Category: 2. RussianAggression

Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers have died fighting since Russia invaded the country in February 2022, and some of them have been women. Tetiana Kukurika met with two families who lost loved ones in the war. Anna Rice narrates her story. VOA footage by Sergiy Rybchynski. Video editing by Vitaliy… Continue Reading

Britain announced Thursday a treaty with Ukraine that includes military collaboration, science and technology partnerships, and an effort to track stolen Ukrainian grain. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is visiting Kyiv to sign the pact with Ukrainian leaders. Starmer is also announcing a… Continue Reading

Residents of the Ukrainian city of Kherson say they face near constant attacks and that vehicles and buses are being targeted by Russian drones. Some are without running water at home and depend on free food handouts to survive. Continue Reading

Before Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Ukrainian businessman Illya Lif flew model planes as a hobby and ran a successful coffeehouse chain. These days, he runs a military drone unit for the Ukrainian Army in the Donetsk region. The man, now using the call sign “Izya,” says he has no regrets… Continue Reading

Photo: Serhii Nuzhnenko/RadioSvoboda.org (RFE/RL) January 16, 2025 08:19 GMT Share   ‘Wealthy People Also Fight’: The Ukrainian Businessman On The Front Lines Three years ago, life for Illya Lif was going well. The Kyiv businessman worked on real… Continue Reading

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Sir Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, will on Thursday travel to Kyiv to sign a “100-year partnership” treaty between Britain and Ukraine, in a show of support for Volodymyr… 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.

Ukrainians formerly imprisoned by Russia testified at the United Nations this week about the torture they were subjected to in captivity. Ukrainian journalist and activist Maxym Butkevych, who spent more than two years in a Russian prison in an occupied Ukrainian town, described how he was… Continue Reading

Russia’s nearly three-year invasion of Ukraine has become a “war of attrition” and a “stalemate” that must be ended, Senator Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be secretary of state, told senators at his confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Rubio broke from the… Continue Reading