The record-holding world chess champion, who lives in New York and is included on the Putin government’s list of ‘terrorists and extremists,’ maintains that the war must follow a ‘strategy that consists of Ukraine winning and Russia losing’
The United States and European powers have lifted the veto on NATO-supplied weapons being used against military targets in Russia’s border regions
In an interview with EL PAÍS, the president of the European Council says he anticipates Russian interference in the European elections but plays down polls forecasting the rise of the extreme right
The list of challenges affecting humanity at large is long and dangerous. If no one manages to impose some order in the international system, dangerous anarchy will be the outcome
After the Russian invasion, the most precious pieces were evacuated from Kyiv to secret locations on trains that ran along the front lines under missile fire
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