Amy B. Zegart
Oksana Berezina stood holding a Ukrainian flag with a photo of her husband, Oleh, who went missing in Russia’s Kursk Oblast late last year and is believed to be a prisoner of war.
Like others gathered in protest, she is pinning her hopes on a meeting …
The Kyiv Independent visited the front-line city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast to hear from its residents what they think about the prospects of land swaps between Ukraine and Russia ahead of the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska.
“The enemy struck civilian infrastructure in the central part of Sumy,” Governor Oleh Hryhorov said.
U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in America — their first encounter since Trump’s return to the White House and Putin’s first visit to the U.S. in a decade.
Overall, this will be the seventh in-person meeting of …
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Why doesn't Ukraine retaliate when …
The corps claimed that Ukrainian units are operating inside the city, and civilians can move about, though travel within Pokrovsk remains heavily restricted. It is still possible to reach the city, the statement added.
Russia’s top general has prepared a map showing routes for sabotage-and-reconnaissance teams that Moscow intends to portray as proof its army can rupture Ukraine’s defenses and make a rapid push toward Donetsk, according to Ukraine’s Center for …
A Russian cargo ship named “Port Olya 4” reportedly sank after an attack by 14 drones, according to claims that the vessel had delivered a cargo of components for Shahed kamikaze drones to the Russian Federation.
The Russian dry cargo ship “Port Olya …
Overnight drone attacks ignited a fire at an oil refinery in Syzran and killed a woman in Kursk, as Russia and Ukraine reported strikes across several regions.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defenses intercepted 53 drones overnight over the …
Ukrainian drones struck the Arzamas Instrument-Making Plant named after Plandin (APZ) in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region on June 11, igniting more than 2,000 square meters of production space, according to Russian outlet ASTRA.
Citing regional …
“This is a Russian tactic before any negotiations,” Alina Alekseeva, the deputy head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation, told the Kyiv Independent.
The Elysee Palace described the dialogue between the two leaders as “close and constant,” but did not provide a specific date or location for the follow-up meeting.
From the dawn of Ukraine's first-person-view drone industry up to a year ago, producers purchased almost all of the parts they used in assembly from Chinese firms.
Today, Ukrainian companies have started mass-producing the various electronics, …
Editor’s note: Today’s Putin-Trump summit, taking place on American soil, is the latest sign that our reporting is more relevant than ever.
In other media outlets you will see abstract mentions of land and territory.
At The Counteroffensive we take you …
Beka Museum urged immediate action, highlighting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s role in the forced deportation of Ukrainian children and other atrocities committed under his rule.
The issue concerns refugees who have lived in the country since Aug. 16, 2023, under the Uniting for Ukraine program, devised by the Biden administration to allow Ukrainians to stay in the country on humanitarian parole.
