The United Nations says Russia’s intense missile and drone attacks across Ukraine in recent weeks sharply increased civilian casualties in December, with over 100 killed and nearly 500 injured
The Earth is heating up, as is conflict in the Middle East. The world economy and Ukraine's defense against Russia are sputtering along. Artificial intelligence could upend all our lives. The to-do list of global priorities has grown for this year’s edition of the World Economic Forum’s gabfest of business, political and other elites in the Alpine snows of Davos, Switzerland, which runs Tuesday through Friday.
But opportunism and politics also play a part
One of Kiev’s troops compared Moscow’s strikes to “the gates of hell”
Western military aid remains crucial for Ukraine, especially air defense systems and missiles, the Institute for the Study of War said in an assessment.
The White House says Russia has become increasingly isolated on the world stage and has looked to "like-minded states" for military equipment
Moscow shows bullish determination, draining western-supplied air defences and talking of Kyiv’s total capitulation
The border city was targeted in a massive Ukrainian attack that killed more than 20 people
Warsaw claims the violation took place during airstrikes on targets throughout Ukraine on Friday
Russia launched 122 missiles and 36 drones against Ukrainian targets, officials said Friday, killing at least 18 civilians across the country in what an air force official said was the biggest aerial barrage of the 22-month war.
Early optimism is being replaced by anxiety as politics threatens Ukraine's aid channels
Russia fired almost 50 Shahed drones at targets in Ukraine and shelled a train station where more than 100 civilians were gathered to catch a train to Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday. The barrages killed at least five people and knocked out power in most of the southern city of Kherson.
The bloc is allegedly considering a debt structure that doesn’t require the unanimous consent of all member states
Russia on Monday said its forces now fully controlled the town of Maryinka in eastern Ukraine, which President Vladimir Putin hailed as a "success" that would mean less shelling on the nearby Russian-held city of Donetsk.
One person was killed and several others were injured in Feodosia, civilian authorities have said
Ukraine says movement of lorries restored after suspension of protest, but truckers’ blockades of three other crossings continue