Category: 2. RussianAggression

As Russians prepare to celebrate the New Year or the week of public holidays that follows, they might notice this year’s festive bill at the supermarket come out to significantly more than last year’s – especially for fans of sandwiches with butter and red caviar, a New Year’s dinner staple… Continue Reading

Moscow —  Russia on Friday sentenced a resident of east Ukraine’s Lugansk region to 16 years in prison for “high treason,” Moscow’s FSB security service said. Moscow regularly hands heavy sentences to people it accuses of spying for Ukraine and has also consistently imprisoned Ukrainians in… Continue Reading

RFE/RL captured dramatic footage as Russia launched massive air strikes on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. As firefighters doused the flames, a man was furious that his business had been destroyed. “They’re subhumans,” he said. Continue Reading

KYIV, UKRAINE —  A Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv early Friday killed at least one person and injured nine others, officials said. Moscow claimed it was in response to a Ukrainian strike on Russian soil using American-made weapons. At least three loud blasts were… Continue Reading

At least five people were injured as private and municipal buildings were damaged or completely destroyed in a massive Russian missile attack that also targeted Ukraine’s capital, Kiyv, and the southern region of Kherson in the early hours of December 20. Continue Reading

Russia accused Kyiv of “terrorism” after authorities said they had detained an Uzbek citizen who confessed to planting an explosive device that killed a high-ranking Russian officer on the instruction of Ukrainian intelligence. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s Nuclear,… Continue Reading

POKROVSK, Ukraine — Pokrovsk once buzzed with life, but on this cold, snowy December day, it feels like a ghost town. The streets of the once-60,000-strong community were eerily empty, with barely a soul or a car in sight. The only sound is the occasional crack of gunfire and the thunderous… Continue Reading

This article is an on-site version of our Europe Express newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday and Saturday morning. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Good morning. Today, a month before Donald… Continue Reading

Russia’s central bank is expected to raise its key interest rate beyond its record of 21 per cent on Friday, as policymakers struggle to tame inflation in what Vladimir Putin described as an “overheating” war economy. Elvira Nabiullina, the hawkish governor of Russia’s central bank, the… Continue Reading