Ukraine switches off power exports as Russian attacks hit home
Amid a continued Russian bombardment on Ukraine's energy infrastructure that has seen its top power producer DTEK lose 50 per cent of its capacity, Kyiv sharply…
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Pressure mounts on Ukraine to scrap ‘sponsors of war’ blacklist
Ukraine could dismantle within days its "sponsors of war" blacklist, central to Kyiv's campaign to expose companies doing business with Russia, after a backlash…
The West’s limits: We should back Ukraine to the hilt with money and weapons, but – no Macron – this is not an existential war for Europe
The collective flight of reason triggered by Emmanuel Macron’s bombshell suggestion last month about a possible Western military intervention in Ukraine is only…
No more stupid wars: The West must not allow itself to be dragged further into the Russia-Ukraine war
It would stupid for the West to get further dragged into the Russian-Ukraine war.
Germany, France and Poland unite to use frozen Russian assets for Ukrainian weapons
French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk have resolved their differences in approach to the Russian…
Two years into the conflict, have Putin and the Russian economy been the real winners of the war in Ukraine? Depressingly that’s what the numbers suggest
Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost, millions of people have been displaced, Western economies…
Russia ‘aims to influence European elections to isolate Ukraine’, claims US bigwig
Russia will aim to “manipulate” European elections 2024 to isolate Ukraine, a senior US Government official has claimed.
Turkey blocks UK mine-hunter ships intended for Ukraine
Turkey is blocking two British Royal Navy mine-clearing ships bound for Ukraine, saying it will refuse passage through its waters to military vessels linked to Russia…
Ukraine needs more men: The strange case of the fake Irish call up letters
It cannot have been an easy thing for Zelensky to state publicly at his latest press conference that Ukraine needs more men.
Turku, Finland donates buses and aid to Kharkiv, Ukraine
Turku, Finland - Kharkiv, Ukraine
Will armed militias ever spring up in Europe again? As internal strife spreads across the continent and Ukraine falters, the Freikorps are a warning from history
It is the dead of winter and the country teeters on the brink of collapse. With energy now too expensive, cities are cold, overcrowded and rife with disease.
Economic losses pile up in Ukraine as Polish truckers protest
Weeks of road blockades by Polish truckers protesting at the border will reduce Ukraine's overall imports by about a fifth in November, and could cost Kyiv one percentage…
Ukraine says no progress in talks with Poland over border protests
Kyiv and Warsaw again failed to reach an agreement to stop a week-long Polish truckers' protest at Ukraine's border, a Ukrainian official said on Tuesday.
Make no mistake, the EU is building an empire. Putin has given it the excuse all imperial projects need
There is more than one way to hide an empire. Rule number one, never call it an empire.
Ireland pays Ukrainian refugees 30 times more than Belgium, report finds
Ireland pays Ukrainian refugees 30 times more each than Belgium does, according to a government report published recently.
EU lambasts Russian elections in Ukraine as Moscow claims 70 per cent turnout
The European Union has lashed out at Moscow for holding Russian elections in occupied parts of Ukraine.
Third World War has already begun, Ukrainian security chief claims
A senior figure within Ukraine's security establishment has suggested that the Third World War has already begun with Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Cuba is deeply involved in the Ukraine War on Russia’s side – and that’s cause for concern
Cuba has been flying under the radar among a small axis of nations who have supported Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine commemorates its second independence day of the war
On August 24, Ukraine celebrated its independence day, the second it has marked since being invaded by Russia in February 2022.
Minister slams own intelligence services for ‘failing to predict’ invasion of Ukraine
A senior German minister has lashed out at his own intelligence services for failing to foresee Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian drone strike ‘destroys Russian supersonic bomber’
Ukraine has apparently destroyed a flagship Russian long-range bomber in a drone attack deep inside the country.
Ukraine considers porn law overhaul
Ukraine is considering the decriminalisation of pornography.
Poland deploys 10,000 troops to Belarus border as tensions mount
Poland’s defence minister Mariusz Błaszczak says his country is moving significant troop numbers to the border with Belarus.
Ukraine offensive slowed by weeds, UK defence ministry claims
The strong growth of summer vegetation is impairing Ukraine's offensive against Russia, the UK's Ministry of Defence (MOD) has claimed.
This can’t go on: the Ukraine war and our complacency
The Ukraine war hit its 520th day of bloodshed and mayhem on July 28 as the EU Parliament and most other EU institutions broke up for their summer recess.
Germany ‘cannot oppose cluster munitions for Ukraine’, President says
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the President of Germany, has said that his country "cannot" oppose the United States’ decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine.
Over 500,000 non-Ukrainian refugees now in France
France is now looking after more than 500,000 non-Ukrainian refugees, the country's Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) announced…
Don’t just focus on casualties: Ukraine war is bad for climate, says Dutch academic
The murderous war Russia is waging in Ukraine is not just killing people, it is also ravaging the climate, researchers say.
Ukraine blames Russia for dam blast as war intensifies
Ukraine said Russian forces blew up a giant dam in the country’s south, unleashing a torrent of floodwater across the battlefield separating their two armies as…
Polish government denies links to volunteer corps alleged to have fought in Belgorod
The so-called Polish Volunteer Corps, a group acting on behalf of Ukraine, is alleged to have participated in a raid into the Russian border region of Belgorod undertaken…