Ukraine

The Soviet-era apartment blocks in Saltivka once housed a half-million people, one of the largest neighbourhoods in Europe. Now perhaps only dozens remain. Some of the buildings are blackened, while others are crumbling slab by slab. “This is my home,” says the 37-year-old Lazar, who is shirtless in the soaring…

https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-and-ukrainian-forces-prepare-for-next-phase-of-battle-for-donbas-11657110128 A Ukrainian serviceman at the National Pedagogical University, destroyed by a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday. Evgeniy Maloletka/Associated Press World Moscow sets its sights on the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine after its army captured the last major city in Luhansk A Ukrainian serviceman at the National…

Civil Liberties Not just pro-Russian political parties, but individual dissidents, have been dealt with harshly by Ukrainian law and Ukrainian mobs. Ukraine's Opposition Platform—For Life party leaders Viktor Medvedchuk and Yuriy Boyko give a speech at the party's election headquarters in Kiev on July 21, 2019, following a day of…

KARASU: A Russian-flagged cargo ship at the centre of a fight over grain between Kyiv and Moscow remained anchored Tuesday off Turkey's Black Sea coast four days after its unexpected arrival. Ukraine alleges that the Zhibek Zholy had set off from its Kremlin-occupied port of Berdyansk after picking up illegally…

A local resident walks past an apartment building heavily damaged during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the city of Sievierodonetsk in the Luhansk Region, Ukraine, July 1.ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO/Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday his armed forces were undeterred in their efforts to “break” Moscow’s will to pursue a nearly five-month…

https://www.wsj.com/articles/lessons-of-russias-war-in-ukraine-you-cant-hide-and-weapons-stockpiles-are-essential-11656927182 A Ukrainian soldier held a Javelin antitank missile in April. Such light, modern weapons have been critical for Ukraine, but the war has recently been fought more with heavy artillery. Manu Brabo for The Wall Street Journal World U.S., its allies study Europe’s biggest conflict in decades; ‘You can’t…

Russian diplomats are pushing the narrative that sanctions, rather than Russian blockades, are causing shortages of grains and fertilizer in Africa.Russian embassy officials across Africa are also placing the blame for the famine crisis on the west.A think tank that analyzes online disinformation said online conspiracy communities in South Africa…

Topline Pope Francis dismissed speculation about his poor health and plans to resign in the near future, according to an interview with Reuters published Monday, hinting at possible trips to Moscow and Kyiv amid criticism the Vatican has not done enough to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Pope Francis dismissed…

The horrifying fantasy was revealed in a phone conversation intercepted by Ukraine's intelligence agency the SBU. The Russian trooper tells his wife: "In short... I just cut the emu's (Ukrainian's) throat. Well, when will I cut a person's throat again?" His wife is initially surprised by her husband's blood thirsty…

T he Foreign Office said it condemns the exploitation of prisoners of war and civilians for political purposes, after two British men were captured by Russian forces and charged with being mercenaries in Ukraine. Cambridgeshire aid worker Dylan Healy, 22, and military volunteer Andrew Hill, 35, have been charged with…