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united nations —  Ukraine, joined Friday by more than 55 countries at the United Nations, condemned Russia's attempts to organize elections on occupied Ukrainian land, saying they were not valid. "We condemn in the strongest terms the…

It is ten years since Russia illegally annexed Crimea on March 18 2014. Subsequent efforts to firmly integrate the peninsula into the Russian Federation, however, have been far from the success story that the Kremlin often likes to…

Ukraine and Russia said Friday they shot down enemy drones overnight, as the first day of voting began in Russia’s presidential election, and European leaders gathered in Berlin to discuss aid to Ukraine. In a social media post,…

Latest graphic findings from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine - created by the Human Rights Council two years ago – highlight the ongoing grave impact of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24…

Disclaimer: Early release articles are not considered as final versions. Any changes will be reflected in the online version in the month the article is officially released. Author affiliations: Aarhus University…

Russia’s defense ministry said Thursday it destroyed 15 Ukrainian drones and eight missiles, while officials in a Russian region bordering Ukraine said one person was killed and several others injured by a Ukrainian drone attack.…

As the war enters its 750th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Fighting At least four people were killed and eight injured after a Russian drone and bomb attack on Ukraine’s eastern…

U.S. and Ukrainian armies attend the opening ceremony of the "RAPID TRIDENT-2021" military exercises.by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies President Biden began his State of the Union speech with an…

pentagon —  The United States is providing a new round of military aid for Ukraine valued at up to $300 million, the first such announcement since late December, in what defense officials have called an “ad hoc” package made possible…

Ukrainian director Mstyslav Chernov, who on Sunday won the first Academy Award for his country for the "20 Days in Mariupol" documentary about theRussian siege of the port city, said he would rather have no Oscar and no war waged…

pentagon —  The Pentagon has a funding shortfall of about $10 billion for U.S. military weapons needed to replace those already sent to Ukraine, a shortfall that requires additional money from Congress to fix, top Defense Department…

Moscow said the pope’s comment was ‘quite understandable’ while NATO said ‘it’s not the time to talk about surrender’.The Kremlin has said Pope Francis’s call for talks to end the war in Ukraine was “quite understandable”, while NATO’s…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed his gratitude Monday to the team of the Oscar-winning film Sunday “20 Days in Mariupol,” on the early horrors of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In a post on X, formerly Twitter,…

Mar 15, 2024Europe after the Russo-Ukrainian War must develop a new security structure to defend against any Russian aggression. The safest option is a non-offensive, confidence-building defense. This option includes proposals such as…

This photo provided by researcher Roman Garba shows a heavily weathered flake artifact at the Korolevo I archaeological site in western Ukraine in August 2023. Stone…

During warm periods in Earth's history, known as interglacials, glaciers the size of continents pulled back to reveal new landscapes. These were new worlds for early humans to explore and exploit, and 1.4 million years ago…

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its third year, the war’s tactics increasingly seem to match scenes from the First World War: soldiers huddle in trenches along stagnant front lines and navigate intense barrages. Beyond…

Kyiv, Ukraine —  Ukraine said Saturday a Russian bomb landed near a block of flats in the southern city of Kherson overnight wounding a child, while a teenage boy died in shelling elsewhere. "Last night, the Russian army struck the…

1. IntroductionThe emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, 1888 (Coleoptera: Bu-prestidae), is a phloem-boring beetle, originating from the temperate regions of Northeast Asia , that inadvertently found its way into…

“We condemn all attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure,” said Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General at the UN Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations. “They are prohibited under…

Erdogan pitches himself as go-between, Zelenskyy indicates Russia would not be invited to the first meeting.Turkey is ready to host a summit between Ukraine and Russia to end the war, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after talks with…

Before Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to mount a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Andrey Muravyev, better known as the artist DazBastaDraw, mainly drew sketches and comics for himself as a hobby…

As the war enters its 744th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Friday, March 8, 2024. Fighting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree authorising the demobilisation of conscripts who…

A view of the Korolevo archaeological site. Researchers used the decay of isotopes in rocks dug up from the site to determine the age of the stone tools.…

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said China sees itself as a “force for peace” in the world, even as it pursues deeper ties with Russia despite Moscow’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. “In the face of complex turmoil in the…

Korolevo quarry in Ukraine, one of the oldest hominin sites in EuropeRoman Garba Molecular dating has revealed that an area in Ukraine was occupied by humans 1.4 million years ago, making it one of the oldest hominin…

Washington —  Moscow has a range of military technologies that it could offer Pyongyang in exchange for munitions to sustain its war in Ukraine, with advanced missile technologies high on the list, analysts say. North Korea has been…

Strong Deterrent Against Russia: The prevailing position within the U.S. administration is that Russia currently has little interest in diplomatic negotiations with Ukraine and the West. As such, a formal NATO membership invitation to…

Download PDF Executive Summary The international conference titled “Lessons and Legacies of the War in Ukraine” took place on November 17, 2023, at the National…

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council and an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said Monday that Ukraine is part of Russia and that what he called historical parts of Russia needed to "come home." During a speech…

Alexander Ward ia national security reporter for POLITICO and author of the book “The Internationalists: The Fight to Restore American Foreign Policy After Trump.” We discuss the implications of Mitch McConnell stepping down as the…

Alexander Ward ia national security reporter for POLITICO and author of the book “The Internationalists: The Fight to Restore American Foreign Policy After Trump.” We discuss the implications of Mitch McConnell…

Nuclear safety and security in Ukraine In his written statement, Director Grossi described the current challenges facing Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, which he visited again in person last month, and called once more for…

Most cooperation between the West and Russia on conservation and research has been put on hold in the Arctic, but Indigenous organizations have some flexibility.Since Russia’s invasion on February 24, 2022, most forms of collaboration…

Dr. Nataliie Halushko currently serves as Head of the Department of Epidemiological Surveillance and Prevention of Infectious Diseases at the Sumy Regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention under the Ministry of Health in…

Frankfurt, Germany —  Germany's defense minister said Sunday Russia was conducting an "information war" aimed at creating divisions within Germany, his first reaction to the publication in Russia of an audio recording of a meeting of…

Three children killed in the attack, officials say, as Zelenskyy calls on the West to boost Ukraine’s air defences.The death toll from a Russian drone strike that destroyed an apartment block in Ukraine’s southern port city of Odesa on…

Separate attacks killed an additional three people in Ukraine as Zelenskyy urges the West to deliver more air defences.A Russian drone attack on an apartment block in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa has killed at least seven…

This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (February 2024)Military unit The International Legion of Territorial Defence of Ukraine, or the Ukrainian…

At least two people were killed and eight others injured when a Russian drone crashed into an apartment complex in Ukraine’s southern port city of Odesa on Saturday. Officials in Odesa said one man was pulled out alive from the rubble…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Friday he and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte signed a security agreement that will provide Kyiv with $2.2 billion in military aid this year. Zelenskyy announced details of the plan on…

washington —  Speaking Mandarin and promoting love for China, countless videos of foreign-looking women made with artificial intelligence started popping up on Chinese social media platforms around the Lunar New Year earlier this month.…

Kyiv, Ukraine. Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Medications to treat opioid use disorder, including methadone and buprenorphine, have…

Kyiv, Ukraine. Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Medications to treat opioid use disorder, including methadone and buprenorphine, have…

The event, organised under the EU Initiative on Health Security, brought together 12 public health and social science experts from across Ukraine to Krakow, where they were welcomed by representatives from the Polish Ministry of Health…

A day before the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Union released an exhaustive new list of companies, entities or people in countries including Russia, India, Iran, China and Syria, that it said it was…

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has tried to drum up Balkan support for his vision of peace in Ukraine and has promoted the idea of joint arms production at a two-day summit of Southeast European countries. The meeting was held in the…

4.3. Results for Supporting or Not Supporting Coal-Fired Power GenerationTable 7 shows the results regarding the reasons for supporting and not supporting coal-fired power generation. First, we present the results for the reasons for…

The in-kind donation – part of the ‘Grain from Ukraine’ humanitarian initiative launched by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy – arrived in the coastal city of Port Sudan and was loaded onto WFP trucks for emergency food distributions. The UN…

Theater of conflict in the Russian invasion of Ukraine The southern Ukraine campaign is an ongoing theatre of operation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on 24 February 2022. From their base in Russian-occupied Crimea,…