Almost 18 months after the start of the war, a humanitarian corridor between the Russian city of Belgorod and Sumi in northeastern Ukraine opens a window of opportunity for trapped citizens
The head of European diplomacy thinks that the EU’s aid to Ukraine has been too gradual. He also spoke with EL PAÍS about the explosive situation in the Sahel region after the military coup in Niger: ‘It’s the moment of truth for Africa’
The author of ‘The Third Reich Trilogy’ says that believing that there’s no such thing as objective truth — only opinion — leads to the destruction of society
The fragility of the region’s states — some ruled to military juntas or immersed in civil wars — jihadism and disputes over natural resources have exacerbated instability
Ukraine’s economy, crunched by the war, is heavily dependent on farming. Its agricultural exports, like those of Russia, are also crucial for world supplies
Russia’s central bank has made a big interest rate hike in an emergency move designed to fight inflation and strengthen the ruble. This week, the country’s currency reached its lowest value since early in the war with Ukraine
The head of the Russian paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been meeting with representatives from Mali, the Central African Republic and Niger. The United States, meanwhile, is attempting to block the Wagner Group from profiting from African mines
Ukrainian authorities have ordered a mandatory evacuation of nearly 12,000 civilians from 37 towns and villages in the Kupiansk district of Ukraine’s Kharkiv region
The Center for Civil Liberties has documented 4,000 people arrested during the invasion, a number the Ukrainian Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, puts as high as 20,000
Russian bombs reduced the House of Culture — located in the east of the country — to rubble. Shortly before the attack, a literary festival filled with hope had begun. Its organizer was killed a few weeks later
Russia’s exit from the Black Sea Grain Initiative puts the Ukrainian agricultural sector on the ropes. The crops are piling up in the silos that Moscow bombs, while the price of transporting goods by land has multiplied
Officials from each side denounce devious plots being prepared by the enemy, which never materialize. They claim victories that can’t be confirmed and stay quiet about defeats
The capital of western Ukraine, a short distance from NATO territory, is still reeling from the July 6 air strike, which killed 10 people and wounded 48
Navalny, who is already serving a nine-year term on a variety of charges that he says were politically motivated, is President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe
Poland, Lithuania and Latvia accuse Belarus, an ally of Russia, of encouraging the migration in an act of ‘hybrid warfare’ aimed at creating instability in the West