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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…
Image source, Chris Parry/Family of Andrew BagshawImage caption, Andrew Bagshaw, pictured left, and Christopher Parry helped those most in need, according to their families The bodies of two British men…
Image caption, Lyudmyla Kupriychuk travelled to enemy territory to retrieve her son's bodyBy Anastasiya Gribanova, Ivan Yermakov & Claire PressBBC World Service This article contains details that some readers may…
Image source, Getty ImagesBy Matt MurphyBBC News The US says additional military aid to Ukraine worth $2.2bn (£1.83bn) will include long-range missiles capable of doubling its attack range. It brings…
On January 25, news broke that the International Olympic Committee would allow Russian athletes to compete at the 20