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Image source, ReutersImage caption, For years a shadowy mercenary group, Wagner began recruiting in Russian prisons recently for the war in UkraineBy Alexandra FouchéBBC News TikTok is hosting dozens of…
Image source, EPAImage caption, Millions of Ukrainians are suffering from scheduled and unscheduled blackoutsBy Ben TobiasBBC News Russia's frequent and widespread attacks on Ukraine's power infrastructure have plunged millions of…
Russia’s carefully choreographed political talk shows are notorious for their anti-Ukrainian invective, but in late November the target was Kazakhstan. “We must pay attention to the fact that Kazakhstan is…
Image caption, More than 3,500 Russian soldiers and their families have made contact with the team, Ukraine saysBy James WaterhouseBBC Ukraine correspondent The Ukrainian government has said a scheme it…
Far from the frontlines of the battlefield, the Russian Federation is ruthlessly bombing Ukraine’s civilian energy infrastructure. Electricity generating and thermal power facilities in towns and cities across the country…
During the first nine months of Russia’s Ukraine invasion, Russian President Vladimir Putin and former president Dmitry Medvedev have developed a shtick worthy of a Rogers and Hammerstein opera. Once…
Image source, Getty ImagesBy Elsa MaishmanBBC News Russia has hit out at comments from the Pope that some minority groups of soldiers have behaved worse than others in the invasion…
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Russian strikes have left millions of people facing winter power cuts – including in the capital, KyivBy James FitzGeraldBBC News Russia's attacks on Ukrainian energy…
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Ukraine has turned support from Nato allies into success on the battlefieldBy Katya AdlerEurope editor@BBCkatyaadler Nato is feeling pretty pleased with itself right now. Of…
On November 23, I sat huddled with my terrified children in a bomb shelter near Kyiv as Russian missiles roared overhead. For the fourteenth time since early October, Ukraine’s cities…