Ukraine

Ukraine launched a major counterattack after Russian forces faced a sudden Starlink-linked communication blackout, disrupting coordination, weakening battlefield response, and allowing Kyiv’s troops to advance with reduced resistance In a significant turn on the battlefield, Ukraine has launched a major counteroffensive after Russian forces were hit by a sudden communications…

Mirage News 21 Mar 2026 8:02 am AEDT Date Time Department of State Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau will travel to New York on March 23 to chair a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Ukraine called by European Council members at United Nations Headquarters. During his visit,…

Ukrainian forces have reportedly destroyed a Russian Ka-52 “Alligator” attack helicopter in Donetsk Oblast using a first-person view (FPV) drone, according to Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces on March 20. The reported downing adds to the tally of Russian helicopters lost since the full-scale invasion began, which now stands at 350,…

Foreign Affairs State of the Union: The conflict in the Middle East has shifted Washington’s attention away from the war in Ukraine. (Photo by NICK PALEOLOGOS/SOOC/AFP via Getty Images) Trilateral talks involving Russia, the United States and Ukraine have been suspended, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday, signaling another…

Wars are rarely lost first on the battlefield. They are lost in leaders’ minds − when leaders misread what they and their adversaries can do, when their confidence substitutes for comprehension, and when the last war is mistaken for the next one. The Trump administration’s miscalculation of Iran is not…

Organisations lulled into a false sense of security after Russian invasion of Ukraine are still at risk of a Category 5 attack in 2026 By Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor Published: 20 Mar 2026 16:00 A UK initiative to measure the financial and economic impact of serious cyber attacks is to…

World / March 20, 2026 Ukraine’s Unfinished Grief After four years of war, Ukrainians are reckoning with irreparable loss and finding ways to persist in the face of it. After four years of war, Ukrainians are reckoning with irreparable loss and finding ways to persist in the face of it.…

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Active Citizens, Armed Conflicts, Civil Society, Featured, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, Human Rights, International Justice, Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Weapons, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Credit: Michaela Stache/AFP BRUSSELS, Belgium, Mar 20 2026 (IPS) - When German Chancellor Friedrich Merz opened the 62nd Munich Security Conference by declaring that the post-war…

True to his word, Hungarian PM Viktor Orban dug in his heels at Thursday’s European Council summit and refused to lift his veto over the EU’s 90-billion-euro loan to Ukraine, which the embattled country needs to stay financially afloat over the next two years. A 90-minute closed-door discussion on the…