North Korea has for the first time confirmed the deployment of its troops to fight alongside Russia in the war against Ukraine. According to a statement released by the state news agency KCNA, the deployment was ordered by Kim Jong Un as part of the mutual…

Donald Trump said Sunday that he believes that the Ukrainian government is ready to give up Crimea, which is one of the conditions of the peace deal the U.S. proposed to Russia and Ukraine last week.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has thanked the Korean People’s Army and Kim Jong Un for North Korean soldiers’ participation alongside Russia in the war against Ukraine.

A Kyiv court has sentenced former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to 15 years in prison for fleeing to Russia with his associates in February 2014.

Russia will declare a ceasefire in Ukraine from May 8 through May 10, the Kremlin announced on Monday.

Soon, mayoral elections will be a thing of the past in Russia’s regional capitals. Instead, the authorities have introduced so-called mayoral competitions: candidates submit applications, a selection committee (made up largely of representatives from the…

Over the past three or so years, since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Europe and the United States have largely chased out Russia Today, the Kremlin’s global television network. In the E.U., officials banned RT outright, designating…

In the spring of 2024, a 20-year-old Russian conscript named Kirill Poluyanov was found hanged in a forest near a military base outside the city of Ulan-Ude. Military police and investigators claim that he took his own life, but Kirill’s mother, Anastasia…

The exhibition “No” has opened at Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien in Berlin. Through this project, artists and journalists explore the major themes that have defined the past decade, from war and dictatorship to resistance and hope (read more about it here).…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed an immediate ceasefire on Monday in response to a call from Russian President Vladimir Putin for a temporary truce from May 8 through May 10 to mark Russia's Victory Day holiday.

French President Emmanuel Macron said that Ukraine’s Western allies plan to ramp up pressure on Russia in the coming days in an effort to push Moscow toward a ceasefire.

Officials in Ukraine and Europe believe U.S. President Donald Trump is close to walking away from peace talks aimed at ending Russia’s war against Ukraine, The Financial Times reported on April 28, citing sources familiar with the matter.

Russia’s Interior Ministry has drafted a bill to regulate how foreigners and stateless individuals can seek asylum in the country, according to the Russian news outlet RBC.

Residents of the southern Russian city of Volgograd have reported ongoing mobile Internet disruptions coinciding with a business forum attended by Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Since Donald Trump returned to the American presidency in January, his administration's rapprochement with Russia and hostility towards Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have shocked politicians and officials in both the E.U. and the U.S. But as his…

Like our earlier reports on the combat situation in Ukraine, this article takes stock of the recent developments on the battlefield based on open-source information. Meduza has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the very start, and our detailed military…

A military court in Rostov-on-Don has convicted five Melitopol residents of plotting a terrorist attack soon after Russian troops occupied the Ukrainian city. Russian officials reportedly abducted the five suspects in Melitopol in April 2022, shortly after…

On Monday, the Kremlin said it would declare a unilateral three-day ceasefire in Ukraine to mark Russia’s Victory Day holiday. The message urged Kyiv to “follow this example” but warned of retaliation if the truce is broken. Ukrainian President Volodymyr…

Before Russian authorities returned the body of Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna to Ukraine last week, several organs, including her eyes and brain, had been removed, according to a new joint investigation led by the French nonprofit Forbidden Stories.…

Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, has ordered military enlistment offices to deploy physically fit personnel without combat experience to the front lines. Under the new system, war veterans previously injured in battle will…