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Crimean Teacher Jailed for Posting Patriotic Ukrainian Song

A former teacher in annexed Crimea has said he was beaten and jailed for posting a patriotic Ukrainian song that has become a symbol of Kyiv’s resistance...

world heritage site

Ukraine Raids Famed Monastery Over Suspected Russia Links

Ukraine's security service said Tuesday it had raided a historic Orthodox monastery in Kyiv over suspected links to Russian agents. The Kremlin denounced...

In Photos: Ukrainians Prepare For a Long and Cold Winter as Russian Strikes Continue

While usually greeted with excitement, the first snows of the winter were this year met with unease in Ukraine, as millions of people were left without...

Three Sentenced to Life for Flight MH17 Downing

A Dutch court on Thursday sentenced three men to life imprisonment over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014, in the early...

opinion Nigel Gould-Davies

After Mobilization, the Kremlin Is Turning to 'Dirty Bomb' Diplomacy

Russia has ramped up the claim, internationally and domestically, that Ukraine is preparing to use a ‘dirty bomb’. This is a major escalation...

'insane Nazi drug addicts'

Medvedev Rails Against West to Mark Russian Unity Day

Russia's former president Dmitry Medvedev marked Russian Unity Day on Friday with a blistering Telegram post in which he excoriated the West, Ukraine,...

Diplomatic Blow Back

Russia Warns U.K. of 'Dangerous Consequences' After Black Sea Attack

Russia summoned the UK ambassador to Moscow to the Foreign Ministry on Thursday and warned London of "dangerous consequences" after accusing it of helping...

underwhelming display

Despite Modernization Drive, Russia's Air Force Struggles for Superiority in Ukraine

As the sun set in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on Sunday, an Su-30 Russian military fighter jet nose-dived into a two-story house, exploding on impact...

Region in turmoil

Explainer: What’s Behind the Russian Evacuations in Kherson?

Russian forces have been moving thousands of civilians in the occupied southern Ukrainian region of Kherson over the Dnipro River and deeper into Russian-occupied...

opinion Mikhail Vinogradov

What Does Russia Hope to Achieve by Bombing Ukrainian Cities?

Russia’s recent aerial bombardment of Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities is a response to several new and unforeseen problems that the Kremlin has found...

Diplomatic Spat

Ukraine Recalls Ambassador to Kazakhstan After Row With Moscow

Ukraine has removed its ambassador to Kazakhstan in Central Asia, according to a decree published on the presidential website, after remarks he made about...

POPULAR DEFIANCE

In Photos: Eastern Ukraine Unbowed by Rocket Attacks

As Russia continues to target civilian infrastructure in drone and missile strikes this week, residents of the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions in the east...

Appetite for 'De-Russification' Builds in Ukraine

At a bookshop in Kyiv, 33-year-old Yulia Sydorenko was dumping an entire collection of old books – some gifts from childhood friends – that...

Resisting Russia

U.S. Pushes Allies to Assemble Air Defenses for Ukraine

The United States is pressing allies to hastily build Ukraine a patchwork air defense network using NATO-compatible equipment – some ultra-modern...

'military operation'

LIVE | Ukraine War: As It's Happening

The latest breaking news and developments in Russia's deadly attack on Ukraine.

Crimean clampdown

Miss Crimea Fined for Singing Patriotic Ukrainian Song

Russian authorities have fined the winner of this year's Miss Crimea beauty pageant, Olga Valeyeva, after video emerged of her singing a patriotic Ukrainian...

opinion Anna Zhuk

The Ukrainian First Lady in Vogue

What was the reaction in Ukraine to Olena Zelenska's photo shoot? Not what you'd expect.

Russia to Block Renewal of OSCE's Ukraine Mission

Russia "has the power to block the mandate [...] and it said it was going to do so," a diplomatic source told AFP.

Russian Navy Starts Baltic Sea Drills Amid Ukraine Tensions

Russia's Baltic fleet will "perform training tasks for the defense of sea lanes and fleet bases."

Russian Journalist, Kremlin Critic Granted Ukrainian Citizenship

Alexander Nevzorov was sentenced to arrest in absentia after he criticized Russia's shelling of a Mariupol maternity hospital.

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