Category: 2. RussianAggression

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the top U.S. diplomat said it is “unrealistic” to expect Ukraine to recover all the land Russia has seized since launching its full-scale invasion nearly three years ago, adding Kyiv will have to make concessions to Moscow to end the fighting.

A Russian strike on Ukraine’s central city of Kryviy Rih has killed four and injured seven. RFE/RL spoke to local resident Ihor Stepanenko who lost his partner in the attack. He had moved to Kryviy Rih in 2023 after his wife died and his house was blown up in Kherson. Continue Reading

Kyiv —  Ukraine said Friday it had launched a missile strike one day earlier on the western Belgorod region targeting air defense systems and damaging military radars. Kyiv has stepped up its cross-border drone and missile attacks on Russian territory and said this week it had launched its… Continue Reading

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock has launched a thinly veiled attack on Chancellor Olaf Scholz for blocking additional military aid for Ukraine, accusing him of… Continue Reading

Ukrainian forces told Current Time how they repelled a Russian attempt to cross the Dnieper River near Kherson in December. Fighters from the Ukrainian Army’s 72nd Brigade say Russian forces are trying to set up shelling positions closer to the city. Continue Reading

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. EU officials are drawing up fallback measures including the use of an 81-year-old law involving the Belgian king to safeguard the bloc’s sanctions against Russia after Hungary… Continue Reading

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the top U.S. diplomat said it is “unrealistic” to expect Ukraine to recover all the land Russia has seized since launching its full-scale invasion nearly three years ago, adding Kyiv will have to make concessions to Moscow to end the fighting.

GENEVA —  The United Nations is appealing for $3.2 billion to provide humanitarian assistance for 8.2 million Ukrainians whose lives have been upended by Russia’s invasion of their country nearly three years ago. “This has been a period of huge tragedy and despair, destruction and… Continue Reading

Photo: Serhii Nuzhnenko/RadioSvoboda.org (RFE/RL) January 16, 2025 17:47 GMT Share   The Rich Ukrainian Who Gave Up His Yachts For Drones On The Front Line Three years ago, life for Illya Lif was going well. The Kyiv businessman worked on real… Continue Reading