Ukraine’s navy has refused to confirm that there was “anger,” “surprise,” and “panic” among the administration of former U.S. President Joe Biden after Ukraine sunk the Mosvka, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in April 2022. Ukrainian Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk said he “cannot confirm this information in any way,” insisting there were multiple […]
Key developments on April 1: Russia’s territorial gains in Ukraine drop to lowest level since June 2024, monitoring group says Some Russians celebrated Ukrainian drone strikes on Moscow, intercepted calls suggest ‘So far, it doesn’t mean anything’ — Russia launches no mass drone strike against Ukraine overnight 73% of Ukrainians say Trump is bad for […]
With much fanfare, the U.S. on March 25 announced it had brokered an agreement between Russia and Ukraine to “eliminate the use of force” in the Black Sea after two days of talks in Saudi Arabia. But while Kyiv said it was ready to abide by it straight away, Moscow stalled, insisting the U.S. lift […]
Editor’s Note: This is a developing story and is being updated. A Russian drone attack on March 28 killed four people and injured at least 19 in the city of Dnipro, sparking a large fire at a hotel and restaurant complex as well as almost 10 private residences. Regional Governor Serhii Lysak said three of […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested on March 27 that countries “friendly” to Russia could take part in the peace process and negoatiations to end Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Speaking with sailors from the Arkhangelsk nuclear submarine, Putin listed China, India, Brazil, South Africa, and North Korea among those he sees as potential participants. Putin […]
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy Richard Grenell said on March 25 that the Soviet-era nuclear arsenal stationed in Ukraine after the Soviet Union’s collapse belonged to Russia, calling it an “uncomfortable fact.” “Let’s be clear about the Budapest Memorandum: the nukes were Russia’s and were leftovers,” Grenell said on X. Ukraine agreed to relinquish […]
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff recently claimed that the majority of people in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied territories had participated in referendums and “indicated that they want to be under Russian rule.” Witkoff’s claim is false in many ways. Witkoff referred to the Russian sham vote on the annexation of Ukraine’s Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts […]
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu has arrived in North Korea, where he is scheduled to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on March 21. North Korea has emerged as a key military ally of Russia, supplying Moscow with artillery shells, missiles, and even soldiers in exchange […]
Key developments on March 20: Russia’s Engels air base ablaze after Ukrainian drone strike, Kyiv says Ukraine, US to hold talks in Saudi Arabia on March 24 Putin orders Ukrainians ‘without legal status’ to leave Russia, occupied territories by Sept. 10 $5.4 billion on ammunition for Ukraine ‘realistic’ goal, EU’s top diplomat says Ukraine ‘destroys’ […]
President Donald Trump described his nearly two-hour phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday at the White House as “great” during an exclusive interview with “The Ingraham Angle.” “[We] talked about a lot of things — toward getting it to peace, and we talked about other things also,” Trump said, referring to Russia’s three-year war […]
Kyiv does not need Russia’s permission to invite peacekeeping troops to its territory, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with French regional newspaper Le Parisien on March 15. “Ukraine is sovereign – if it requests allied forces to be on its territory, it is not up to Russia to accept or reject it,” […]
Key developments on March 15-16: Ukraine confirms withdrawal from Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk Oblast Ukraine appoints Andrii Hnatov as new chief of General Staff Russia readying to attack Sumy as Donbas front stabilizes, Zelensky says Trump-Putin phone call expected this week, US hopes for ceasefire within weeks, envoy says UK proposes Western peacekeeping mission of […]