War and Recovery

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday he had signed a decree to pull Ukraine out of the Ottawa Convention banning the production and use of anti-personnel mines as a necessary step in view of Russian tactics in their 40-month-old war. Ukraine ratified the convention in 2005. Other countries bordering Russia, notably Finland, Poland and the three ex-Soviet Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – have either withdrawn from the convention or indicated that they would do so[1]. Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address that Russia had never been ...

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A decade ago, pundits were hailing[1] Russia and Iran as the world’s “new power couple”. Together, they seemed to be ushering in a “multipolar world” that would replace the American hegemony of the post-Cold War era. Nations across the developing world eagerly anticipated the end of the “international rules-based order” — a derisive synonym for Washington doing as it pleased.Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Iran and Russia’s relationship seemed only to be deepening. Military commitments have increased, especially as Iran has sent thousands of Shared drones to ...

One indicator of decline is when you invent something but others become better than you at using it. Europeans invented modern diplomacy, including the version of which it is said: “Diplomacy is when you send someone to hell and make them look forward to the journey.” We no longer know how to do that — but others do.The greatest diplomats of all time were a Frenchman and an Austrian. Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord was a master of political opportunism, rivalled only by his Habsburg counterpart, Klemens von Metternich. Talleyrand and Metternich ...

FILE - A Russian drone attacks a building during Russia's massive missile and drone air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, file) KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight, a Ukrainian official said Sunday, part of an escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the 3-year-old war.Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said. Of these, 249 were shot ...

The Director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergey Naryshkin, told Russian state media on June 29 that he had agreed to remain in open contact with Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe, following a recent phone call between the two."I had a phone call with my American counterpart, and we reserved for each other the possibility to call each other at any time and discuss issues of interest to us," Naryshkin said[1]. He did not specify when the conversation took place, and Ratcliffe has not publicly confirmed the ...

KYIV -- As Russia continued its relentless attack on Ukrainian cities -- which saw the launch of more than 500 missiles and drones[1] -- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree to withdraw his country from a global anti-landmine pact and honored a pilot who was killed in action.Zelenskyy on June 29 signed a decree to pull Ukraine out of the Ottawa Convention, which bans the use of anti-personnel mines. Zelenskyy has long cited Russia’s use of the deadly mines for Ukraine’s desire to exit the pact, which has been signed ...

As Russian forces push closer to Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, many families already displaced by war are being forced to flee once more. With evacuations under way and the front line advancing, they don’t know if they’ll ever see their homes again.

Since Russia launched its attacks on Ukraine Feb. 24, 2022, many Ukrainian college students attending the more than 30 higher education institutions in the Boston area have frequently engaged in campus activism in support of their country, especially amid President Donald Trump’s gradual alignment with Russia after taking office. [1][2]According to 2024-25 institutional data obtained by The Huntington News, there are 25 Ukrainian international students and 116 international students from Eastern Europe enrolled at Northeastern. However, Ukrainian students say support for their community members on campus has fizzled out since Russia’s ...

NATO jets were launched into the skies as a massive Russian missile and drone assault pummeled Ukraine. In the chaos, a Ukrainian F-16 supersonic fighter, provided by Western allies, was downed, resulting in the death of a "hero" pilot during an intense effort to intercept over 500 attacks by Vladimir Putin's forces.[1][2]The fallen pilot, Lt-Col Maksym Ustimenko, born in 1993, achieved a remarkable feat by shooting down seven air targets[3] using his full arsenal before his aircraft was struck. "The pilot used the entire complex of on-board weapons, and shot ...

Under the directive of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russian government has been tasked with submitting proposals for the use of temporarily occupied territories in Ukraine, including plans to establish transport and logistics centers. According to the Center for Countering Disinformation [1]at Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, which reported the information via Facebook and was cited by Ukrinform, these plans reflect Russia’s increasing efforts to exploit occupied lands to serve its military objectives."On behalf of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, the Russian government is to prepare proposals for utilizing land ...

Getty ImagesUkrainian residents say the way Russia wants the world to see Mariupol is very different from the reality"What they're showing on Russian TV are fairy tales for fools. Most of Mariupol still lies in ruins," says John, a Ukrainian living in Russian-occupied Mariupol. We've changed his name as he fears reprisal from Russian authorities."They are repairing the facades of the buildings on the main streets, where they bring cameras to shoot. But around the corner, there is rubble and emptiness. Many people still live in half-destroyed apartments with their ...

"What they're showing on Russian TV are fairy tales for fools. Most of Mariupol still lies in ruins," says John, a Ukrainian living in Russian-occupied Mariupol. We've changed his name as he fears reprisal from Russian authorities."They are repairing the facades of the buildings on the main streets, where they bring cameras to shoot. But around the corner, there is rubble and emptiness. Many people still live in half-destroyed apartments with their walls barely standing," he says.It's been just over three years since Mariupol was taken by Russian forces[1] after ...

Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight, a Ukrainian official said Sunday, part of an escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the 3-year-old war. Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, Ukraine's air force said. Of these, 249 were shot down and 226 were lost, likely having been electronically jammed, the AP reports. The onslaught was "the most massive airstrike" on the country since the beginning of Russia's invasion in ...

Russia [1]fired over 500 drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, its largest aerial attack since the war began, as being claimed by Ukraine[2], says an AP report. Ukraine’s air force reported 537 weapons launched, including 477 drones and 60 missiles. Air defenses shot down 249 targets, while signal disruption likely disabled 226 others. Strikes hit western regions far from the frontline fighting, killing at least 10 civilians across Kherson, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia. In Lviv, drones ignited a major industrial fire and cut power. Tragically, a Ukrainian F-16 jet crashed ...

Azerbaijan has cancelled all planned cultural events hosted alongside Russian state and private organizations, the country's Culture Ministry announced on June 29, over the deaths of two Azerbaijani citizens during police raids in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said on June 28 that Ziyaddin and Huseyn Safarov died during a raid carried out by Russian authorities. Azerbaijan called the killings "ethnically motivated public and deliberate unlawful actions" and said that Russia's action have "recently taken on a systematic nature."The raid was reportedly[1] conducted amid an investigation into an ...

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In the Siversk operational axis, Ukrainian forces captured two citizens of Cameroon who had been fighting on Russia’s side. The K-2 20th Separate Regiment of Unmanned Systems reported this on Facebook, posting a video of the captured foreigners, Ukrinform reports.The report, delivered in Ukrainian, identifies the prisoners of war as “Metugena Unana Jean Pafe” and “Anatol Franc”. They claim they were traveling to Russia "to make shampoo" and "to have their teeth treated."Read also: Russia’s casualty toll in its war on Ukraine has surpassed a million threshold. What does that ...

Russia launched its “most massive airstrike” on Ukraine[1] since the start of the war [2]as part of an escalating bombing campaign, dashing hopes of a ceasefire.Air raid alerts sounded “almost all night long” on Saturday (28 June( as Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine, including 477 drones - mostly Russian-Iranian Shaheds with a number of decoys - and 60 missiles.The attack targeted several regions, including west Ukraine, far from the front line.Ukraine’s air force[3] said it had managed to shoot down 249 and a further 226 ...

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is urging the international community to intensify sanctions against Russia, calling them a vital tool to curb Moscow’s war machine."Sanctions should now be one of the most important priorities - the world's sanctions against Russia," Zelensky said in his evening video address on Sunday.The remarks followed his recent signing of a decree aligning Ukraine's sanctions policy with that of its international allies, including the European Union and G7. Zelensky also announced plans to adopt EU sanctions against Iran.Despite the EU’s failure on Friday to approve its ...

If the Armata were a good tank, it seems unlikely that Moscow would not deploy it in Ukraine.Nearly three-and-a-half years into its Ukraine invasion, Russia has yet to deploy its latest and “greatest” tank platform to the frontlines on more than a temporary basis. The T-14 Armata main battle tank’s (MBT) brief stint in the ongoing war indicates its performance potential is lackluster at best. It appears Russian officials are trying to shield the Armata[1] from the public eye, suggesting that the Kremlin could be concerned about discouraging foreign buyers of the ...

Key developments on June 28-29:Russia launches largest attack of war, targeting Ukrainian regions far from front linesF-16 pilot killed during Russia's overnight massive air attack, Air Force saysUkrainian drone strike on Crimea air base destroys 3 Russian helicopters, SBU claims'It's time to move your bill' — Senator says Congress will soon vote on new Russian sanctions after talks with TrumpZelensky signs decree to withdraw from Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel minesRussia launched its largest aerial attack on Ukraine since the start its full-scale war overnight on June 29, launching 477 drones ...

Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight, a Ukrainian official said on Sunday, part of an escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the three-year-old war.Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine[1], including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said. Of these, 249 were shot down and 226 were lost, probably having been electronically jammed.The onslaught was “the most massive air strike” on the country since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion[2] in ...

Germany and the balance of power in Europe President Donald Trump gestures toward the press as he welcomes German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to the White House. (AFP) The 2025 NATO Summit, which took place in The Hague last week, brought together representatives of all 32 member nations of the alliance. Top of the agenda was an agreement to increase national security expenditure, with a target for each country to spend 5 percent of gross domestic product on defense by 2035. The shift comes as Germany embarks on its biggest military ...

Vladimir Putin is preparing for war with NATO within a year of ending his conflict in Ukraine[1], a senior Western military intelligence chief has warned. The World War Three threat was highlighted as the Kremlin dictator staged one of the largest military parades in modern Russian history with tanks and nuclear missile carriers thundering across Moscow’s Red Square in a show of strength.Putin used the annual Victory Day event, today marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Hitler, to showcase his latest hi-tech weapons, including killer drones used against ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine[1] overnight, a Ukrainian official said Sunday, part of an escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the 3-year-old war.Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said. Of these, 249 were shot down and 226 were lost, likely having been electronically jammed.The onslaught was “the most massive airstrike” on the country[2] since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion ...

Russia has launched its biggest aerial assault on Ukraine since the start of the war, part of a dramatic escalation in civilian strikes over recent weeks intended to wear down the country’s air defences and break public morale.Air raid sirens rang out on Saturday night and into the early hours of Sunday as more than 500 drones, missiles and glide bombs were launched at cities across the nation.Of those 475 were either shot down or lost, probably after being electronically jammed, Ukraine’s air force said. Explosions are seen over Kyiv ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 10, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenkoi24 News[1] – Ukraine’s Air Force said that Russia launched 537 drones and missiles against targets throughout Ukraine overnight between Saturday and Sunday, in what what described as the largest attack of the war.Poland activated aerial defenses and scrambled jets as the six-hour onslaught continued. One Ukrainian F-16 pilot was killed as Kyiv attempted to intercept the missiles and drones, with ...

Russia launches biggest air attack on Ukraine since start of warYour support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need ...

KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight, a Ukrainian official said Sunday, part of an escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the 3-year-old war.Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, Ukraine's air force said. Of these, 249 were shot down and 226 were lost, likely having been electronically jammed.The onslaught was "the most massive airstrike" on the country since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion ...

KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight, a Ukrainian official said Sunday, part of an escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the 3-year-old war.Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, Ukraine's air force said. Of these, 249 were shot down and 226 were lost, likely having been electronically jammed.The onslaught was "the most massive airstrike" on the country since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion ...

KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight, a Ukrainian official said Sunday, part of an escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the 3-year-old war.Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, Ukraine's air force said. Of these, 249 were shot down and 226 were lost, likely having been electronically jammed.The onslaught was "the most massive airstrike" on the country since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion ...

BRATISLAVA - Juraj Blanár has welcomed the ceasefire proposal that emerged from negotiations between the United States and Ukraine in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.“I appreciate the tremendous efforts of the new US administration to broker peace talks in Saudi Arabia, which offer an initial and necessary ceasefire in the military conflict in Ukraine,” Blanár said on Wednesday, marking it “a significant development that could halt the bloodshed and pave the way for a long-term peace solution”.He urged Russia to respond to the proposal without delay, calling it a potential “light at ...

KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight, a Ukrainian official said Sunday, part of an escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the 3-year-old war.Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, Ukraine's air force said. Of these, 249 were shot down and 226 were lost, likely having been electronically jammed.The onslaught was "the most massive airstrike" on the country since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion ...

KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight, a Ukrainian official said Sunday, part of an escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the 3-year-old war.Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, Ukraine's air force said. Of these, 249 were shot down and 226 were lost, likely having been electronically jammed.The onslaught was "the most massive airstrike" on the country since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight, a Ukrainian official said Sunday, part of an escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the 3-year-old war.Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said. Of these, 249 were shot down and 226 were lost, likely having been electronically jammed.READ MORE: Trump meets with Zelenskyy at NATO summit, says Ukraine war is ‘a mess’ for ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight, a Ukrainian official said Sunday, part of an escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the 3-year-old war.Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said. Of these, 249 were shot down and 226 were lost, likely having been electronically jammed.The onslaught was ‘’the most massive airstrike’’ on the country since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion ...

KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight, a Ukrainian official said Sunday, part of an escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the 3-year-old war.Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said. Of these, 249 were shot down and 226 were lost, likely having been electronically jammed.Yuriy Ihnat, head of communications for Ukraine’s air force, told the Associated Press that the overnight onslaught ...

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"Russian lies about NATO enlargement as the 'reason' for its aggression against Ukraine don’t hold water. Especially when confronted with Putin's own words from 2004. The Kremlin archives expose the hypocrisy," the spokesperson noted.According to him, on April 8, 2004, Putin welcomed NATO's Secretary General in Moscow. He said, "Every country has the right to choose the option that it considers most effective for ensuring its own security."Photo: Excerpt from a meeting between NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Russian officialsAt that time, Putin also expressed hope that NATO ...

Russia has fired more than 500 aerial weapons at Ukraine[1] overnight, in a barrage that Kyiv described as the biggest air attack so far of the three-year war.Ukraine’s air force said on Sunday that Russia[2] had fired 477 drones and decoys as well as 60 missiles overnight. While 475 of these were shot down or lost, the onslaught marked the “most massive airstrike” on the country since Russia began its full-scale invasion in February 2022, Yuriy Ihnat, head of communications for Ukraine’s air force, told the Associated Press.The bombing appeared ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky[1] on Sunday signed a decree to withdraw the country from the Ottawa Convention, an international treaty that bans the use and stockpiling of antipersonnel landmines, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed on Sunday.The decree comes after more than three years since Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.When asked for additional comment on Sunday morning, Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs referred Newsweek to its website post.Why It Matters Antipersonnel mines are designed to use against humans rather than tanks or military vehicles and cannot distinguish ...

17h40 ▪ 3 min read ▪ by Gijs O. Valeria Fedyakina, a 24-year-old Russian influencer known online as “Bitmama,” has been sentenced to 7 years in a prison colony after running a major crypto scam that stole over $21 million from investors. Russian prosecutors say some of the stolen funds were used to support Ukraine’s military, a claim that adds a geopolitical twist to this case. In brief Russian influencer “Bitmama” scammed investors out of $21 million through a fake crypto scheme. Some of the stolen money was allegedly sent ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Russia, Saturday, June 28, 2025.Gavriil Grigorov / APRussia launched the largest aerial assault on Ukraine overnight since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, which added that one of its F-16 fighter jet pilots was killed in the attack.Air force spokesman Yurii Ihnat told NPR on Sunday it was the largest air attack in terms of the number of weapons used.In a statement on social media, the air force said[1] Russia used 537 drones and missiles in the attack; 249 ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight, a Ukrainian official said Sunday, part of an escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the three-year-old war.Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said. Of these, 249 were shot down and 226 were lost, probably having been electronically jammed.The onslaught was “the most massive airstrike” on the country since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February ...

  Lee Seung-ho   The author is a reporter at the JoongAng Ilbo     Russian President Vladimir Putin has refrained from providing military support to Iran amid its recent 12-day standoff with Israel and the United States, despite years of defense cooperation between the two nations. Observers say this calculated distance, particularly during Iran’s time of need, signals a shift in Moscow’s foreign policy priorities — one that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is likely watching with unease.   On June 23, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visited ...

Is World War 3 imminent? The question has been doing rounds on the social media even as Iran-Israel conflict and Russia-Ukraine war are showing no signs of having peaceful conclusion. Given that both middle east nations have strong allies, fears of catastrophic consequence remain unabated. President Donald Trump has called for Tehran to surrender but Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rejected the proposal and warned the US against joining Israeli strikes. Russia on Wednesday also asked the Washington not to get involved in the directly. The latest Israeli ...