Crimea must be returned diplomatically, and Ukraine is open to discussing its territories only after a full, unconditional ceasefire has been reached, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 25. “A full unconditional ceasefire opens the possibility to discuss everything,” Zelensky told journalists. Washington’s latest proposal for ending Russia’s war against Ukraine reportedly includes U.S. de […]
Key developments on April 18: U.S. proposes leaving occupied areas under Russian control, easing sanctions, Bloomberg reports ‘You’re fools’ — US may ‘take a pass’ on Ukraine-Russia talks if either side stalls, Trump says “Not our war” — US may drop Russia-Ukraine ceasefire efforts unless progress is made, Rubio says Kremlin spokesman claims “progress” in […]
Russia’s proxies in Donetsk sentenced three Prisoners of War (POWs) who served with Azov to up to 24 years in prison on April 16. Previously, a Russian military court sentenced 23 Ukrainians who served with Azov to prison on the charges of “seizure of power” and participating in a “terrorist organization.” Ukraine has denounced such […]
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has hit back at remarks from a Ukrainian-born U.S. lawmaker who said Kyiv should cede territory to Russia, and President Volodymyr Zelensky should resign. In an interview with the Telegraph published on April 7, Victoria Spartz said Ukraine is not in a position to demand the return of all occupied territories. “If […]
Diplomatic means may be the only way to eventually return some Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a working visit to Chernihiv on April 3. Russia now occupies about 20$ of Ukraine. Russian forces control parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts, and have also occupied Crimea since the peninsula’s illegal […]
Ukrainian partisans have destroyed an electronic warfare system in Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast, Ukraine’s military intelligence reported on March 30. A video published online by Ukraine’s military intelligence shows an anonymous partisan reportedly on the night of March 29, pouring gasoline over a vehicle on which the system was stationed, setting it on fire, and then […]
Russia is pushing to gain full control over four occupied Ukrainian oblasts—Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson—during negotiations with the United States in Saudi Arabia, the Moscow Times reported, citing sources familiar with the Kremlin’s strategy. Although Russian forces do not fully control any of these regions, the Kremlin demands them in their administrative borders, as […]
A vast majority of Ukrainians believe that Russia is determined to destroy Ukraine and will not stop at the territories it currently occupies, according to a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) published on March 11. The survey comes as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on March 10 that Ukraine […]
Seven Ukrainian children have been returned home under the President of Ukraine’s initiative, Bring Kids Back UA, according to Daria Zarivna, Director of the initiative and advisor to the Head of the Office of the President. The children had been residing in the Russian-occupied territories and Russia itself. Since February 2022, at least 20,000 Ukrainian […]
Russia fulfilled its goal of mobilizing thousands of men in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine last year, Bohdan Okhrimenko, head of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, told the news outlet Ukrinform in an interview Feb. 22. In its efforts to avoid an unpopular mass mobilization campaign at home, Russia has illegally […]