Editor’s Note: In accordance with the security protocols of the Ukrainian military, soldiers featured in this story are identified by first names and callsigns only. Every year, as the way war is fought constantly evolves on the battlefields of Ukraine, the visuals of the fighting on the ground that constantly flood the internet transform with […]
Key developments on May 19: After call with Trump, Putin still refuses full ceasefire, again cites Russia’s ‘root causes’ of war in Ukraine Zelensky dismisses Putin’s demand to withdraw troops from 4 Ukrainian regions Commander of Ukraine’s 59th Brigade replaced, media reports Ukrainian drones destroy Russian radar, supply depots on Black Sea gas platforms, SBU […]
Editor’s note: This opinion first appeared in German in Süddeutsche Zeitung. Russia’s President — a wanted war criminal — Vladimir Putin failed to show up in Istanbul for the “direct talks” with Ukraine that he himself proposed. For the Kremlin to wage an unprovoked war of conquest, reject a ceasefire, and call it a peace […]
Editor’s note: The article was expanded with Zelensky’s comments. President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Turkey on May 15 ahead of potential ceasefire negotiations with Russia, even as Russian President Vladimir Putin is skipping the talks. Zelensky’s plane has landed at Ankara airport as the president first plans to hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip […]
Key developments on May 8: Over 100 clashes reported on the front line since Russia’s Victory Day ceasefire began Ukraine’s parliament ratifies minerals deal between Washington, Kyiv Russia has damaged, destroyed over 2,300 medical infrastructure facilities since beginning of full-scale invasion, health ministry says Russia’s ballistic missiles make April deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians since […]
Moscow’s self-declared truce which came into force at midnight on May 8 is not being felt on the front lines, Ukrainian soldiers have told the Kyiv Independent, reporting numerous cases of Russian military activity throughout the day. “There is no truce. There is shelling, artillery, drone and FPV (bomb) drops,” Petro Kuzyk, a battalion commander […]
Editor’s Note: This is a developing story and is being updated. A Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv injured at least 47 people on May 2, according to local authorities. At least eight people have been hospitalized. Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, has endured repeated air assaults throughout the full-scale war. Kharkiv Mayor […]
Amid reports that a U.S. peace proposal might include recognizing Moscow’s illegal annexation of Crimea, President Donald Trump denied Ukraine was being pressured to accept the move — while also asserting Ukraine had given up the peninsula in 2014 “without firing a shot.” “Nobody is asking (President Volodymyr) Zelensky to recognize Crimea as Russian territory, […]
More than three years since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s defense industry has adapted to a new normal. Despite a web of international sanctions designed to cripple military production, factories across the country have been able to keep building bullets and shells, drones and military vehicles. The resulting arms are not […]
U.S. Special Envoy Keith Kellogg on April 29 dismissed Russia’s plan for a three-day ceasefire next week as “absurd” and reiterated that the United States is seeking a comprehensive and lasting peace deal to end the war. “A three-day ceasefire is absurd. What the president wants is a permanent, comprehensive ceasefire — sea, air, land, […]
The death toll of a Russian aerial attack on Kyiv on April 24 has risen to 13, as a 45-year-old man died in the hospital, Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said on April 28. The man, who suffered severe burns, is survived by his underage daughter and a six-year-old adopted grandson. Their home […]
For nearly two years in Russian captivity, Leniye Umerova clung to a single hope: that one day, she would return home — to Crimea. “I thought about Crimea all the time,” Umerova told the Kyiv Independent. “I dreamed of going there without the permission of the occupying forces, without going through filtration, without hiding, simply […]