To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Watch: Dashcam footage shows near-miss blast for Ukrainian driver By James FitzGeraldBBC News Ukraine has once again come under heavy bombardment from Russia – just two…
Image source, Yuri Butusov/YouTubeImage caption, Yevgeny Nuzhin gave an interview to a Ukrainian journalist in September The head of private Russian military group Wagner has defended a brutal video apparently showing the death of a mercenary who defected to Ukraine.…
Image source, EPAImage caption, President Zelensky speaks to the press during a visit to the recaptured city of Kherson A “long and difficult path” remains for Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned, days after Russian forces withdrew from Kherson. But…
Image source, ReutersImage caption, CIA chief William Burns met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Naryshkin in AnkaraBy Gordon Corera & Oliver SlowBBC News US and Russian spy chiefs have met face-to-face to discuss Moscow’s nuclear threat in Ukraine and American…
Image source, Wojtek Jargilo/EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockImage caption, The full facts behind the blast in Poland, which killed two near the border with Ukraine, are still being establishedBy James LandaleDiplomatic correspondent Responsibility for the missile strike in Poland is still being established. But…
With Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine currently in its ninth month, the ongoing war is high on the agenda as Americans prepare to vote in next week’s midterm elections. The US has led international efforts to bolster the Ukrainian fight…
In recent weeks, Russia has launched a campaign of targeted airstrikes against Ukraine’s critical civilian infrastructure as Moscow seeks to deprive Ukrainians of heating, electricity, and water ahead of the coming winter season. The Kremlin hopes to spark a humanitarian…
The unintended consequences of Vladimir Putin’s disastrous war in Ukraine will be studied for years to come, with ongoing geopolitical repercussions already evident from North America to East Asia. Russia’s rapidly unraveling invasion has served as a warning to Putin’s…
For centuries, Russia has seen itself as one of the world’s great powers. This superpower status was somewhat sullied by the humiliations of the 1991 Soviet collapse, but post-Soviet Russia has worked hard under Vladimir Putin to reclaim its position…
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, punctuated recently by Ukrainian advances and Russian drone attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure far beyond the front lines, is not only a criminal assault against a sovereign country, but against democracy everywhere. Ukraine is…
The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine is already widely recognized as a watershed moment in modern European history. Clearly, the pre-war European security system is no longer viable and new approaches are required. As Ukrainian troops continue to liberate their…
Following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bogus September 30 annexation of four partially-occupied Ukrainian regions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy officially applied for fast-track NATO membership. The Ukrainian leader’s desire is understandable, but his timing is questionable. Zelenskyy should instead continue to…