Ukraine has said it is doing “everything” to defend Donbas, where an intensifying Russian offensive is prompting Kyiv’s forces to consider a strategic retreat from some key areas to avoid being surrounded. Russia is waging all-out w...

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Russian troops were approaching the strategic city of Severodonetsk on Friday in a relentless offensive to control Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, as the war triggered a historic schism between the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and its Russian pat...

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The Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), hitherto loyal to the Moscow Patriarchate, held on Friday, May 27, in Kyiv, expressed disagreement with the position of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow regarding the war in Ukraine and adopted the necess...

Temporary Russia’s occupation of part of the territory of Ukraine should not hamper Ukraine’s accession to the European Union. “Again, no one can give a 100% guarantee that this may be an obstacle. However, there are some fundamental is...

Ukrainian troops held their positions on Friday, May 27,  in a day of heavy fighting across the Donbas sector, news agencies and official an statement said. Oleksandr Stryuk, head of the Severodonetsk city defense command, in a public statement conf...

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is preparing to step up the kind of weaponry it is offering Ukraine by sending advanced, long-range rocket systems that are now the top request from Ukrainian officials, many officials say. According to ...

Russian Army General Sergei Shoigu has never actually served in the armed forces, but that has not stopped him heading up the Ministry of Defense and holding a prestigious military rank.  He also advocates mandatory military conscription for instill...

Russian President Vladimir Putin does not intend to abandon his plans to seize Ukraine, so it is possible that active hostilities will drag on until the end of the year, Vadym Skybytsky, a representative of the Defence Intelligence Agency of the Mini...