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Warning that a “profound change of American geopolitics” had put Poland, as well as Ukraine, in an “objectively more difficult situation,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland on Friday said his country must drastically increase the size of its military and even “reach for opportunities related to nuclear weapons.” Mr. Tusk, in a detailed speech…
Russia unleashed a furious bombardment aimed at critical Ukrainian infrastructure overnight on Thursday and on Friday amid increasing worries that the American decision to withhold intelligence assistance could leave Ukraine more vulnerable to attacks. Ukraine’s energy minister, German Galushchenko, said Russian forces launched a “massive missile and drone” assault on power and gas facilities across…
Vladimir Putin has issued millions of Russian passports to Ukrainians who live in occupied land, according to the UK. Russia currently controls around a fifth of Ukraine’s territory, having seized the peninsula of Crimea in 2014 and invaded four more regions in 2022. Putin has since declared all five areas to be part of Russia…
Tres tiros resonaron mientras una guardia de honor disparaba al aire en el cementerio cubierto de nieve. Unos soldados quitaron la bandera de Ucrania de un ataúd y se la entregaron a los familiares. Luego una trompeta, acompañada de un tambor, entonó una despedida para el soldado caído. Tras tocar una versión ucraniana del toque…
Donald Trump is planning to revoke temporary legal status for the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians previously welcomed in the US, reports say. Approximately 240,000 Ukrainians who fled Vladimir Putin’s invasion may now be on a fast-track to deportation as soon as April, according to Reuters who spoke to four undisclosed sources. It’s a sharp…
The US defence secretary has heaped praise on British troops in an apparent effort to ease anger following outrage over JD Vance’s comments suggesting the UK had not fought a war in 40 years. Pete Hegseth welcomed his British counterpart John Healey to the Pentagon on Thursday for talks and took the chance to commend…
Zelensky went on to say, in fact, that “We cannot spend dozens of thousands of our people so that they perish for the sake of Crimea coming back.” Instead, he indicated that he hoped to recover Crimea “diplomatically.” A cease-fire with European security guarantees fits with long-held American desires to “pivot to Asia,” to project…
Nigel Farage’s popularity with the public has fallen amid criticism of his response to the situation in Ukraine. At the same time, Keir Starmer’s approval rating has climbed to its highest level in six months, suggesting British voters are happy with how he has handled the crisis so far. Farage has been accused of “fawning…
In the days immediately preceding his address to Congress on Tuesday night, President Trump took a chain saw to government agencies, initiated a trade war, cut off arms to Ukraine and sided with a brutal authoritarian, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. But a visitor arriving from a distant planet who listened to Mr. Trump’s…
News of the US pausing military supplies have caused dismay in Ukraine, which has relied heavily on Washington for artillery, air defense, and other weapons. On the streets of Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, people RFE/RL spoke to often responded with a question: What can we do?
