[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. IRPIN, Ukraine — Volodymyr Yukhymchuk thinks it was God who saved him and his wife on March 4, 2022 — the day a Russian jet fired a rocket into his house in Irpin, a town just to the northwest of Kyiv. The 59-year-old, … Read more
[ad_1] Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. In the weeks leading up to Russia’s invasion, senior Ukraine opposition politicians and former ministers were brimming with frustration. They’d been imploring President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet with them — something he’d not done since his landslide election nearly two years before. They’d also been urging … Read more
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. WAREHAM, Dorset — Ukrainian fighter pilots will soon be trained in Britain — but Kyiv will have to wait a little longer for the modern combat jets it craves. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy left the U.K. Wednesday with a firm British commitment to … Read more
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. KYIV — Russia has launched extensive missile raids across Ukraine and is building up troops near the northeastern city of Kupyansk to test Ukrainian defenses, just as Kyiv is warning that Moscow is gearing up to launch a new offensive. Valeriy Zaluzhnyy, commander … Read more
[ad_1] “I am wicked and scary with claws and teeth,” Vladimir Putin reportedly warned David Cameron when the then-British prime minister pressed him about the use of chemical weapons by Russia’s ally in Syria, Bashar al-Assad, and discussed how far Russia was prepared to go. According to Cameron’s top foreign policy adviser John Casson — cited … Read more
[ad_1] KYIV — Heads are rolling in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s expanding purge against corruption in Ukraine, but Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov is denying rumors that he’s destined for the exit — a move that would be viewed as a considerable setback for Kyiv in the middle of its war with Russia. Two weeks ago, Ukraine … Read more
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Last spring, Ukraine’s army was running desperately low on the fuel and Soviet caliber ammunition it needed to fight the Russians. Salvation came from an unexpected quarter: Bulgaria. Thanks to its fractured domestic politics — and the pro-Russian leanings of much of its … Read more
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. If Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes a quick reshuffle of generals can revive the fortunes of his faltering campaign in Ukraine and quell bitter turf wars among his commanders, he’s likely to be disappointed. After only three months as overall commander of Russia’s … Read more
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. KYIV — Russia is throwing waves of Wagner mercenaries into mass attacks on the salt-mining town of Soledar in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said, as Moscow looks to envelop the strategic front-line town of Bakhmut. “The … Read more
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. KYIV — Ukraine’s Orthodox worshippers have always celebrated Christmas on January 7 — but that will change for many this year, with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) for the first time allowing its congregations to celebrate on December 25. This move creates a … Read more