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...
Read full story →Officers with Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) recently seized a man in Sloviansk, a city in the country’s Russian-dominated eastern region, for allegedly collaborating with Russian forces that have invaded the East European country. "What did he ask you for?" a security officer asked the man after...
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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Ukraine’s Azov Battalion started off eight years ago as a group of far-right activists who launched attacks against pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukrainian region of the Donbas. Since Russia invaded Ukraine, they have been incorporated into the Ukrainian military. Russia has always labeled the Azov...
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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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All remaining women, children and the elderly were evacuated from the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works factory in Mariupol over the weekend, bringing to a close a tragedy that included thousands of civilians being besieged for weeks amid a Russian assault, according to the...
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Russian soldiers are preparing for a parade in the devastated coastal city of Mariupol, removing rubble from a bombed-out theater that had served as the city's primary shelter before it was destroyed seven weeks ago in one of the war's worst attacks, the Washington...
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The European Union proposed a six-month ban on Russian crude imports and a year-end ban on Russian refined oil products causing oil prices to rise, while the bloc plans to sanction high-ranking Russian military officials involved in alleged war crimes, the Wall Street Journal...
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More than 100 people evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol arrived in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia, NBC News wrote. The plant is home to the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance in a city otherwise controlled by Russia. The Russian military has...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin could formally declare war on Ukraine as early as May 9, allowing Russia to fully mobilize its reserve forces while invasion plans stall, CNN wrote. May 9 is known as “Victory Day” in Russia, which commemorates the country’s defeat of...
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