Category: 1. Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops have for the first time engaged with North Korean units that were recently deployed to help Russia in the war with its neighbor, Ukraine’s defense minister said Tuesday.

Another Kyiv…

They’d been on edge for months. As winter wore on and Russian troops amassed on Ukraine’s border, they prepared a fleet of well-stocked buses, whose drivers stood by around the clock just outside the company’s headquarters. 

When the…

Physical and moral torture, sexual violence, illegal sentencing and violent execution — this is what Ukrainian prisoners of war are going through once in Russian captivity. 

Ukrainian prosecutor general Andriy Kostin says up to 90%…

“It’s a double win when demining – which is always a good thing – is linked to sustainable agriculture and energy security, even when a conflict is ongoing,” according to Chris Loughran and Camille Wallen.

Since Russia’s…

As the war enters its 962nd day, these are the main developments.

Here is the situation on Monday, October 14, 2024:

Fighting

• Kyiv announced that its forces had destroyed a Russian Tu-134 transport aircraft stationed at a military airfield in the…

ON THE OUTSKIRTS of the eastern city of Pokrovsk two women stand waiting for their lift. Like most civilians in the city they have already fled elsewhere, but they have come back to collect some belongings. They are standing by a boarded-up…

Once he got out from under occupation—he and other dormitory residents were evacuated in mid-March—Osievsky tried to join the Army. According to his best friend, Iaroslav Kovalchuk, a graduate student in history and an editor at Spilne, he…

Ukrainian military recruitment officers raided restaurants, bars and a concert hall in Kyiv, checking military registration documents and detaining men who were not in compliance, media and witnesses reported Saturday.

Officers descended on Kyiv’s…

Since the escalation of war in Ukraine, Czechia has welcomed over 350 000 Ukrainian refugees. With so many people seeking safety, the country’s health system – already stretched due to the COVID-19 pandemic – faced new challenges,…