After the Kremlin’s offensive in Kharkiv, Kyiv’s diplomatic efforts are focused on Washington and Europe authorizing the use of their artillery and missiles to hit targets on the other side of the border
The jurist denounces that there has been ‘external pressure’ on the International Criminal Court to avoid an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel itself has resurrected support for Palestinian self-determination through its actions in the Strip, in one of its biggest diplomatic setbacks at a time when its reputation is increasingly in decline
The purge in the Russian Ministry of Defense would have satisfied the Kremlin’s two fiercest critics, Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and opposition leader Alexei Navalny
EL PAÍS accompanies a Ukrainian police special operations unit in a civilian evacuation operation in a town north of Kharkiv besieged by Russian troops
Russia is pressing its advantage in troops, munitions and air dominance in several towns in the provinces of Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv to expand the front line and achieve strategic victories this summer
After meeting with Xi Jinping, the Russian president traveled to a province bordering Russia on the second day of his official visit to China
Zelenskiy visited the province where the Kremlin has opened a new offensive, describing the situation as ‘extremely difficult,’ but ‘under control’
Washington is looking to send Patriot batteries, says Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the end of his visit to Kyiv
According to open source monitoring analysts, Moscow’s troops have captured around 100 to 125 square kilometers of territory in recent days
Some sectors of the military celebrated the general’s departure and now questions are being asked over the position of chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, overall commander of Kremlin forces in Ukraine
EL PAÍS accompanies a unit of former front line soldiers now tasked with enlisting civilians in the province of Sumi
The announcement of Sergei Shoigu’s new role came as 13 people were reported dead and 20 more wounded in Russia’s border city of Belgorod where a section of a residential building collapsed
A BBC documentary about the Roman dictator shows how his excessive ambition for power ultimately overthrew a republican system. The film also draws parallels between him and current forms of populism
‘Russia is now going through a difficult, milestone period, the fate of the Motherland, its future, depends on each of us,’ the president told his troops
The nation’s leaders do not want an end to the conflict in Ukraine, understood as compromise, but rather a victory, understood as the imposition of their own agenda
Kyiv’s state security service says that two colonels in the State Guard of Ukraine were detained on suspicion of enacting the plan drawn up by Russia’s Federal Security Service
More than 60% say the EU should strengthen its support for Ukraine and favor a ceasefire with Moscow, according to a survey in all 27 member states
The Kremlin said any discussion of deploying NATO troops in Ukraine represented ‘a completely new round of escalation of tension; it is unprecedented, and of course it requires special attention and special measures’
Several NATO members accuse Moscow of deliberately jamming positioning signals
Three reporters have been arrested in three days, accused of discrediting the Russian army and association with the organization of deceased dissident Alexei Navalny
With Russia lurking and diplomatic channels failing, Washington is preparing to redeploy its troops from Nigerien soil while pressure from the Chadian army threatens to end its operations
The new subject is called “Fundamentals of Security and Homeland Defense” and joins others with which the Kremlin has militarized educational centers
The U.S. secretary of state ended his trip with a meeting with the Chinese president, who said the two countries should be ‘partners rather than rivals’
Several studies have found that nationalism is growing among millennials and Gen Z in countries such as Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania, which show waning support for the EU and NATO
The initiative of a soldier and activist who died in combat led to a presidential decree to tackle gambling addiction among Ukrainian troops
The 47th Brigade has had four commanders in one year. Soldiers and officers talk to EL PAÍS about the force’s weaknesses, which is key to understanding Russia’s advance on the front