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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Ukraine will not be able to defeat Russia and that the West is pursuing the wrong strategy regarding the conflict.
The European Union is open to the possibility of deploying troops in Ukraine if and when Russia is defeated, one of the bloc's top military officials has said.
On August 24, Ukraine celebrated its independence day, the second it has marked since being invaded by Russia in February 2022.
Controversial Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier is facing a major backlash after writing on Instagram that "Russian lives matter also", slamming the decision of his…
Poland’s deputy foreign affairs minister Arkadiusz Mularczyk has claimed his country did not waive its reparation rights in 1953 over the Second World War -…
Western governments have reacted to the mysterious death on August 23 of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of Russia's infamous Wagner Group mercenaries.
A senior German minister has lashed out at his own intelligence services for failing to foresee Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev said that South Ossetia and Abkhazia in the Caucasus, which most countries recognise…
Ukrainian officials have berated former French president Nicolas Sarkozy over his suggestions on how to end Kyiv’s current conflict with Russia.
Austria’s foreign minister Alexander Schallenberg said the countries of Europe cannot "cancel Russia" and cut off dialogue with Moscow in regard to creating a…
The home of two pro-Russia activists in Germany was reportedly raided by police on August 21 as part of an investigation into alleged criminal activity.
The United States on August 21 approved a potential $12 billion sale of Apache attack helicopters to Poland, a significant deal with a frontline ally supporting…
Ukraine has apparently destroyed a flagship Russian long-range bomber in a drone attack deep inside the country.
In total, about 500,000 troops have either been killed or injured since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, US officials have claimed.
Finland’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio of the Finns Party has announced some noteworthy shifts in his country’s foreign policy.
The Netherlands is planning to hand over its entire fleet of F-16s fighter jets to Ukraine to help it fight off Russia, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has…
Former Russian President Dmitri Medvedev told his followers on Telegram that Russia must not stop its military offensive against Ukraine until it ceases to exist.
European Union Member State Ireland has been caught planning to give Ukrainian troops weapons training, despite claiming to be a militarily neutral country regarding…
The United States has pledged to help fast-track the delivery of advanced F-16 fighter jets for Ukraine after Kyiv complained about delivery delays.
Ukraine has given up on being able to deploy American advanced F-16 fighter jets this year, a spokesman for the country's air force has said.
Since world affairs took a sharp turn back towards great power competition – particularly after Russia’s takeover of Crimea in 2014 – we have become used to…
Gunfire rang out through the Libyan capital Tripoli as leading militias in the city clashed once again.
Kyiv has branded suggestions that it surrender land to Russia for the sake of achieving peace as "ridiculous" and "absolutely unacceptable".
History is a harsh mistress, especially for those who refuse to learn lessons from the past.
The Polish authorities have arrested two Russian citizens over the appearance in Warsaw and Kraków of posters and stickers targeted at recruiting people for the…
A large explosion rocked Romanian waters at a popular tourist resort earlier today.
Russia's navy fired multiple warning shots at a merchant vessel in the Black Sea on August 13.
Kyiv wants to have Israel excluded from its allies' cooperation group, the Ramstein Forum, over the country’s “pro-Russian stance on the global stage”, according…
Allied nations in West Africa have ordered the "deployment" of a coalition force, which they have instructed to "restore constitutional order" in coup-torn Niger.
Ukraine's National Agency on Corruption Prevention says Bacardi Limited is disregarding the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and is making significant money through sales…
