The week of rising stakes in the Ukraine war

The war reached its 1000th day this week The stakes have never been higher in the Ukraine-Russia war. In the week that saw the conflict pass its 1000th day, Western powers substantially boosted Ukraine's military arsenal - and the Kremlin made its …

Russia-Ukraine war live: Kyiv working on new air defences as Putin claims experimental ballistic missile cannot be ...

Ukraine working on new air defences to counter Russian missile threatsVolodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine was working on developing new types of air defence to counter “new risks” following Russia’s deployment of a new medium-range missile in the 33-month war …

Joe Biden's Ukraine ATACMS Move Is a Gift for Trump—Ret. General

President Joe Biden's decision to green-light the use of long-range missiles by Ukraine to target positions inside Russia may benefit President-elect Donald Trump, a retired U.S. general has suggested. Biden announced the decision to allow Ukraine to …

Putin says Russia will use experimental missile again after Ukraine strike

Vladimir Putin has vowed to launch more strikes using an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile as Ukraine decried the testing of the nuclear-capable weapon on its territory as an “international crime”. Speaking at a defence conference on Friday …

Ukraine launched attack on Vladimir Putin's new missile site hours after Russian strike

Ukraine launched an attack on the site from which Russia launched a "new missile" at Dnipro - just hours after Vladimir Putin had given the order. Drones attacked the Kapustin Yar missile range on November 21, reports AstraPress. Russian forces …

Commentary: Putin escalates Ukraine war by a step, not a leap, with missile experiment

As a prelude reports began circulating in Ukrainian media on Wednesday that the Kremlin was preparing for a possible strike with an RS-26 from a site in southern Astrakhan, from where the attack was launched the following day. There was also the temporary …

Russia Returns 46 Displaced Kursk Residents From Ukraine, Human Rights Official Says

Nearly 50 civilians forcibly taken into Ukraine in recent months have returned to Russia following negotiations with Kyiv, presidential human rights commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said Friday. Moskalkova previously accused Ukrainian troops of forcibly …

Escalation in Ukraine and Middle East war crimes charges

It’s expected that the new U.S. Trump administration may force Russia and Ukraine to sit down and negotiate. In anticipation of that, both sides escalated their war efforts this past week. We speak with Jim Townsend, adjunct senior fellow in the Center for …

Are We at the Endgame of the War in Ukraine?

Nearly 580,000 Russian troops fighting against Ukraine, military intelligence says

Russia's ground forces participating in combat against Ukraine amount to almost 580,000 soldiers, Vadym Skibitskyi, the deputy head of Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR), told Interfax Ukraine on Nov. 21. Russia has been looking to …