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…

Moscow has rejected Kyiv’s push for a 30-day ceasefire and insisted that a three-day truce timed to coincide with Victory Day celebrations would constitute the beginning of direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations without preconditions. On Tuesday, Russian Foreign…

Dmitry Medvedev’s presidency was a single, short-lived term. After stepping aside for Vladimir Putin’s return, Medvedev served almost eight years as prime minister. Currently, he has a seat on Russia’s Security Council as its deputy chairman, but he largely…

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Tuesday renaming the airport in Volgograd to Stalingrad, after the city's Soviet-era name, the Kremlin’s press service reports.

It would be difficult for Europe to muster 25,000 troops to send to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force due to underfunded and understaffed militaries, The Times reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.

Around 600 North Korean soldiers have been killed while fighting alongside Russian forces against Ukraine, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing South Korean lawmakers briefed by the country’s intelligence agency. The total number of North Korean military…

Ukraine and the U.S. may sign a mineral resources agreement as early as April 30, according to Bloomberg and RBC-Ukraine.

Fifteen years ago, Russia and the United States signed the New START treaty to limit their nuclear arsenals. In 2021, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden agreed to extend the agreement — but it’s now set to expire next year. Analysts and international security experts…

Last fall, reports surfaced that Pyongyang had sent soldiers to support Russia in its war against Ukraine. Even as the evidence kept piling up, official Russian and North Korean sources remained silent. That is, until a few days ago. In what was almost certainly…

On Wednesday, Russia and North Korea marked the start of construction of the first highway bridge connecting the two nations. In a teleconference with North Korean Cabinet Premier Pak Thae Song, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin called the bridge “truly…

Earlier this week, a tragedy unfolded in Giryi, a small border town in Russia’s Kursk region recently retaken from Ukrainian forces after months of occupation. According to the outlet Pepel Media, a Russian soldier forced his way into a family’s home and…

Washington and Kyiv have signed a minerals deal granting the U.S. access to Ukraine’s natural resources, Ukrainian Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko confirmed in a tweet on April 30, following reports of last-minute hurdles that delayed the agreement by several…

In 2022, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin presented Vladimir Putin with a plan to rebuild Mariupol, after Moscow’s armies leveled much of the city early in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Khusnullin envisioned Mariupol’s complete restoration…

Last week, several major American media outlets reported that the Trump administration had presented a peace plan to Ukrainian officials that would involve U.S. recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea. Up until that point, the United States, like Ukraine’s…

On Wednesday night, Russian forces launched an attack on Ukrainian territory using five Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 170 drones of various types, according to Ukraine’s Air Force Command.

During talks in London on April 23, Washington and Kyiv reached an agreement on 22 specific conditions for a peaceful settlement of Russia’s war in Ukraine, U.S. special envoy Keith Kellogg said in an interview with Fox News on Wednesday.