Category: 1. Ukraine

In a briefing to the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday, UN rights chief Volker Türk highlighted the widespread devastation and violations of international law that have defined the conflict.

He noted that July 2024 was the deadliest month for…

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During the recent US presidential debate, moderator David Muir posed the…

After Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine became the most heavily mined country in the world. “In Ukraine, because of the nature and the intensity of the conflict, we’re often seeing double or triple or even quadruple amputees, and a lot…

Describing someone as “young” or “old” is rather arbitrary. However, something we can quantify is whether a given person is “young” or “old” compared to the rest of the world.

Imagine we sorted all 8 billion people alive today from…

A leading expert on Russian foreign policy, James Nixey heads the Russia and Eurasia Program at Chatham House, a London-based research institute. In a recent interview with RFE/RL’s Georgian Service, Nixey, whose research focuses on the…

As Russia is likely to launch attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure this winter, Kyiv is currently in talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to place foreign observers near its nuclear power plants to protect the country’s…

Amidst the horrors perpetuated by Russia in its war against Ukraine, perhaps the gravest have been the crimes Vladimir Putin’s army has committed against Ukrainian children.  Nearly 600 children have been killed and nearly 1,300…

Ukraine and its war with Russia have become a central and controversial topic in the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign. The brutal conflict, in which a million people have been killed or severely injured, shows no signs of ending. Kamala…

What GAO Found

DOD’s Office of the Secretary of Defense and the U.S. European Command (EUCOM), through the Security Assistance Group-Ukraine (SAG-U), coordinate international military training for Ukraine with the Ukraine Defense Contact…