Amy B. Zegart
French President Emmanuel Macron has again called for restarting direct talks between Europeans and the Kremlin.
Engagement with Russian President Vladimir Putin should be “well organized” and held in a small group, he said in an interview published …
Take a moment to imagine this: In the depths of the coldest winter in years, a neighboring country decides to destroy your country's infrastructure. Why? Your neighbor wants your land, but it's struggling to win on the battlefield.
Your neighbor has …
Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) say they have “crushed an entire Russian army” near Pokrovsk, leaving Russia’s offensive potential in the area exhausted, according to media reports.
Ukraine’s military spent recent months grinding down Russian units …
As of now, President Volodymyr Zelensky does not plan to announce presidential elections or a referendum on a possible peace deal with Russia on Feb. 24, a source in the President's Office familiar with the matter told the Kyiv Independent on Feb. …
Russian President Vladimir Putin has increasingly characterized his all-out war against Ukraine as a struggle for "sovereignty," yet what limited territorial gains Russia has achieved since 2022 pale in significance to the staggering dependence on …
Ukraine's debt is ballooning. By the end of last year, the country owed over $213 billion to creditors — a hair's breadth away from the size of the country's entire economy.
That doesn't include a new 90-billion-euro loan to Kyiv agreed by
US Vice President J.D. Vance on February 10 wrapped up a two-day trip to Armenia, the first-ever visit to the country by a US official of this rank.
In talks with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the two sides locked in agreements on deliveries of US …
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has barred Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from competing at the Olympics in a helmet bearing photos of Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia.
On Monday, the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine …
In late January, Kazakhstan unveiled an initiative to draft a new Constitution that would amend up to 84% of the foundational text. Moscow has made no secret of its irritation, framing the move as a wholesale remaking of the nation’s identity that …
The EU’s diplomatic service has, for the first time, proposed adding ports in third countries to its Russia sanctions regime, Reuters reported Monday, citing a document outlining measures for a 20th package of restrictions.
A draft prepared by the …
Key developments on Feb. 10
Ukraine has several times more service members in rear-area roles than on the front lines performing combat tasks and receiving corresponding pay and bonuses, opposition lawmaker Nina Yuzhanina said in a comment to Radio Svoboda, citing Defense …
A court in Russia’s Murmansk region has convicted Ukrainian citizen and retiree Vasily Yovdiy of “discrediting” the Russian armed forces for clicking “like” on YouTube videos, according to a court ruling. It is likely the first conviction over …
