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On the first day of Russia’s all-out invasion, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and his main political opponent at home shook hands, setting aside their ferocious rivalry to focus on the enemy. The country’s typically raucous politics went largely dormant for the three years that followed. Now, as peace talks led by the Trump administration…
Nigel Farage has been accused of “parroting Putin” after he appeared to suggest Ukraine should give up Crimea to end its war with Russia. The Reform UK leader told the BBC that both sides in the conflict need to make “concessions” as part of any peace deal. Crimea has been under Russian control said it…
Harvard ha hecho pocos comentarios sobre la detención de Petrova. Una portavoz dijo esta semana que la universidad “sigue de cerca los rápidos cambios en el panorama de la política de inmigración y las implicaciones para sus académicos y estudiantes internacionales”, y está “en contacto con el abogado de Petrova sobre este asunto”. Muchos miembros…
A shift in the atmosphere Ms. Petrova’s return flight from Paris landed in Boston on the evening of Feb. 16. As the plane sat on the tarmac, she texted back and forth with Dr. Peshkin, trying to confirm how she should handle the package in customs. But by then, the passengers were already filing off…
Ukraine-Russia ceasefire is “far off,” expert says Why expert says Ukraine-Russia ceasefire is “still far off” 03:52 President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to discuss a possible ceasefire in Russia’s war in Ukraine. “This is another step in the negotiating process towards a ceasefire and an ultimate peace…
The oldest of all might be Rinkoff Bakery, which predates the rest by decades. Though not a restaurant, it is a clear benchmark in Ukraine’s impact on London. Founded more than a century ago by a Jewish family in Whitechapel, it specialises in speciality breads, cakes and challah, and today might be best-known for its…
When military leaders from roughly 50 nations meet in Brussels on Friday to discuss aid shipments to Kyiv, one will be noticeably absent: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Instead of attending the gathering, the 27th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, in person, Mr. Hegseth is expected to dial in and participate virtually. It will…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made headlines when he said on April 8 that Ukrainian forces had captured two Chinese nationals fighting with the Russian Army. But are the two captured Chinese citizens proof that Beijing is sending soldiers to fight for Russia against Ukraine? The short answer is no. Chinese nationals fighting in Ukraine are…
Their lives intersected around a playground on a sunny Friday evening in Kryvyi Rih, a city in central Ukraine. Kostiantyn Novik, 16, had come with his cousin to hang out with friends. Serhii Smotolok, a 57-year-old welder, was nursing a beer nearby on the terrace of a restaurant, unwinding after his workday. Radislav Yatsko, 7,…
A unit of Ukrainian drone pilots stationed in Pokrovsk have told RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service they have become a high-value target for Russian forces. Correspondent Yevhenia Kytaiva-Rusetska recently visited the destroyed frontline town for the first time in two months. “The high-rise buildings are completely destroyed, but people are still living here. It has totally changed,”…
