Putin visited Kursk region on Ukraine border, says Kremlin
Russian president Vladimir Putin visited the border region of Kursk on Tuesday, several weeks after Russian forces pushed Ukrainian troops out of the area, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.

Russian president Vladimir Putin visited the border region of Kursk on Tuesday, several weeks after Russian forces pushed Ukrainian troops out of the area, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.

The organizers of Wimbledon have announced the main draw for the women’s singles competition, which includes five Ukrainian tennis players. Among them is Ukraine’s number one Elina Svitolina, as well as Marta Kostyuk, Dayana…

Russian forces in Ukraine are suffering casualties at more than 400,000 per year — enough to pack the house at the world’s four largest stadiums. Losses like these have been fuel for simultaneous talk of inevitable Russian defeat or victory…

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said Polish troops will not be sent to Ukraine after the expected ceasefire to be put in place in the non-contact zone.
“We will not send Polish troops to Ukraine,” Tusk said in an interview with…

A drone strike targeted a sanctioned semiconductor plant in Russia’s Oryol region overnight.
That is according to BBC News Russian, Ukrinform reports.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense claimed that 127 drones were shot down over nine regions and the Black Sea between the…

Ukraine’s air defense forces neutralized 63 drones launched by Russia in an overnight attack on Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Air Force said this in a post on the Telegram messaging app, according to Ukrinform.
Beginning at 00:30 on Wednesday, May 21, Russian forces…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed in a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he is ready to continue to help and support Ukraine, in particular in negotiations with Russia, the British…

President Vladimir Putin visited Russia’s Kursk region for the first time since Moscow claimed that it drove Ukrainian forces out…
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Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the United States has implemented a broad sweep of sanctions focused on isolating Russia from the global financial system, reducing the profitability of its energy sector, and blunting its military…

Last week, Russian and Ukrainian ceasefire negotiators met face-to-face for the first time since March 2022. The location for the talks was the same as three years ago, some of the negotiators were the same, but the circumstances were vastly…