A Ukrainian court convicted two Russian troops guilty of “violating the laws and customs of war" and sentenced them to 11.5 years in prison, the second judgment handed down in Ukraine's war crimes proceedings during the conflict, the Washington Post reported. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s chief...
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Russian troops entered the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk, according to the regional governor, who described the fighting as "very fierce." Taking the city has become a crucial goal for Moscow's advance in the Donbas, according to Reuters. At the same...
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The Russo-Ukrainian War has now crossed the three-month mark. So far, it’s a stalemate. At the Brookings Institution, researchers see “a war of attrition, with neither side capable of a decisive military breakthrough.” How the war will end remains unclear. When is another question. As they carried...
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The leaders of France and Germany held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the weekend to discuss unblocking grain shipments from Ukraine as well as arms shipments to Kyiv, Agence France-Presse reported. Putin said Moscow was ready to find solutions for the grain...
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Russia reduced interest rates on Thursday as the rising ruble, supported by high oil and gas profits, and government assistance, is relieving some of the strain on the country's shaky economy, CNN reported. At an extraordinary meeting, the Russian central bank reduced interest rates...
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European energy corporations appear to have caved to Russian President Vladimir Putin's demand that they purchase natural gas via an intricate new payment mechanism, avoiding future gas shut-offs but also giving Putin a public relations triumph while continuing to support his war in Ukraine,...
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Ukrainian authorities claimed Tuesday that the decaying corpses of 200 people were discovered in the basement of a bombed-out apartment building in devastated Mariupol, the latest in a string of bleak discoveries since Russia's three-month invasion of Ukraine started in late February, USA Today...
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Heavy fighting continued in Ukraine's Donbas area as Russian troops advanced on Severodonetsk, where local leaders have accused Russia of adopting "scorched-earth" tactics, Al Jazeera noted. Meanwhile, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a message of solidarity against Russian aggression to an assembly of global business...
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Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder resigned as chair of the board of Russian state energy giant Rosneft over the weekend amid tremendous pressure in Europe to eschew the income from Russia or face sanctions, the Washington Post reported. Rosneft said in a statement that the former...
Read full story →Russia declared Saturday that it has gained full control of the southeastern port city of Mariupol following the surrender of the last remaining Ukrainian forces there, the Wall Street Journal reported. Meanwhile, Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or concessions to Moscow as Russia intensified...
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More than 1,700 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered at Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant this week, Russian officials said Thursday, greatly exceeding the figures reported by Ukraine, Fox News reported. At the same time, Moscow added that another 771 soldiers had turned themselves in over the past...
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A Russian soldier accused of murdering an unarmed Ukrainian has pleaded guilty in Ukraine's first war crimes trial, Politico reported. Vadim Shishimarin, a 21-year-old soldier, is accused of murdering a 62-year-old civilian in Ukraine's northern Sumy area. When the court in Kyiv asked for...
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Ukraine ordered forces holding Mariupol's final enclave to cease fighting, effectively handing control of the southeastern port city to Russia after a violent months-long siege that came to symbolize the brutality of the Kremlin's assault and the resilience of the Ukrainian resistance, NBC News...
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On May 9, as Russian soldiers, tanks and other vehicles paraded through the Red Square to celebrate the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, the Russian news website Lenta.ru was running headlines like "Putin Unleashed One of the Bloodiest Wars Of...
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Sweden formally confirmed Monday that it will apply for NATO membership, ending a long history of military neutrality following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, BBC reported. The announcement comes a day after the country’s ruling party said it would vote in favor of joining NATO,...
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Finland said Sunday that it will apply to join NATO, abandoning decades of neutrality and defying Russian threats of retaliation as the Nordic nation seeks to improve its security following the outbreak of the Ukrainian war, CNN noted. Russia had previously warned that such...
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The Russian government criticized Finland’s bid to join NATO, saying that such a move “definitely” posed a threat to its security, Reuters wrote. Russian officials said it warranted "retaliatory steps" to stop threats to its national security. One person was killed and seven others...
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Ukraine cut the flow of Russian natural gas headed to the rest of Europe, posing a fresh danger to the continent's energy security as it works to wean itself off of Russian fossil resources, according to the Wall Street Journal. The corporation in charge...
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US intelligence officials warned that Russia is preparing for a prolonged conflict in Ukraine, adding that Moscow will not stop fighting even after taking the country’s eastern Donbas region, Al Jazeera noted. Meanwhile, the United Nations warned that thousands more civilians have been killed...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin commemorated the Soviet Union's World War Two victory over Nazi Germany on Monday with a dramatic display of military force and an address from Moscow's Red Square, NBC News reported. In the speech, the Russian leader tied the war in...
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