Kiev

The SIPRI annual report warns that countries are once again relying on nuclear weapons as an instrument of power. The nine states that possess them are upgrading and modernizing their arsenals

Kyiv is intensifying its offensive in the occupied east to cut off the Moscow-annexed tongue of land north of the Sea of Azov

The impact of a drone strike in Galați, which left two people wounded, has raised alarm among neighbors who fear a Russian escalation

A social majority rejects an idea that authorities are not officially considering, although an increasing number of female voices raise the issue

Both countries have become major suppliers of weapons to Ukraine since the Russian invasion began four years ago

The maritime route between Sweden and Denmark has become a key point for Moscow, which uses it to move oil from the Baltic to the North Sea

Around a dozen attack aircraft have crossed into or struck territory in the eastern European region in the past two months. Kyiv blames Moscow for diverting the craft through signal seizure, which the Kremlin denies

The Russian capital’s air defense systems are failing to stem the tide of Ukrainian strikes. The Kremlin is wondering what a nuclear power can do against conventional attacks

The cargo ship’s crew heard several explosions on December 23, 2024, before it sank in the presence of a warship sent by Russia

The airfield, 55 miles from the border, has become the main point of arrival for military and humanitarian aid

Forty years after the accident, some residents still refuse to leave, even after Vladimir Putin’s army occupied the area in 2022. EL PAÍS visited the exclusion zone and heard the stories of those who resist there

The Russian invasion has devastated the Ukrainian economy, and the budget for 2026 anticipates additional borrowing for this year equivalent to 18% of GDP

Kyiv’s military personnel are operating drones from Libya to sink ships carrying Russian fuel and to support anti-Kremlin governments in Africa

Russia has carried out nearly 5,000 attacks targeting Ukraine’s railway system and caused damage to more than 25,000 pieces of infrastructure

The Public Prosecutor’s Office estimates that the country will face more than 216,000 potential cases, while some experts warn of a lack of human and material resources

The main obstacle facing Kyiv is that it has a territory roughly 30 times larger than the Jewish State

Under the Russian invasion, Kyiv has positioned itself at the forefront of the use and downing of drones like those now employed by Iran to respond to attacks by the US and Israel

Police and family members explain how, desperate during the occupation by Putin’s troops, this man went out to get fuel and ended up being shot twice in the infamous massacre in the Ukrainian town four years ago

New technologies help calculate the number of casualties, estimated at up to nearly two million, despite attempts by Kyiv and Moscow to conceal them

The mass production of these unmanned attack aircraft, which cost far less than the missiles that intercept them, gives the Islamic Republic’s army a difficult weapon to counter

The Franco-German political scientist, who heads the Research Division of the Atlantic Alliance, has the mission of anticipating conflicts in order to try to prevent them

Ksenia Koldin, having just turned 18, managed to recover her brother after he had been in a re-education camp and was taken in by a Russian family

The full-scale invasion marks its fourth anniversary with a stalemate on the battlefield and Washington pushing for a ceasefire agreement

The battlefield has become a ‘transparent’ zone, populated by sensors and modern devices, where everything is visible and the intensive use of drones increases casualties

In an interview with EL PAÍS, the politician calls on the EU to do more for Ukraine and to reassess its relationship with Cuba