A Scotsman who worked as a military instructor in Ukraine but was recruited to work for Russian intelligence has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison, the BBC reports. Ross David Cutmore, from Dunfermline, Fife, admitted passing "unauthorized information" about the location of...
In late February 2026, Ukrainian soldier Vadim Letunov of the 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade came under heavy shelling at the front. His bunker was destroyed, and his partner was killed. In shock, unarmed and barefoot, he accidentally wandered into a Russian…
North Korea opened a memorial museum in Pyongyang dedicated to its soldiers who died fighting alongside Russian forces against Ukraine. This is further evidence of the close relationship between the two dictatorships, Al Jazeera reports. The opening ceremony of the Memorial Museum of Military Exploits in Foreign Military Operations…
Russia is preparing for a potential military clash with NATO and could attack just a year after completing its invasion of Ukraine, the Daily Mail reports. A report from the Dutch intelligence service MIVD states that Russia remains the greatest and most immediate threat to the continent and…
Putin announced that he had ordered Russian troops to cease fire "in all directions" for the coming weekend. Moscow's announcement came after Volodymyr Zelenskyy repeatedly called for a ceasefire, but the Kremlin ignored these calls, the BBC reports. Putin declared a ceasefire effective 16:00 PM…
Russia launched its spring offensive with a large-scale attack on the "belt of fortresses"—heavily fortified cities in eastern Ukraine. The aggressor is simultaneously attacking energy infrastructure and civilian targets in Ukraine with drones and missiles, and it has plenty of soldiers. The… explains why.
President Donald Trump has often irritated his European allies with his flirtations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and harsh remarks against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. But this apparent imbalance conceals a long-term strategic goal: countering China, according to Politico. The Trump administration believes...
The UN has declared that Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children constitutes a crime against humanity. This is according to a new report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, the BBC reports. The report states that Russian authorities "at the highest levels" and with the direct involvement...
CNN journalists Jasmine Sykes and Kosta Gack visited a Kyiv rave club at the end of winter. They were surprised to find that, five years into a full-scale invasion, in the Ukrainian capital, where "brotherly" ballistic missiles and martyrs regularly fly, people still find the strength and…
On February 17, 2026, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in an interview with Axios that the Ukrainian people would reject the peace agreement, which stipulates the unilateral withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from eastern Donbas and the transfer of the region to Russia. The Ukrainian and Russian delegations are holding a third round of negotiations…