Amy B. Zegart
Russian president Vladimir Putin is preparing to fly to Alaska for a meeting with Donald Trump and is calling allies ahead of the Aug. 15 summit. The Kremlin reported he spoke with Kim Jong Un.
According to the Kremlin, Putin thanked his counterpart …
Three and a half years into Russia's full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian branch of the Russian Orthodox Church is finally facing its judgment day.
Under a law passed in 2024, the branch — Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate —  is supposed …
Ukraine is prepared to consider an “air ceasefire” with Russia, Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the head of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, said in an interview with Italy’s Corriere della Sera published Wednesday, August 13.
He said the …
Shahed-type drones, originally designed in Iran, have become a key element of Moscow’s long-range strike arsenal against Ukraine, frequently used to target cities, infrastructure, and energy facilities.
President Donald Trump’s policies on Ukraine follow not an overarching strategy but a single question: Can he sell them? President Volodymyr Zelensky knows this, presenting Trump with a generous deal for critical minerals and partnerships with …
“We talked about a ceasefire today. President Trump said this is one of his priorities in conversation with President Putin,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Ukrainian troops have been redeployed to the Pokrovsk sector to help stop a Russian breakthrough near Dobropillya. Kyiv says there are first successes on the battlefield even as the enemy masses forces and presses the lines.
Small Russian sabotage …
The Kyiv Independent’s Kollen Post sits down with Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia and political scientist, to discuss the upcoming high-level talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, …
Overnight Wednesday, August 13, Ukraine’s armed forces launched a drone attack on the largest node of the Druzhba oil pipeline - the Unecha linear production-dispatching station (LPDS) in the village of Vysokoye, Unechsky district.
The strike was …
UKRAINE, KHARKIV — Like any large city, Kharkiv had an extensive nightlife — from Friday to Sunday, at dusk, people filled the clubs and danced until Monday’s sunrise. At least that's what I was told. I had just turned 18, and then the Russian bombs …
Russia’s communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, claimed the apps have become “the main services used to defraud and extort money, and to involve Russian citizens in sabotage and terrorist activities.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is heading to Berlin on an unannounced visit. He will sit alongside Friedrich Merz at the Federal Chancellery, taking part in a videoconference with U.S. President Donald Trump. Bild reports that Merz cut short …
“It is regrettable to watch the Georgian authorities grovel before Moscow and disregard the principles of dignity and independence that have historically characterized the Georgian nation,” Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said in a …
Editor’s Note: War is more than the booms and the bangs. Ukraine is more than just a place where violence is occurring.
Some of the most important stories happen in the silence: the return of bodies, diligent work in quiet labs.
Think this sort of …
Switzerland extended its sanctions lists to align with the EU’s 18th package against Russia, specifically targeting Moscow’s largest budget revenue source – oil exports, the Swiss government said.
“The head of state demands that we must be ready for all possible scenarios,” Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said.
“Russia is unlikely to abandon the use of strategic aviation or large-scale drone deployments,” Mykhailo Podolyak told Corriere della Sera. “However, Ukraine is ready to discuss and consider this scenario,” he added.
When war rages on the front line — with trenches, tanks, drones, and rockets — it is visible. But a far more dangerous war is fought where it goes unnoticed: in negotiations, in memoranda, in the emphasis on ethnic grievances and cultural claims.
Estonia said Dmitry Prilepin, the first secretary of the Russian Embassy in Tallinn, had engaged in efforts to erode the country’s legal order, sow divisions in society, and aid crimes against the state.
The financing will help Ukraine better prepare for the autumn and winter months as the country’s gas storage reserves fall to their lowest level in at least 11 years due to Russian attacks.
