Category: 2. RussianAggression

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will present Kyiv’s “victory plan” during an upcoming meeting of Western allies in Germany. Continue Reading

This article is an onsite version of our Europe Express newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every weekday and Saturday morning. Explore all of our newsletters here Welcome back. Ukraine has scaled back its war aims. Although it remains committed to… Continue Reading

Ukraine has documented evidence related to the execution of 93 Ukrainian prisoners of war, according to a law enforcement official tasked with investigating war crimes related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Yuriy Belousov, who heads the Prosecutor-General’s Office’s department in charge… Continue Reading

Israel’s incursion into south Lebanon continued on October 3 hours after a strike on an apartment building in downtown Beirut killed 9 people while a separate action in the West Bank eliminated a Palestinian militant who was once involved in the lynchings of Israeli reservists. The Israeli Army… Continue Reading

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. SUMY In July, I visit a special forces unit near Sumy in the north-east. A group of soldiers has returned from across the Russian border — wet, dirty, tired, yet satisfied. They… Continue Reading

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, ((eds.: pronounced ROO-tuh)) who took up the role this week, visited Ukraine Thursday and pledged to prioritize the alliance’s support for Kyiv. But Rutte faces daunting challenges in his new job, as Henry Ridgwell reports. Continue Reading

london —  With an escalating war in the Middle East, uncertainty over Western military aid for Ukraine, and the U.S. presidential election looming next month, new NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has no time to settle in. The former Dutch prime minister was appointed to the role at a… Continue Reading

The Russian military is making heavy use of glide bombs, large Soviet-era weapons upgraded with new wings and navigation systems, in attacks on Ukrainian cities. A Ukrainian explosives team was able to defuse one 500-kilogram bomb that fell short of the city of Zaporizhzhya. But other bombs… Continue Reading

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that he had visited the northern Sumy region, from where Ukraine recently launched a major incursion into the neighboring Russian Kursk region. Almost two months into the surprise operation, Kyiv’s troops control swaths of Russian border… Continue Reading