Ukraine war: Borrowed time for Bakhmut as Russians close in
Image caption, Ukrainian forces are now defending the small city of Bakhmut on three frontsBy Orla GuerinBakhmut, eastern Ukraine The soil of Bakhmut is dusted with snow and soaked with…
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Image caption, Ukrainian forces are now defending the small city of Bakhmut on three frontsBy Orla GuerinBakhmut, eastern Ukraine The soil of Bakhmut is dusted with snow and soaked with…
Image source, House of CommonsImage caption, Mr McDonald decided to go public to warn others of the risksBy Gordon CoreraSecurity correspondent, BBC News An MP has told the BBC his…
Image source, ReutersImage caption, Mali Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop (R) welcomed Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to BamakoBy Beverly OchiengBBC News Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has promised continued military support…
One of the underappreciated aspects of Russia’s war on Ukraine has been the strategic role of Belarus in both the initial invasion and subsequent conduct of the war. In his…
Image source, ReutersImage caption, Ukrainian forces have warned repeatedly of an imminent Russian offensive in the eastBy Paul KirbyBBC News Tens of thousands of Russians are being sent to eastern…
When the USSR collapsed in 1991, the Russian Federation embraced more or less exactly the same imperial identity that the Bolsheviks had inherited from their Czarist predecessors generations earlier. Until…
Ukrainian military medic Yulia Paievska has a simple message for anyone who still believes in the possibility of a compromise peace with Putin’s Russia. “They will not stop until they…
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine will pass the one-year mark in the coming weeks with no end in sight to what is already the largest European conflict since World War…
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Last September strong underwater explosions in the Baltic Sea ripped gaping holes in the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Denmark and SwedenBy Frank GardnerBBC security…
Image source, EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockBy Alys DaviesBBC News The situation on Ukraine's eastern front lines is getting tough, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Ukrainian troops are facing a very difficult situation in…