Key developments on Jan. 20: Commander of scandal-hit Ukrainian brigade detained, accused of failing to report desertions Ammunition used by Russians halved following Ukrainian strikes, Syrskyi says Ukraine Air Force specialists safe from transfer to infantry but mobilization issues remain, Syrskyi says 'I didn't know who I'd be fighting' — North Korean soldier captured by […]
Russia's ammunition use has been cut nearly in half following the impact of Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said in an interview with the Ukrainian news outlet TSN on Jan. 19. Ukraine has intensified strikes deep into Russian territory in an attempt to weaken Russia's ability to wage war in its full-scale […]
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan. 6 that Russian forces had sustained significant losses over five months of fighting in Russia's Kursk region. "During the Kursk operation, the enemy has already lost 38,000 of their soldiers in this direction alone, with nearly 15,000 of these losses being irreversible," Zelensky added in his evening address. He […]
BILOZERSKE, Donetsk Oblast — Less than 30 kilometers north of embattled Pokrovsk, a market was in full swing in the town of Bilozerske. Meters away, however, a crowd has gathered in front of a building, nervously awaiting the doors to open. Tensions were visibly mounting as the doors remained closed and impatience settled. An umpteenth […]
Key developments on Jan. 3: Over 50,000 Russians seek MIA through Ukraine’s project, representative says 'Nothing interesting' — Russian envoy dismisses Trump’s reported peace deal proposals on Ukraine Germany should not rule out peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, CDU lawmaker says 'We would violate Ukrainian legislation on behalf of Putin' — Zelensky again rejects elections under […]
More than 50,000 inquiries have been submitted by Russians seeking missing soldiers through Ukraine’s "I Want to Find" project, Bohdan Okhrimenko, head of the Coordination Center Secretariat, said in an interview with ArmyInform on Jan. 3. "These numbers only reflect those unafraid to contact us," Okhrimenko said, adding that there actual number of Russian soldiers […]
Thirty-nine percent of Russians believe that "the use of nuclear weapons could be justified" during Russia's war in Ukraine, Alexey Levinson, chief of the sociocultural research department at the Russian independent polling organization Levada Center, said at a conference on Nov. 29. Levinson cited a poll conducted by the Levada Center in November. The poll […]
More than a decade since Russian lawmakers banned "LGBTQ+ propaganda," the Kremlin's self-declared crusade for "traditional values" has found a new target — Russians who don't want children. On Nov. 12, the Russian State Duma voted to outlaw the support and promotion of "childfree propaganda," effectively imposing fines on those who publicly express such views. […]
Warning: This article contains graphic photos and descriptions of graphic scenes. A decomposed human hand with the remains of flesh, bleak and brown save for one splash of color — two thin blue-yellow rubber bracelets. The colors of the Ukrainian national flag. The hand was from a body of the hundreds of victims of Russian […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to enjoy majority support in his country, even though many of his supporters back steps contradicting the Kremlin's actual policies, a survey published by Meduza and RFE/RL's Current Time news outlets on Oct. 22 shows. The Kremlin's chief has enjoyed consistent support among the Russian population even as Moscow's full-scale […]