A citizen of east Ukraine’s Lugansk area was sentenced to 16 years in jail for “high treason” on Friday, according to Moscow’s FSB security service. Moscow often imposes harsh punishments on anyone accused of espionage for Ukraine, and Ukrainians have long been imprisoned in Russia and occupied territories. A military court in Rostov-on-Don, Russia’s southern … Read more
Kyiv on Friday said Russian authorities returned over 500 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers killed in combat, with most having died in the eastern Donetsk region. Russia and Ukraine have been exchanging bodies and prisoners of war since the first months of the conflict — with casualties estimated to be high on both sides. “As a … Read more
Valery Zaluzhny, Ukraine’s former Commander-in-Chief, argues that the world has officially entered World War III. According to Zaluzhny, the direct engagement of two superpowers, Russia and the United States, in the war in Ukraine demonstrates this. He claims that the fight has expanded beyond a regional confrontation with Russia to include global players such as … Read more
According to reports, Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Ukraine, the weapon’s first combat deployment since it was initially developed over 60 years ago. Additionally, Moscow made the first-ever use of the Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicles (MIRV) technology when it targeted “critical infrastructure” in Ukraine’s Dnipro. View this post on Instagram A … Read more
According to the Kyiv Air Force, Russia retaliated against Ukraine on Thursday morning by firing an intercontinental ballistic missile from its southern Astrakhan province. It is the first time Moscow has launched a long-range, potent missile in the conflict. The airstrike follows Ukraine’s use of missiles manufactured in the US and the UK to hit … Read more
Vladimir Putin approved amendments to the nuclear policy on Tuesday, governing how the country will henceforth utilize its atomic weapons. The policy has changed significantly, and Russia now considers an assault by a non-nuclear state backed by a nuclear state to constitute a combined strike on it. Although the additional revisions were presented in September, … Read more
Russia claimed on Tuesday that Ukraine launched US-supplied long-range missiles against a military site near the Bryansk border, marking the first such attack since Washington authorized such strikes. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov condemned the attacks, accusing Washington of assisting Kyiv in operating the missiles and claiming that the attack on its territory marked the … Read more
Changes to Russia’s nuclear policy have been developed and would be codified when needed, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, expressing Moscow’s alarm about the latest US decision on missile strikes from Ukraine. “They (the reforms) are already basically formulated. They will be formalized as needed,” Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin’s press secretary, told the TASS state … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump has stated that his government will focus on resolving the Russia-Ukraine war, lamenting the deaths in the conflict. He also stated that his government will try to bring peace to Western Asia. We will focus on the Middle East, as well as Russia and Ukraine. It has to end, Trump declared … Read more
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russian troops started a huge attack on Ukrainian cities on Wednesday, using some 90 strike drones and ballistic and cruise missiles aimed at Kyiv. “This morning, Russia launched yet another combined attack on our cities, and our air defense responded effectively,” Zelenskyy said in a message shared on X. … Read more
According to a Wall Street Journal opinion survey of seven battleground states, former Republican President Donald Trump has an advantage over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in terms of who would best lead the nation through the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. The poll, which was released on Friday, tied Trump and Harris … Read more
Vladimir Putin today issued a nuclear warning to the West in the event of a “massive” air attack on Russia. This includes the use of cruise missiles which the UK has supplied to Ukraine for Kyiv to target locations deep within Russian territory. President Putin’s remarks came after his urgent meeting with Moscow’s top security … Read more
US President Joe Biden called Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday to discuss his recent trip to Ukraine and Poland. The leaders who spoke about a range of issues also discussed the Bangladesh crisis, and the safety and security of minorities and Hindus in the neighbouring country. Modi spoke with Biden about his recent Ukraine … Read more
Russia launched missile and drone attacks targeting scores of Ukrainian regions and killing at least five people, officials said on Tuesday, a day after Moscow’s biggest air attack of the war on its neighbour. Two people were killed when a hotel was “wiped out” by a missile in the central city of Kryvyi Rih, regional … Read more
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime minister to visit war-torn Kyiv on Friday, the White House expressed optimism about the visit and stated that they thought it would be helpful in attempting to settle the Russia-Ukraine conflict. According to John Kirby, the White House’s national security communications advisor, “if it can … Read more