NATO chief vows to support Ukraine despite Russian threats
NATO’s secretary-general said the alliance will continue to support Ukraine, despite threats from Russia. Speaking at NATO’s Ukraine mission in Wiesbaden, Germany, Mark Rutte said Monday that the message for Russian President Vladimir Putin “is that we will continue, that…
Time with horses is helping some Ukrainian kids deal with war
Since May 2024, heavy fighting has been going on near the village of Hlyboke, some 30 kilometers from Kharkiv, and animals are the victims of active fighting just as much as locals. Volunteers recently rescued four ponies from Hlyboke, and…
Colleagues pay tribute to Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian custody
Ukrainian journalists are paying tribute to a colleague who died in Russian custody. Viktoria Roshchyna had been in Russian detention for over a year. Ukrainian officials say that the 27-year-old freelancer died on September 19. Roshchyna is the 12th Ukrainian…
Ukraine’s rights envoy urges response to alleged killings of Ukrainian POWs in Kursk
Kyiv — Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman urged international organizations Sunday to respond to a claim that several Ukrainian prisoners of war were executed in Russia’s Kursk region, where Kyiv had launched an incursion in August. DeepState, a Ukrainian battlefield analysis…
Ukrainian move to ban Moscow-linked church stirs anger in Russia
moscow — Speaking behind the thick white walls of Moscow’s ancient Danilov Monastery, Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk is adamant: People must not be forbidden to pray in their chosen branch of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. He speaks calmly, but Yakimchuk is one…
Ukrainian recruiters descend on Kyiv’s nightlife searching for unregistered men
KYIV, UKRAINE — Ukrainian military recruitment officers raided restaurants, bars and a concert hall in Kyiv, checking military registration documents and detaining men who were not in compliance, local media reported Saturday. Officers reportedly descended on Kyiv’s Palace of Sports…
Ukraine’s vast forests devastated in hellscape of war
Sviati Hory National Nature Park, Ukraine — Serhiy Tsapok surveyed the smoldering ruins of pine trees, blackened stumps as far as the eye could see. “They’re dead now,” the weary ranger said of the trees he’d nursed for almost two…
Russian strikes on Ukraine’s Odesa region kill 4, governor says
kyiv, Ukraine — A Russian missile slammed into a commercial building in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region overnight, killing four people including a 16-year-old girl, regional governor Oleh Kiper said on Friday. It was the fourth Russian attack on the Black…
Zelenskyy continues European tour with visits to Germany, Vatican
ROME — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy continued his European tour Friday, with a visit to Germany and the Vatican, as he talks about his formula for victory in his country’s war with Russia, which he said can bring an end…
Russian propagandists push fake story that Zelenskyy bought Hitler’s car
washington — The article in the Seattle Tribune had everything: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Adolf Hitler and a $15 million classic car. Unsurprisingly, it spread like wildfire across Russia’s state and pro-Kremlin media. But the subject was a strange one…