Vladímir Putin

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

Hundreds of thousands of troops are at risk of suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder when they return from the front and the Kremlin has no support network in place

The decline in support for Zelenskiy on his trip to the US confirms the change of tone among Kyiv’s partners in favor of negotiations with the Kremlin

The multinational has removed dozens of apps, even though the Kremlin’s censorship body did not order the move. These services, half-permitted by the government, enable people in Russia to access social networks and independent media

The Ukrainian human rights lawyer talks to EL PAÍS about war crimes committed by the Russia, the weakness of the international justice system, and the accusations of genocide in Gaza

Under the proposed new legislation, comments defending the decision not to have children could be fined by up to $55,000. After prohibiting LGBTQ+ activism, Russian authorities have set their sight on the feminist movement

The latest tactic is to get employees to recommend friends for jobs in a country where 55% of the population earns around $600 per month

Kyiv is growing impatient over Washington’s ban on long-range missile attacks on targets far from the Russia’s border

Polls, international organizations and Ukrainian journalists are all criticizing ‘United News,’ the merger of various Ukrainian television channels to broadcast 24-hour news controlled by the government

More than 40,000 Ukrainians have fled since the start of the war to avoid going to the front despite martial law being in force, which prohibits men between the ages of 18 and 60 from leaving the country

The Kremlin’s forces are advancing on the Donetsk front while Kyiv’s troops are stuck in Russian territory following their surprise incursion

The scientist who set up Russia’s first Internet provider in 1990 was charged in 2019 with alleged domain name hijacking

The story of José Arón Medina and Alexander Ante, who fought in the war in Ukraine before stopping in Venezuela on their way home, remains shrouded in mystery

The Asian country, a signatory to the Rome Statute, is obliged to arrest the Russian leader but the Kremlin issued a message of calm: ‘All the details of the president’s visit have been carefully prepared, of course’

The platform’s chief executive has been arrested in France. Speculation about the motives for his detention makes it more difficult to understand the consequences of a surprising decision

Zelenskiy says the invasion of Kursk province shows that ‘the illusory concept of so-called red lines’ regarding Putin, has crumbled

EL PAÍS accesses the Russian territories occupied by Ukraine, where Kyiv’s soldiers are optimistic for the first time after a year of fighting on the back foot

Russian troops are approaching Pokrovsk, a key defensive city in the Donbas region, while Kyiv’s forces are starting to construct defensive lines in the border region into which an incursion was launched earlier this month

Investigators also point to two other Ukrainians as being part of a team of divers who placed explosives on the gas pipeline between Russia and Germany

The Ukrainian army’s incursion into Kursk province highlights the enemy’s military weaknesses, but also increases tensions between the Kremlin and Kyiv and its allies

The burial ground houses 1,000 soldiers from the mercenary group, whose leader died in a plane crash after leading a mutiny against Vladimir Putin. In the villages of the province, the absence of young people who have gone to the front is palpable

The conversation between the Republican candidate and one of his most important financiers was marked by technical errors and falsehoods

The case of the couple who posed as Argentines and whose children did not know they were Russian before being exchanged in a prisoner swap shows the importance that Vladimir Putin places on deep-cover agents

Zelenskiy argues that the Kremlin must ‘feel what it has done,’ suggesting that the Ukrainian Army is behind the offensive in Kursk Oblast. Analysts believe the move is an attempt to draw away Russian forces from the Donetsk front