Russia has lost about twice as many men to death and serious injury as Ukraine. But the trends favor the Kremlin.
Speaking a day after Trump’s inauguration, Ukraine’s president told world leaders at Davos that Europe needs to remain united and “learn how to take care of itself.”
Russia was able to purchase more than 22,000 CNC machines, components and consumables worth US$18.2 billion during 2023 and the first seven months of 2024. Source: a study by the NGO Economic Security Council of Ukraine (ESCU).
President also plans to ask for "financial contribution" for maintenance of remaining troops, European diplomatic source said.
Domestic activity has become strained in recent months by labour shortages and high interest rates introduced to tackle inflation, which has accelerated under record military spending.
Russia sees a small window of opportunity to do deals with Donald Trump but Moscow is making preparations for President Vladimir Putin's future discussions with the new U.S. president, Russia's diplomat overseeing U.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that if the current phase of the war ends without reliable security guarantees for Ukraine, a future Russian attack will be much more dangerous and will threaten all countries that were once part of the Soviet "sphere of influence".
It would be easy for President Donald Trump to exclude his European counterparts from peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. But involving European partners is necessary to secure a better
Speaking to Europe’s elites at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Zelensky laid into many of the European countries that have helped keep Ukraine afloat since the Russian invasion, chiding them for not taking their own defense and the threat from Moscow sufficiently seriously.
Belarus under Lukashenko has become embroiled in the battle between NATO-backed Western Europe and Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Meanwhile, Belarus’ record on human rights – and its complicity in Russia’s war in Ukraine – have led to extensive sanctions and diplomatic isolation of the Eastern European nation, worsening the life of its people.
To bring Russia to the negotiating table and end the war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin needs to believe time is no longer on his side. Here's what the Trump administration needs to do to make that
A record 47% of the European Union’s electricity now comes from solar and other renewables, a report Thursday said, in yet another sign of the growing gap between the bloc’s push for clean energy and the new U.