US says long-anticipated move has ‘already had an impact’ on Moscow’s military capabilities A Ukrainian protester stands in front of Russian troops in a street during a rally against Russian occupation in Kherson in March © AP Ukraine said it had launched a counter-offensive against Russian forces near the city of Kherson, in a move […]
Read moreThe European Union agreed to put Ukraine on a path towards EU membership, acting with uncharacteristic speed and unity to pull the embattled country further away from Russia’s influence and bind it more closely to the West. Meeting at a summit in Brussels on Thursday, leaders of the EU’s 27 nations mustered the required unanimous […]
Read morePutin with the commander of the Russian armed forces, Gen Valery Gerasimov, in December 2021. Sources say the Russian president is working closely with Gerasimov. Photograph: Sergey Guneev/Kremlin Pool/Sputnik/EPA Vladimir Putin has become so personally involved in the Ukraine war that he is making operational and tactical decisions “at the level of a […]
Read moreRussia’s invasion of Ukraine has ushered in historic policy change that is backed by public There can be no other
Read moreIt is “likely” Russia has lost “one-third” of the ground forces it committed to its invasion of Ukraine, the UK’s
Read moreUkrainian forces destroyed a pontoon bridge and parts of Russian armoured column as it tried to cross a river in the Donbas region, video footage released by Ukraine’s military showed today, and a Russian naval ship was set afire in the Black Sea. Ukraine has driven Russian troops back from the second-largest city of Kharkiv […]
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