Senior U.S. and Ukrainian officials are planning to meet next week to discuss the first steps of a deal that could seek an end to the war in Ukraine, after a week of U.S. moves casting doubt on its support for the country. Both President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine confirmed the meeting,…
For three years, the United States has been something of a haven for tennis players from Ukraine. Then came the past two weeks. President Donald Trump and his top diplomats have been pushing Ukraine to give up some of its mineral resources, in exchange for their continued support in its war with Russia. Humanitarian assistance…
The White House set the stage for a full-blown diplomatic showdown on Friday as US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart engaged in a fiery exchange over the war with Russia. While the public clash unfolded, Ukraine’s ambassador to the US appeared tense among the diplomats seated near the leaders. Social media videos showed…
The Ukrainian Parliament on Tuesday passed a contentious bill allowing the government to purchase two unused, Russian-made nuclear reactors from Bulgaria for at least $600 million — a project that has faced sharp criticism over its high cost and yearslong timeline. The Ukrainian government plans to install the two reactors at the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power…
A week after the Trump administration abruptly ordered a sweeping halt to U.S. foreign development aid, the effect is already being felt in war-torn Ukraine. Several humanitarian organizations say they have been forced to suspend operations, including assistance to war veterans and internally displaced people. The orders, which were issued while the Trump administration conducts…
A standoff between Ukraine’s defense minister and the official in charge of procuring weapons threatened to escalate on Monday, stirring dissent in the government at a critical time as it seeks to persuade President Trump to maintain American support in its war with Russia. The dispute erupted three days ago when the minister, Rustem Umerov,…
Ukraine attacked an oil depot near a critical military airfield in southern Russia on Wednesday, the Ukrainian military said, the latest strike in a campaign to inflict pain deep inside the country even as Kyiv’s forces are losing ground at home on the battlefield. The military said it had struck the Kristall oil storage facility…
War has its rules. Rules designed to preserve a fragment of humanity even amidst the chaos of conflict. Yet, what happens when those rules are not only broken but obliterated—deliberately and systematically? This is the grim reality reportedly unfolding in Russia, where prisoners of war (POWs) face unspeakable atrocities. The harrowing accounts of Ukrainian soldiers…
Russia’s Kazan airport has temporarily halted flight arrivals and departures, Russia’s aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said via the Telegram messaging app on Saturday, following a Ukrainian drone attack on the city. Russian state news agencies reported the drone attack on a residential complex in Kazan. The TASS agency said eight drone strikes had been recorded, including…
It was only six months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine when, on a balmy September evening in eastern Germany, I came across Mykhailo Mudryk shortly after midnight. This was September 2022 and Mudryk was by then an emerging talent for the Ukrainian champions, Shakhtar Donetsk. He scored and was the team’s major attacking threat in…