Thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians are still being held in captivity in Russian-occupied areas, according to international observers, often held incommunicado for months or years. Torture is reportedly common with Russian captors showing less interest in military intelligence…
Category: 2. RussianAggression
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Andriy Portnov, Former Ukrainian Official, Is Shot Dead in Spain
Andriy Portnov was a senior aide to Ukraine’s former president Viktor F. Yanukovych, who was ousted in a 2014 uprising over his alignment with Moscow.
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Putin Visits Kursk for First Time Since Russia Drove Out Ukrainian Forces
The Russian leader traveled to the region in the west of the country where a surprise incursion last year embarrassed Moscow.
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Putin visits reclaimed Kursk region as Russia presses battlefield advantage
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Vladimir Putin has visited Kursk for the first time since his forces expelled most of Ukraine’s forces from the frontline region, in a show of confidence as Russia presses its…
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Russian-linked Ukrainian politician shot dead in Spain
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A former high-ranking Ukrainian politician connected to the country’s ousted pro-Russian president was shot dead on Wednesday outside an exclusive international school…
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Putin Makes Surprise Visit To Russia’s Kursk Region Amid Accusations of Stalling Peace Talks
President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Russia’s Kursk region, his first since Russian troops pushed out Ukrainian troops who had been occupying parts of the region since launching an incursion last year.
Video from state television showed Putin meeting on May 21 with several groups…
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Putin Visits Kursk for First Time Since Russia Drove Out Ukrainian Forces
The Russian leader traveled to the region in the west of the country where a surprise incursion last year embarrassed Moscow.
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Peace in Ukraine Is Harder Than Trump Thought
President Trump’s phone call with Vladimir Putin, and what it can tell us about how the war might end.
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Ukrainians Mourn Mother Who Died Protecting Her Child From Russian Attack Drones
The Russian air strike that killed Ukrainian mother Anna Yefymenko near Kyiv on May 18 was part of a swarm of hundreds of Shahed drones launched by Russia that night.
She was killed while protecting her four-year-old son, Mark, with her body after the family apartment was hit.
Yefymenko — a…
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Does The EU Still Have The Sanctions Cards Needed To Hurt Russia?
With the ink still drying on the European Union’s freshly printed 17th sanctions package on Russia, work is already under way on a next step that European leaders say will be “massive.”
But some analysts warn that, in many ways, the EU has already played its best cards and doesn’t have many…
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