The U.S. is reportedly considering officially recognizing Russian control over occupied Crimea as part of a potential peace agreement — a territorial concession that would kill the existing world order and is deemed unacceptable by Ukraine. According to Axios, the Trump administration’s final proposal for ending Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine included U.S. de jure […]
Kyiv has presented Beijing with evidence that Chinese citizens and companies have participated in Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the Foreign Ministry reported on April 22. The report comes less than a week after President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that China is supplying weapons to the Russian military. “I think we will be able to say […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s so-called Easter truce was a “charm offensive” aimed at appeasing U.S. President Donald Trump, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told FranceInfo on April 22. The Trump administration has grown increasingly impatient with its stalled efforts to broker a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. The U.S. president has even said he would […]
More than 600 religious sites in Ukraine have been destroyed since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 19, ahead of Easter celebrations. “For millions of Ukrainians, Easter is one of the most important holidays. And millions will be going to churches. Unfortunately, many will go to churches that have […]
Ukrainian forces have advanced in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast, President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed on April 19, citing a report from Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi. Ukraine launched a small-scale offensive in Belgorod Oblast in late March, marking Kyiv’s second cross-border operation in Russian territory after the August 2024 Kursk incursion. Zelensky said on April 19 that Syrskyi briefed […]
After Russia launched a missile strike at the city of Sumy on Palm Sunday — killing 35 civilians, including children, and injuring over 100 others — U.S. President Donald Trump wrote off the attack as a “mistake.” “I think it was terrible, and I was told they made a mistake, but I think it’s a […]
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained an instructor at a training center in Lviv Oblast who was planning assassinations of the base’s commanders, the SBU said on April 14. The suspect, an instructor at the Yavoriv training ground near the Polish border, is accused of simultaneously working for both the Russian Federal Security Service […]
Key developments on April 9: Over 160 Chinese nationals fight for Russia in Ukraine, obtained documents show Russia’s spring offensive has “effectively already begun,” Syrskyi says Ukraine open to buy US military aid package for $50 billion, Zelensky says Russian military airfield reportedly targeted in mass drone attack At least 163 Chinese nationals are serving […]
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are present in Belgorod Oblast, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an evening address on April 7. Ukraine first launched a surprise offensive into Russia’s Kursk Oblast in August 2024. Ukrainian officials have said the move forced Russia to move resources away from its offensives in Eastern Ukraine, and captured land could […]
In a way unseen since the start of the full-scale invasion, the daily grind of the front line in Russia’s war against Ukraine has taken the back seat in world headlines. The dizzying U.S. President Donald Trump-led attempts to negotiate peace in the world arena dominate the news cycle instead. But as the world reacts […]
Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, “expressed shock” on April 6 at Russia’s April 4 missile strike on Kryvyi Rih, which killed nine children. The attack killed 19 people, including nine children, the local authorities said. Four more children who were injured during the attack are in serious condition at the hospital, […]
Several European officials condemned Russia’s attack on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on April 4, which killed 19 people and injured 68. Russian forces reportedly launched a combined missile and drone attack on the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast city in the evening setting buildings ablaze in residential districts. Among those killed in the attack are nine […]