On 2 May, after months of insisting that US President Donald Trump would soon end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vice President JD Vance finally acknowledged that the war is unlikely to end anytime soon, stating that a peace settlement now rests entirely with Russia and Ukraine.
Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) has officially classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a right-wing extremist organization. The decision, announced on 2 May, marks the most severe institutional move yet against the party, allowing for…
The Russians are throwing their wounded soldiers into the fight. Near Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, wave after wave of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) slam into Ukrainian lines, Army TV reports.
As of May 2025, Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast has become one of the most fiercely contested…
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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot announced on 2 May that the European Union is preparing a 17th package of sanctions against Russia in coordination with the United States.
A key US Senate ally of President Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham, said he secured commitment from 72 colleagues for legislation that would impose “bone-crushing” new sanctions on Russia, according to Bloomberg.
The number of injuries from a massive Russian drone attack on Zaporizhzhia overnight on 1-2 May has risen to 31, including two children, according to Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration head Ivan Fedorov.
Russian forces have sharply intensified their activity across the entire Kharkiv frontline, with eight separate clashes reported on 1 May in the areas of Liptsi, Vovchansk, and Dvorichna, according to Pavlo Shamshyn, spokesperson for Operational Tactical Grouping of Forces Kharkiv.
Ukrainian drones operated by the Prymary (“Ghosts”) unit of the Defense Intelligence Directorate (HUR) struck multiple Russian air defense assets in occupied Crimea, Militarnyi reported late on 1 May.
For more than a year since capturing the ruins of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, the 600,000-strong Russian army of occupation in Ukraine has had its sights set on one main objective: Pokrovsk, a city in Donetsk with a pre-war population of 60,000 that anchors a chain of…