Russo-Ukrainian War

Russia launched more than 2,000 drone attacks targeting both military and civilian sites across Ukraine last month, as announced today by Ukraine’s armed forces.

At the Third Parliamentary Summit, held in Riga, leaders and representatives from across Europe gathered to address the pressing security challenges facing the region, with a particular focus on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday said Russia could send North Korean troops into battle as early as Sunday and urged international pressure on the Kremlin and Pyongyang.

The population of Ukraine has decreased by eight million since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, leading to significant emigration and a drop in fertility rates, the United Nations reported on Tuesday (October 22).

In an interview with Al Jazeera, David Owen says that if elected, US presidential candidate Donald Trump would likely work to stop the war, which he predicts will end with Russia taking some of Ukraine's lands.

David Owen often describes the war in Ukraine as Russia's "second invasion", as a constant reminder of the 2014 Crimean conflict.

NATO must avoid becoming directly involved in Russia's war in Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz cautioned during his meeting with US President Joe Biden in Berlin. Scholz expressed gratitude to the US for its continued support of Kyiv.

North Korea has deployed the first contingent of 1,500 soldiers of its special forces to Vladivostok in the Russian Far East and will soon send more, the intelligence agency of South Korea said today.

President Volodymyr Zelensky today unveiled his long-awaited “victory plan” in the Ukrainian parliament, urging Ukrainians to remain united in uncertain times ahead of the November 5 presidential election in his ally the United States.

Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna has been confirmed dead while in Russian captivity, as reported by Ukrainian authorities on October 10. The confirmation came from Petro Yatsenko, a representative of Ukraine's Coordination Staff for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, following an internal investigation into her disappearance.

Russians leverage occupied Cyprus to evade sanctions imposed by the EU and other Western entities in response to the conflict in Ukraine, according to an article in Dutch newspaper Het Parool.

This strategy underscores the ongoing complexities of the geopolitical landscape and the challenges faced by Western nations in enforcing their sanctions.