Russia kills two women in Kupiansk, hitting the city with 500 and 1,500 kg bombs
Two air-dropped FAB bombs with UMPK guidance kit destroyed dozens of homes.
Russian forces executed over 150 POWs from Ukraine intelligence units as part of systematic policy
Russian soldiers receive authorization from Russia's highest military leadership for these killings, with one brigade commander reportedly instructing troops that "prisoners are not needed – shoot them on the spot."
Russia kills 10, injures 31 civilians across Ukraine in latest wave of attacks — Kherson suffers worst toll
A 55-year-old ambulance driver and a 36-year-old man with an eye wound were among Kherson’s injured.
CNN: Intercepted Russian radio orders suggest systematic execution of surrendering Ukrainian POWs
CNN reports voice transmissions telling troops to kill surrendering Ukrainians six separate times.
US senators demand return of abducted Ukrainian children before any peace deal reached
The bipartisan resolution declared that Russia's systematic abduction of Ukrainian minors constitutes an attempt to "erase the Ukrainian nation and identity."
Ex-ambassador Brink says she quit over Trump’s Ukraine policy, calls it dangerous appeasement
Brink warned that giving up Ukraine would empower autocrats and weaken America's global standing.
Australia condemns 13-year Russian sentence for Oscar Jenkins in occupied Luhansk after fighting for Ukraine
Russia’s court convicted the Ukrainian Army's soldier of "mercenary activity", sentencing him to a maximum-security penal colony.
Russian drone blows up civilian shuttle bus, leaving nine dead in Sumy border town
Bilopillia’s mayor called the strike a targeted war crime, noting that the shuttle carried fleeing civilians, mostly women over 60.
Russia could face special tribunal for crime of aggression in Ukraine by 2026 to hold senior officials accountable
The Council of Europe advanced process of establishing the tribunal to prosecute Russian aggression against Ukraine as the international justice mechanisms, like the International Criminal Court, lack jurisdiction.
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.
EU transfers € 1 billion to Ukraine from frozen Russian assets for aggressor to pay for destruction
The transfer emerges from a G7-led initiative, which aims to eventually provide approximately $50 billion in assistance to Ukraine using interest from $280 billion in frozen Russian funds.