Ukraine

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…

A pro-Kremlin figure who unexpectedly denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine in a social media post this week that went viral has been placed in a psychiatric facility, the hospital said on Thursday. Ilya Remeslo made a career denouncing Putin’s critics until he became one himself, posting a manifesto late on…

BRUSSELS — The European Union (EU) will find ways to pay out the promised 90 billion euro (S$133 billion) loan to Ukraine despite Hungary's ongoing resistance, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said early on Friday (March 20). "We will deliver one way or the other," von der Leyen…

Despite the opposition of Hungary, the European Union will find ways to deliver the promised 90 billion euro ($104.2 billion) loan ⁠to Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said early on March 20. "We will deliver one way or the other," ⁠ von der Leyen told reporters ‌after…

BRUSSELS, March 20 (Reuters) - The ⁠EU ⁠will find ways ⁠to pay out the promised 90 billion ​euro ($104.2 billion) loan to Ukraine despite Hungary's ongoing ‌resistance, European Commission President ‌Ursula von der Leyen said early ⁠on ⁠Friday. "We will deliver one way or the other," ​von der Leyen told…