Ukraine

We live in extremely dangerous times. It feels like August 1914, and the world’s leading actors are playing a game in which not everyone understands the rules. I speak of the Ukrainian war. Kyiv’s recent successes on the battlefield are heartening. The aggressors are being pushed back. That is a…

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Elon Musk seems to embrace harsh realities.  The world's richest man seems to have resolved that compromise is the best option in Russia's war in Ukraine.  Musk was one of the first CEOs of a major global corporation to lend his support to Ukrainians, just days after Russia invaded the…

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Alex Drueke, left, and Andy Huynh arrive at the TWA Hotel on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022 in New York.Andres Kudacki/Associated Press Alex Drueke and Andy Tai Huynh, veterans from Alabama, went to Ukraine to fight the Russian invasion. The men were captured by Russia and detained for 104 days before…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for a cease-fire, imploring him to “stop this spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine and denouncing the “absurd” risk of the “uncontrollable” consequences of nuclear attack as tensions sharply escalate over the war. Francis uttered…

Image source, Reuters Image caption, Ukraine's forces have mounted a sweeping counter-attack to re-take territory in the east By Hugo Bachega in Kyiv & James FitzGerald BBC News Russia has withdrawn its troops from the strategic Ukrainian town of Lyman, in a move seen as a significant setback for its…

Russia said Saturday it had withdrawn troops from the city of Lyman as Ukraine's military inched closer to re-capturing the annexed city, the Associated Press reports. Why it matters: The withdrawal comes one day after Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed four regions of Ukraine, including the Donetsk region where Lyman is…

A Russian-installed official in Ukraine acknowledged Friday that President Vladimir Putin's forces in the occupied city of Lyman were partially encircled, potentially leading to what some believe could be a strategic Ukrainian victory in the eastern Donetsk region. "Our guys are fighting, we are pulling up reserves, we must hold…