Alarm in Ukraine over increasing number of army deserters
At least 80,000 soldiers have deserted their units so far during the war with Russia, more than half of them in the first eight months of 2024
At least 80,000 soldiers have deserted their units so far during the war with Russia, more than half of them in the first eight months of 2024
Kyiv is promoting new emergency measures to ensure the return of millions of citizens who have left the country due to the Russian invasion
Nearly 10 million people need help dealing with anxiety, depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from the Russian invasion
A leaflet distributed by the Russian Defense Ministry depicts Kyiv’s forces as depraved in the face of a model invading army
Air defenses shot down all the missiles. An estimated 25,000 people, including about 3,000 children, took shelter in the city’s subway stations in a scene reminiscent of the first weeks of the war
The talks took place after the weekend election victory in EU member Slovakia of former Prime Minister Robert Fico, whose pro-Russian agenda has increased the question marks about the EU’s continued support for Kyiv
Near the Russian trenches in the east of the country, there’s a lake with a beach where civilians and soldiers try to forget the war
Every weekend, the Pochaina neighborhood of the Ukrainian capital hosts a fascinating flea market. It has survived despite the war, which has blocked tourism and displaced thousands of citizens. Visitors can find almost anything, from flippers to a bust of Stalin
In some of his most detailed remarks about the war in months, the Russian leader also said he was not contemplating a new troop mobilization, as many Russians have feared, but did not rule it out
Moscow has built heavily fortified defenses along the front line, honed its electronic weapons to reduce Ukraine’s edge in combat drones and used its massive Cold-War-era arsenal of heavy bombs to turn them into precision-guided gliding munitions
The occupied city’s de jure leader puts the civilian death toll from the siege at 22,000 and says they were not prepared for the scale of the assault: ‘We did not know the Russians were advancing towards us’
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Western allies would support Ukraine for “as long as it takes”
The testimony of a neighbor led to the bodies and personal belongings of three men who died in Borodianka and that he himself buried before fleeing the war
Kyiv urgently requires ammunition as the Kremlin seeks a breakthrough on the eastern front, where Moscow is sending waves of infantry to deplete the defenders’ stocks of heavy shells
The Russian invasion “has unleashed widespread death, destruction and displacement,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said
As both sides prepare for battlefield offensives, NATO is seeking to provide security guarantees while Moscow strengthens its alliances to gain military and diplomatic traction
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a challenge to the world order that has precipitated military, geopolitical, economic and human consequences on a planetary scale
Germany is the exception and has displayed unusual transparency by releasing weekly lists of the weapons it is sending to Kyiv
A mayor, a doctor, the mother of a dead policeman, a health worker and a priest recall the days when the town of Irpin became the wall that stopped the Kremlin’s troops from entering the capital of Ukraine
During his speech in Warsaw marking the one-year anniversary of the war, the US president highlighted NATO’s ‘unwavering’ commitment to supporting the Ukrainian people
The powerful symbolic meaning of the US president’s visit is inseparable from military support for Zelenskiy
With no end in sight for the war, the anniversary is a critical moment for the president to try to bolster European unity and reiterate that Putin’s invasion was a frontal attack on the post-World War II international order
There is no message of greater political forcefulness or even military significance than Biden’s visit to Ukraine
Artillery is one of the most decisive weapons Kyiv has to counter the Russian invasion but stocks of ammunition are running desperately low ahead of expected spring offensives
The US president made an unannounced trip to Kyiv to meet with Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a gesture of solidarity days before the anniversary of Moscow’s invasion
The EU’s biggest economy has taken in more asylum seekers as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine than in total during the crisis of 2015 and 2016
Switzerland has traditionally been immovable on its neutral stance during conflicts but politicians are debating several motions to allow the re-export of weapons to Kyiv