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Drohobych exhumation debunks Soviet WWII casualty claims: WWII burial site yields 20 bodies — not the 135 Soviets declared
Soviet authorities transformed a Drohobych burial site into propaganda by adding names to memorial stones without corresponding bodies, inflating August-September 1944 combat deaths from clashes with the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.
“It’s WWI all over again,” warns former UK chemical commander as Russia escalates gas attacks in Ukraine
Ukraine’s frontlines are beginning to resemble Ypres, says Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, former head of the UK’s chemical weapons unit, as Russia intensifies gas attacks.
Putin’s Victory Day speech may reveal his next target in Ukraine
At the May 9 parade in Moscow, Vladimir Putin declared that Russia would achieve its strategic goals in the war against Ukraine. In his speech, he referred to Sevastopol and Odesa as part of Russia’s “greatness.”
WP: Putin’s Russia will never stop threatening West, says expert after Moscow’s Victory Day parade
Despite years of sanctions, two dozen world leaders attended Russia's Victory Day parade, allowing Putin to exploit divisions between Trump's America and Europe.
Russia’s victory in World War II wasn’t just Russia’s, says Ukrainian historian
He warns that Moscow deliberately obscures Ukraine's tremendous WWII sacrifices to monopolize victimhood and justify today's invasion.
German president accuses Putin of “historical lies” and Trump of “breach of values”
In a Bundestag address, Steinmeier accused Russia of glorifying invasion through false WWII comparisons and criticized the US abandonment of shared post-WWII values.
American historian Timothy Snyder: Ukraine, not Russia, bore heaviest civilian toll in WWII
Snyder also warns that Russia uses history to justify aggression against Ukraine.
Zelenskyy: Russians who committed Bucha atrocities will shout about Nazi crimes on “parade of fear”
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked Victory Day with a stark message: Russia today has become the evil it once claimed to defeat, an evil that must be resisted militarily, diplomatically, and economically before history repeats itself again.
Tusk invokes WWII lessons: Putin’s victory in Ukraine threatens Polish and Dutch citizens’ physical safety
Peace must not mean surrender, Polish PM cautioned, urging full support for Ukraine to stop Putin and secure Europe.
Russia’s deadly innovations ahead of sacred holiday cost 40% of all casualties in Pokrovsk
The city's once-populated districts are deserted now. Most apartments are uninhabitable, and the streets are dangerously littered with burnt and damaged cars, while unexploded ordnance is scattered on the ground.
Zelenskyy: Ukraine’s intelligence shows Russia planning new strikes “during Easter and after it”
Zelenskyy warns "new Russian strikes are possible" during Easter based on intelligence reports, as Ukraine continues to recover after deadly Palm Sunday attack that killed 36 civilians, including two children.
Lviv ceremony honors three Ukrainians who risked lives to save Jewish children from Holocaust
The descendants of a Greek Catholic priest, his wife, and a brave Ukrainian woman received Israel's highest honor for their ancestors who sheltered Jewish children from Nazi persecution, adding to Ukraine's remarkable legacy of Holocaust rescue.
Nazi symbols found after attack on Ukrainian refugees’ home in German town
Police investigate a crime targeting Ukrainian refugees in German town of Güstrow.
World War II firearms found in Poltava Oblast forest
Police in Poltava Oblast recovered nine ammunition boxes and twenty-five rifle parts from World War II, found in a forest strip between villages.
European court validates Ukraine’s ban on St. George ribbon, Russian war symbol
While Russia enshrines the St. George ribbon as a symbol of military glory, Europe's top human rights court has endorsed Ukraine's decision to ban the contested symbol, noting its transformation from a World War II remembrance into a marker of Russian aggression.
Duda says Russia must compensate Ukraine for war damages
Speaking on the anniversary of World War II, Duda emphasized the importance of addressing both material and human losses caused by aggression, drawing a parallel between historical and current injustices.
Ukraine cancels Soviet 9-May victory day, making it the Day of Europe
During his address on 8 May, commemorating the victims of WWII, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he proposes…
Zelenskyy honors soldiers who died during liberation from Nazi invaders in WWII
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy honors soldiers who died during liberation of Ukraine from Nazi invaders. He laid a wreath…